540 
Philippine Journal of Science 
1920 
obtusis; filamentis 3, liberis, antheris verticaliter dehiscentibus, 
floribus 9 plerumque solitariis, pedicillatis, pedicello usque ad 
12 mm longo. 
A dioecious shrub, glabrous except the branchlets, the 
branches slender, terete, grayish-brown. Leaves very numerous, 
mostly lanceolate, chartaceous, 1.2 to 3 cm long, 4 to 10 mm 
wide, somewhat olivaceous, shining, the base usually more or 
less inequilateral, broadly rounded and often slightly cordate, 
narrowed upward to the acute or somewhat acuminate apex; 
lateral nerves slender, about 10 on each side of the midrib, 
spreading, not prominent, anastomosing; petioles 1 mm long or 
less; stipules slenderly acuminate, from a broadened base, about 
2 mm long. Staminate flowers fascicled, axillary, but one or 
few flowers appearing at the same time, each fascicle with nu- 
merous, crowded, small bracteoles, the pedicels slender, 6 to 8 
mm long, the perianth 2.8 mm in diameter, the segments 6, 
equal, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, obtuse, 1.2 mm long. Disk 
glands 6, prominent. Filaments 3, about 1 mm long, free, the 
anthers dehiscing vertically, 0.2 mm long. Pistillate flowers 
axillary, mostly solitary, their pedicels in fruit up to 12 mm long, 
the perianth similar to that of the staminate flowers. Styles 
6, free, 1 mm long. Fruit globose, about 4 mm in diameter, 
composed of three dehiscent cocci. 
Panay, Capiz Province, Mount Bulilao, Bur. Sci. 35655, 35679 
Martelino & Edaho, June 20, 1919, in forests near the summit, 
altitude about 650 meters. 
The alliance of this species is manifestly with Phyllanthus 
kmcifolius, Merr., from which it is especially distinguished by 
its smaller leaves, its pubescent branchlets, and much shorter 
pedicels of the pistillate flowers. 
PHYLLANTHUS APICULATUS sp. nov. 
Frutex glaber, ramis ultimis circiter 7 mm diametro, cicatrici- 
bus magnis instructis, ramulis confertis, tenuibus, usque ad 40 cm 
longis; foliis numerosis, chartaceis, nitidis, oblongo-ellipticis, 
3 ad 4.5 cm longis, basi acutis, apice acuminatis et plerumque 
apiculatis; floribus fasciculatis, breviter pedicellatis, circiter 4 
mm diametro, segmentis 6, elliptico-oblongis, 1.8 ad 2 mm longis, 
staminibus 3, filamentis liberis, antheris verticaliter dehiscen- 
tibus. 
A glabrous shrub, the ultimate branches terete, about 7 mm 
in diameter, marked with large scars, these subtended by several 
small, broadly ovate, stipule-like bracts, the tip and uppermost 
axils supplied with small, dense rosettes of oblong-lanceolate. 
