22098. Asplenium spathulinum J. Sm. Several stemmed clusters in wet 
humus covered ground of jungles; stems several, ascending, quite rigid; the 
heavy fronds much recurved, tips often touching the ground where new 
plantlets are formed, paler green beneath; a beautiful fern. Mt. Pinatubo, 
April to June, 1927. Polypod. 
22099. athea contaminans Copel. A 6 inches thick tree fern along 
creek beds and in woods; stem with scars; fronds widely spreading, 10 feet 
long or longer, the thick petioles brown and spiny, its basal part covered 
by yellowish white scales; pinnae subglaucous green beneath, heavy, the 
final segments subpendant. Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. Fern. 
22100. Symp locos ahernii Brand. A rather burly tree in woods along a 
dry creek; w white and rather hard, the bark blotched; leaves shallowly 
folded, much lighter green beneath; infrutescence ascending, the drupes 
turning nearly black. Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. Symploc. 
22102. Elatostema brunneolus [un] Elm. n.sp. Rank and succulent herbs in 
wet ground along a deeply shaded stream bed bank; stems at the base nearly 
1 inch thick, watery green, reclining and occasionally branched, the leaf 
bearing portion ascending; blades much paler beneath; inflorescence erect, 
green, the flowers whitish; note: not E. banahaensis[e] Rob. - alliance with 
E. opiculosum Elm. Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. Urtic. 
. 22103. Diplazium grammitoides Pr. Soft little tufts upon moss covered 
stones in stream beds of deeply shaded cuts; fronds descending upon the 
slope of the stones, pale green especially beneath. Mt. Pinatubo, April to 
June, 1927. Polypod. 
22104. Chloranthus brachystachys Blm. Suberect shrub in wet soil of 
hunid banks along dry creeks; branches freely rebranched toward the top; 
leaves recurved, slightly paler beneath; spikes erect, green except the 
yellowish white flowers; berries vermillion red, shining. Mt. Pinatubo, 
April to June, 1927. Chloranth. 
22105. Smilax verruculosa Merr. A rambling shrub among dense thickets 
or jungles; leaves with strongly recurved tips, slightly paler beneath. Mt. 
Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. Liliac. 
22106. [No name.] A soft moss or scale-moss along the upper wetter 
portion of tree trunks; in humid woods. Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. 
Crypt. 

