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The Philippine Journal of Science 
1914 
PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 981; Safford 351. 
G. E. S. 152, locally known as maigo lalo. 
Warmer parts of both hemispheres. 
PHYLLANTHUS SAFFORDI I sp. nov. § Paraphyllanthus. 
Planta lignosa, 20 ad 30 cm alta, suberecta vel adscendentibus, 
ramulis parce puberulis exceptis glabra; caulibus teretibus, 
simplex, 3 ad 4 mm diametro; ramulis densissime confertis, 
usque ad 9 cm longis, tenuibus; foliis numerosis, confertis, im- 
bricatis, distichis, oblongis, acuteis vel acuminatis, coriaceis, 5 
ad 12 mm longis, penninerviis, margine valde incrassatis ; 
floribus solitariis, 6-meris, $ breviter pedicellatis, staminibus 
3, liberis, antheris verticaliter dehiscentibus, 5 sessilibus, ovario 
glabro. 
An erect or ascending, simple undershrub 20 to 30 cm high, 
the stems terete, unbranched, their lower parts prostrate, 3 to 
4 mm in diameter, woody, dark-colored, marked with numerous 
scars of fallen branchlets, the branchlets densely crowded at 
the apices of the stems, slender, up to 50 on each plant, 6 to 9 
cm long, somewhat puberulent or pubescent. Leaves numerous, 
crowded, distichous, imbricate, oblong, coriaceous, shining, some- 
what pale when dry, 5 to 12 mm long, 1.5 to 2.5 mm wide, 
sharply acuminate, base obtuse, slightly inequilateral, the mar- 
gins very prominently thickened, cartilaginous, both surfaces 
very minutely puncticulate ; lateral nerves about 9 on each side 
of the midrib, not prominent, ascending; petioles 0.2 mm long; 
stipules 2.5 to 3.5 mm long, filiform-acuminate from a somewhat 
enlarged base. Flowers of both sexes on the same plant, both 
6-merous, solitary, axillary. Male flowers : Pedicels 0.5 mm long. 
Sepals 6, obtuse, oblong to narrowly oblong-obovate, 1 to 1.2 mm 
long. Glands 6, free, subglobose. Stamens 3, free or nearly 
so; anthers subglobose, 0.2 mm long, dehiscing vertically. 
Female flowers sessile, the sepals oblong, obtuse, 1.2 mm long, 
0.5 mm wide. Ovary glabrous, broadly ovoid to depressed-glo- 
bose, 0.5 mm long; styles 3, spreading, distinctly united at the 
base but not columnar, each cleft, the arms spreading, recurved, 
short. Disk prominent, truncate, cup-shaped or saucer-shaped, 
glabrous, 0.4 mm high. Capsule depressed-globose 2.2 mm in 
diameter, glabrous, shining, longitudinally 6-sulcate, smooth, 
dehiscing into three 1-celled cocci, the seeds minutely longitu- 
dinally striate. 
R. C. McGregor b76, hills back of Piti, altitude about 100 meters, Octo- 
ber, 1911 (type) ; Safford & Seale 1121, May, 1900. 
Characterized by its simple, rather stout, short, woody stems, its densely 
