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PHYLLANTHUS Linn. 
Phyllanthus erythrotrichus sp. nov. § Paraphyllanthus. 
Suffrutex lignosus, erectus vel suberectus, ramis teretibus, apice tricho- 
matibus rubris longis obsitis : monoids, floribus sessilibus vel brevissime 
pedicellatis, solitariis, minutis; staminiferi perianthii segmentis 5 vel 6, 
disci glandulis liberis, filamentis brevissimis, antheris 3, verticaliter dehis- 
eentibus ; pistilliferi perianthii segmentis 6, disco annulare breve, ovario 
glabro, stylis 3 liberis apice bilobatis : foliis subsessilibus, lanceolatis 
vel oblongo-lanceolatis, basi obtnsis vel cordatulis, inaequilateralibus, apice 
mucronatis et capillo decidno instrnctis. 
Flowers monoecious, solitary: staminate flowers with pedicels 0.1 to 
0.2 mm long; perianth-segments 5 or 6, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 
0.5 to 0.8 mm long, obtuse at the apex; disk glands free, minute except 
in proportion to the size of the flower; filaments very short but united; 
anthers 3, 0.2 mm long, free, reaching to the base of the flower, dehisching 
vertically : pistillate flowers sessile, br acted ; perianth-segments 6, oblong 
to obovate, 1 mm long, obtuse; disk annular; ovary depressed-globose, 
about 0.5 mm long, glabrous, 3-celled; styles 3, free from the base, up 
to about 0.5 mm long, at the apex shortly 2-lobed with distinct stigmas : 
capsule brown, glabrous, 2 mm long, 3 mm in diameter, 3-celled; seeds 
plano-convex or somewhat gibbous, 1.3 mm long; testa yellowish, with 
an irregular row of usually elongate comparatively deep pits on the 
back and often equally developed but more circular pits on the sides. 
A woody undershrub, 7 to 25 cm high, the branchlets more crowded 
near the top, the terete reddish striate stem roughened by scales and 
the scars of fallen branchlets, the youngest parts and the branchlets 
shortly pubescent, the larger stems bearing at the apex tufts of reddish 
hairs 3 to 7 mm long; pairs of leaves on a branchlet 15 to 18: the dis- 
tichous leaves with comparatively thick petioles about 0.3 mm long, the 
lamina lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 2.5 to 5 mm long, 0.7 to 1.8 
mm wide, at the inequilateral base obtuse or slightly cordate, the margins 
distinctly thickened, simulating lateral veins, the apex mucronate and 
provided with a hair about 2 mm long, articulated, deciduous and rarely 
found, the upper surface bearing very short separate hairs resembling 
glands, the margins ciliolate, the under surface glaucous; venation dis- 
tinct, often purplish, about 6 lateral veins on each side with a definite sub- 
marginal vein ; stipules narrowly linear-lanceolate, conspicuous, very acute, 
2 to 3 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Mount Cura, at an elevation of 300 m, For. Bur. 
16834 Curran (type) : Subprovince of Bontoc, Ling-lagan, For. Bur. 10996 Curran; 
Gaddac, Vanoverbergh 739 : Subprovince of Ifugao, Bila, Bur. Sci. 13542 H. O. 
Beyer ; Tukukan, Bur. Sci. 13541 3. O. Beyer; Ahin, Bur. Sci. 13543 H. O. Beyer: 
Subprovince of Benguet, Mount Pulog, For. Bur. 16148 Curran, Merritt, & 
