
22237. Microlepia speluncae Moore. Terrestrial clumps upon wet stony 
moss covered ground; stems several, erect, smooth and blackish brown, 1 to 
2 feet long; rhizome rigid, 1/2 inch thick, black, short rebranched or 
crooked, smooth; the recurved frond longer than the stipe, sometimes much 
longer, paler beneath; a common undergrowth fern. Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 
1927. Polypod. 
22239. Malaxis longipedunculata Ames. Succulent and terrestrial 
clumps in wet moss covered regions of the summit; stem green, the ascending 
leaves slightly paler beneath; spike with rachis and flowers very deep 
purple or nearly black. Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. Orchid. 
22240. Elatostemma contiguum C.B. Rob. Scattered patches upon wet stones 
covered with humus and moss of the peak region; stems terete, green or 
reddish brown; leaves spreading or descending, paler beneath, the larger 
middle portion yellowish green. Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. Urtic. 
22241. [No name.] Upon damp ledges in very deep cuts of woods in the 
sumit region; the tips of the stems ascendingly curved, the leaflets pale 
green. Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. Crypt. 
22242. Asplenium falcatum Lam. Tuftlets in moist moss covered jungles 
of the peak region; stems or fronds ascending, up to 2 feet high, shining 
dark brown; the segments very much recurved; rhizome quite rigid, curved and 
crooked, occasionally branched, densely covered with chocolate brown scales. 
Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. Polypod. 
22243. Lindsaya decamosita Willd. Tuftlets in loose ground of rather 
shaded or sheltered places by the reclining trees and shrubs overhanging 
shear drops near the summit; stipes and rachis shining black; the fronds 
widely spreading, the segments lucid above. Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 
1927. Polypod. 
22245. Clethra castanea Elm. n. sp. Stunted trees in the summit shrub- 
beries; twigs ascending; the leaves also ascending, nearly flat, darker 
green and sublucid on the upper side; spikes erect, ashy green, the corollas 
white. Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. Clethrac. 
22246. [No name.] On host number 22245: Clethra castanea. Mt. 
Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. Crypt. 
22247. Ligustrum glabrinerve Elm. n. sp. Shrub-like tree in the summit 
jungles; wood eh leaves conduplicate, shining above, paler beneath; inflor- 
escence erect, the stalks with calyx green, the corolla white. Mt. Pinatubo, 
April to June, 1927. Oleac. 

