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ROBINSON. 
13. Phyllanthus triphlebius sp. nov. § Eriococcus. 
Floribus solitariis vel rarius geminatis, brevissime pedicellatis; mascu- 
linis perianthio biseriato, 4-partito, disci glandulis minimis, liberis, fila- 
mentis 2, connatis, antheris transverse dehiscentibus ; femineis perianthio 
6-partito, disco cupulari, continno, ovario glabro, stylis 3, supra medium 
bifurcatis: foliis distichis, oblique oblongo-lanceolatis, parvis, valde 
trinerviis; stipulis lanceolatis, apice acutissimis. 
Monoecious : the flowers solitary or paired, the male borne on pedicels 
slightly more than 1 mm long, their perianth-segments 4, 1.5 mm long, 
obtuse at the apex, the margins entire, the outer lanceolate, the inner 
linear-oblong; glands 4, minute, separate; staminal column in all 0.5 
mm long, the filaments united throughout their length, anthers 2, 
dehiscing horizontally: female flowers on comparatively thick pedicels 0.5 
mm long, their perianth-segments 6, about 1 mm long, obovate, the 
margins entire, the apex rounded or very shortly acuminate ; disk con- 
tinuous, somewhat 6-lobed; ovary glabrous, hemispherical, 0.3 mm in 
diameter; styles 3, free almost from the base and entire for about 0.4 mm, 
then forming two slightly shorter slender lobes with outwardly curved 
tips: capsules red, glabrous, depressed-globose, 2 mm in diameter, 6- 
grooved, 3-celled, each cell containing 2 seeds with a yellowish-brown testa 
marked dorsally by comparatively coarse longitudinal bands. 
An undershrub 10-40 cm high, its woody stems branching at the base, 
in older plants not again till the middle or near the apex, striate, some- 
what angled, minutely pubescent or glabrescent : leaves subsessile, the 
lamina glaucous on the under surface, oblong-lanceolate, 5.5-8 mm long, 
1.5- 2 mm wide, at the inequilateral base rounded or the lower margin 
nearly straight, at the apex acute, mucronate ; the margins revolute, from 
the base strongly 3-nerved, lateral veins inconspicuous, 5 or 6 ; stipules 
1.5— 2 mm long, lanceolate, their bases truncate or subhastate, their apices 
very slenderly acute. 
Ltjzox, Province of Nueva Viscaya, Bagabag, Merrill 110: Province of Rizal, 
Bosoboso, Bur. 8ci. 1001 Ramos: Province of Laguna, Pagsanjan, Topping 510 
(type). 
14. Phyllanthus stipularis Merr. Philip. Jour. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 75. 
§ Eriococcus. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Lamao River, Whitford 282, 
1102, Williams 608, Copeland s. n., Elmer 6S01/, For. Bur. 2081 Borden, For. Bur. 
281fl Meyer, For. Bur. 6280 Curran. 
15. Phyllanthus mindorensis sp. nov. § Eriococcus. 
Floribus masculinis fascieulatis, mediocriter pedicellatis, perianthii 
segmentis 4, lanceolatis, lacero-dentatis vel rarius fimbriato-laciniatis ; 
glandulis 4, liberis; filamentis connatis, brevissimis, antheris 2, horizon- 
taliter dehiscentibus : floribus femineis saepius solitariis, longiter pedicel- 
latis; perianthii segmentis 6, lanceolatis vel ovatis, lacero-dentatis; disco 
