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antheris 3 : perianthii feminei segmentis 6, brevioribus, ovario glabro, 
columna stylari ovario angustiore sed longiore, cylindracea; capsulis 7- vel 
8-locularibus : foliis ellipticis vel laneeolatis, saepe falcatis, basi acutis, 
apice acuminatis. 
Fascicles axillary, few-flowered, the sexes together or separate, the male 
flowers on pedicels attaining a length of 5 mm, perianth-segments 6, 
biseriate, the outer ovate or oval, exceeding 2 mm in length, the apex 
■rounded or shortly acuminate, the inner shorter and narrower, usually 
conspicuously clawed at the base; anthers 3, 1.3 mm long, including the 
very shortly produced connectives : female flowers on shorter pedicels or 
subsessile, the perianth-segments shorter than in the male, lanceolate or 
ovate, the apex acuminate; ovary depressed-globose, nearly 1 mm in 
diameter, stylar column about one and a half times as long as the ovary 
but narrower, cylindric, deeply concave at the apex : capsules 7- or 
8-celled, 1.5 cm in diameter and about half that length, the thin valves 
widely spreading on dehiscence, the apex slightly umbilicate. 
A small tree or shrub, glabrous throughout, attaining a height of 7.5 m, 
its branches somewhat angled, covered with gray striate lenticellate bark : 
leaves borne on petioles 3 mm long, the lamina chartaceous, lanceolate or 
elliptic, often somewhat falcate, 5-9 cm long, 2-4.2 cm wide, the base 
usually strongly inequilateral, acute, the apex acuminate ; primary lateral 
veins on each side of the midrib 7-9 ; stipules lanceolate to ovate, withering 
persistent, 1.5— 2.5 mm long, acuminate. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon (Santo Tomas), Williams 1356 
(type) ; Pauai to Baguio, Merrill 1/80 !/■ 
23. Glochidion rubrum Bl. Bijdr. (1825) 586. 
Phyllanthus diversifolius Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Suppl. (1861) 448. 
Glochidion diversifolium Merr. in For. Bur. Bull. (Philip.) 1 (1905) 29. 
Luzon, Province of Ilocos Norte (also given as Province of Albay), Cuming 
1191/ J Pasuquin, For. Bur. 13818 Merritt & Darling: Province of Benguet, Twin 
Peaks, Elmer 6364: Province of Zambales, Bio Baquilis, For. Bur. 6998 Curran ; 
Subig, Hallier s. n., For. Bur. 314 Maule, Merrill 2106: Province of Bataan, 
Mount Mariveles, Lamao Biver, Whitford 1216: Province of Bizal, Bosoboso, 
Merrill 1810; Malapadnabato, Merrill 2141 ■' Province of Tayabas, Pagbilao, Merrill 
21/25. Ticao, Pandan, For. Bur. 2535 Clark. Bohou, Guinduhnan, Bur. Sci. 
121/0 McGregor. Mindoro, Mangarin, For. Bur. 9803 Merritt. Mindanao, Dis- 
trict of Zamboanga, Lunsugan, Ahern 611, 616. 
N. v. Carmay, Gagang haquiro, Tag., Zambales; Dampol, Tag., Tayabas; 
Malacapi, Tag., Bizal; Malatumhaga, Tag., Bataan; Bugna, Vis., Ticao. 
Malaysia. 
24. Glochidion malindangense Merr. sp. nov. § Hemiglochidion. 
Frutex, ramulis pubescentibus : inflorescentiis peclunculatis ;, floribus 
masculinis mediocriter pedicellatis, pubescentibus, perianthii segmentis 6, 
lanceolatis, 1.5 mm longis, antheris 3; floribus femineis brevissime pedi- 
cellatis, pubescentibus, perianthii segmentis 6, lineari-lanceolatis, 4 mm 
longis, ovario dense hirsuto, 4- vel 5-loculari, columna stylari subcylin- 
