Phyllanthus texensis sp. nov 
Phyllanthus texensis sp, nov. Plant perennial from a thickened taproot, 
numerously and diffusely branched at base, the branches puberulent and prostrate 
to ascending, and up to 10 cm. long and mostly less than 2 mm, broad; leaves 
glabrous, numerous, ovate to oblong, 3-6 mm, broad and 5-10 mm, long, mostly 
about 4 mm, broad, and a little more than 8 mm, long, obtuse, nearly sessile, 
rounded at the base; inflorescence racemose, but flowers not seen; pedicels E nm, 
long or less; capsules glabrous, manifestly depressed, mostly about 1.5 mm. high 
and 2,5 mm. broad; seeds light brown, smooth, about 1.25 mm, long. 
This species approaches P, Drummondii S mall from which it differs in the 
branches being puberulent and mostly prostrate in growth rather than erect or 
ascending, in the capsule being manifestly depressed rather than spheroidal, and 
in the leaves, capsules, and seeds being larger. The two species ase separated 
in distribution by a belt of 300 or more miles in width and in elevation by as 
much as 2,000 feet. While both species grow in sand, each is associated with an 
entirely different type of vegetation, this species occurring where the shinnery 
oak, C ^uercus Havardil. is dominant, and Drummondii occurs where herbaceous, and 
frequently more or less weedy, vegetation is dominant. The t 3 rpe specimen. 
No, 13767, was collected in Andrews County, Texas, May 20, 1935, It is deposited in 
the Gray Herbarium, 
