21937. Dennstaedtia smithii Moore. Few stemmed terrestrial clusters, 
in very humid shady depressions; stipes a yard or two long, green, soft and 
pubescent, the frond portion nearly as long and much or widely spreading. 
Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. Polypod. 
21938. Medinilla iantha Merr. Shrubs upon humid boulders; wood 
reddish, rather hard, de gray-to brown bark shredding; leaves much paler 
beneath; inflorescence mostly terminal, sometimes lateral, pink; the 
infrutescence deeper red. Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. Melast. 
[Attached note] 21938a for 12 numbers. 
21939. [No name.] Lichens with pale green upper and grayish white 
lower sides, along the upper side of shrubs in damp creek beds; cups brown. 
Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. Crypt. 
21940. Mussaenda chlorantha Merr. Erect shrub, 6 inches thick, in 
damp jungles along stream beds; wood soft, white, the smooth bark dull 
brown; leaves much paler beneath, spreading; inflorescence erect, green, 
except the corolla segments which are yellow and the white bracts. Mt. 
Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. Rub. 
21941. Maesa laxa Mez. Shrub along creek bottom jungles; wood white 
and soft, the bark dull brown and lenticelled; leaves much paler beneath; 
the infrutescence russet brown. Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. Myrsin. 
21942. Begonia. Several stemmed herbs in wet ground along stream 
beds of jungles; stems 1 to 1-1/2 inches thick, greenish, the few twigs 
' divaricate; leaves horizontal or descending, flat, much paler beneath; 
flowers white to pink, the stalks greenish. Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 
1927. Begon. 
21943. Elaeocarpus zambalensis Elm. n. sp. Tree 1 foot thick in moist 
wooded depressions; wood rather soft, white, the smooth bark blotched; twigs 
numerous, erect; leaves ascending, dull green above; spikes erect, yellowish 
the pendant flowers whitish. Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. Elaeocarp. 
21944. Ficus eri Elm. Shrubs in jungles; wood white and soft, the 
bark smooth and gray to brown blotches, without latex; leaves with recurved 
tips, paler beneath; the subpendant figs green but brownish red on the 
exposed sides. Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. Morac. 
21945. Cypholophus moluccanus (Blm.). Lax shrub in wet stones along 
water courses; wood pithy, the bark brown; twigs ascending, the leaves much 
poe beneath; flower clusters greenish. Mt. Pinatubo, April to June, 1927. 
rtic. 

