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acidus (Linn.) Skeels has recently been based upon it; this is the first time 
that this has been published, but not the first that it has been used. 6 7 8 I am more 
than ever of the opinion that Gicca disticha should not be included in the genus 
Phyllanthus. Did the evidence seem conclusive as to the identity of Averrhoa 
acida with it, no other course would be left open than to form yet a new combina- 
tion. But however strong the evidence may be that in general the two conceptions 
were the same, Averrhoa acida must be held to be typified by Hermann’s drawing, 
and that would seem to throw the balance in another direction. 
There is further difficulty. Phyllanthus emllica Linn. 1 has a long-standing 
acceptance for an important tree, but is also is based directly on the “Flora 
Zeylanica,” and Hermann’s drawing is not of the species to which the name is 
commonly attached, but of Cicca disticha.’’ 
CLEISTANTHUS Hook. f. 
Cleistanthus bride! ifol ius C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 191. 
This finds a close ally in a species of the Malay Peninsula, Cleistanthus tricho- 
carpa Ridl. Journ. As. Soc. Straits Branch 59 ( 1911 ) 167, represented here by three 
collections, from Setul, Perlis, and Kedah, Ridley 14886, 14881/, 14881/ respectively. 
The leaves of the Philippine species have different bases, are much more gradually 
acuminate, and the venation is different, but Ridley’s species is probably much 
its closest ally. 
Cleistanthus megacarpus sp. nov. 
Arbor : floribus monoicis, staminiferis sessilibus, glomeratis, pentameris, 
glabris; capsulis admodum carnosis, depresso-globosis, magnis, trilocu- 
laribus: foliis petiolatis, chartaceis, ellipticis vel oblanceolate-ellipticis, 
basi acutis, margine revolutis, apice acuminatis, venis utrinque 9 ad 10. 
Staminate flowers sessile in densely bracted clusters ; calyx 4 mm long, 
divided for slightly more than half its length into 5 valvate lanceolate 
acuminate lobes ; petals 5, inserted on the calyx beneath the sinuses of the 
lobes, about 1 mm long, the lower half conspicuously narrowed, the upper 
half spreading, 3-lobed, about 1 mm wide near the apex; disk occupying 
the calyx-tube and with a narrow free margin; androphore attaining 2 
mm in length, shorter when younger; filaments 5, about 0.7 mm long; 
anthers broadly lanceolate, cordate at the base, about the; same length as 
the filaments; rudimentary ovary lanceolate, about 1 mm long: capsules 
with a somewhat fleshy outer coat, but dehiscent, borne on a pedicel at- 
taining a length of 8 mm, circular in outline, in cross-section triangular 
with rounded angles and intervening grooves, 2 cm long, 2 cm across the 
sides of the triangle, 3-celled, with traces of 3 separate styles at the apex; 
seeds solitary in the cells, lanceolate-ovate in outline, rounded-triangular 
in cross-section, 13 mm long, 9 mm wide, cordate at the base. 
6 Bull. U. S. Dept. Agric. PI. Ind. 148 (1909) 17, Merr. in Publ. Govt. Lab. 
(Philip.) 8 (1903) 41. 
7 Sp. PI. (1753) 982. 
8 Trimen in Journ. Linn. Soe. Bot. 24 (1887) 149; Handb. FI. Ceylon 4 (1898) 
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