13493. Elatostemstoides sublexum Elm. n. sp. Large 
suffrutescent tussocks in loose, very moist, more or less 
send-gravelly soil on long streamlets of densely wooded 
ravines st 750 feet; stems seversl] from the seme root eluster, 
ascending snd strongly reeurvec, 1 inch thick, terete, 
branched from near the base, § to 8 feet high; bark dull 
green, smooth,wood dingy white, odorless and testeless, 
with e@ large hollow pith; brenches lsexly rebranched and 
forming interlaced maseces, twige ueuelly eurved upwards; 
leaves descending, flat or eurved upon the much deeper green 
surfece, tips reeurved; infloreseence sappy white, axillery 
or lateral, qpite easily breaking; "Cateo™ in Menobo. 
Cabsadberan, Auguet, 1912. 
12494. Begonia pseudoleterslis Warb.  Sueculent sub- 
erect herbs in very humid woods or in wet stony earth along 
deeply shaded streamle ts at 750 feet altitude; stem solitery 
or usually few clustered, erect or suberect from the reclining 
besal portion of the 1 inch thick terete and reddish colored 
portion; only speringly branched toward the top, 1 yard high 
or less; leeves aseending, the blades horizontally spreading, 
velvety deep green above, red beneath eepecislly the nerves; 
flower eluster from the terminal leaf axils, subtended by 
‘Breen or pink brects, pedicels pink and widely spreading, 
perianth white and pink, stamens bright yellow, pistils 
“greenish; fruits pendent, green but turning red with age; 
"Gealohat-loho” in Manobo. Cabedbaran, August, 1912. 
13495. Malexis agusanensis Ames n. ep. Succulent 
suberect herb in loose, moist, more or lees stony soil on s 
densely forested steep incline nesr a streamlet at 750 feet; 
stem 3/4 ineh thiek, fleshy, light atro-violeceous; leaf 
petiole sscending, deeply grooved on the upper green side, 
blade coriaceous, recurved, green above, similerly tinged 
on the nether side and slong the lower side of the petiole; 
‘gtelk dull green, striste with atro-violaceous, with deflexed 
bracts especially toward the flowef-beering portion; flowers 
odorless, divaricate, the pedicels end outer reflexed orgens 
atropurpureus, the inner orgene greenieh yellow except slong 
the inner side of the 2 downwardly extended spurs which 
sre of the seme eolor};° “Ziaya” in Menobo. Cabedberen,. 
August, 1912. 
15496. Rhynchogloseum klugioides Glk. Succulent 
reclining or suberect herbs in wet, more or lese sandy soil 
in deep revines elorig densely sheded ravines or woods at 
750 feet along streams; stem subterete, 1/2 inch thick, 
succulent, deep green, speringly branched soove the middle; 
leeves flaccid, paler green beneath, dark green above, 
horizontal or descending; flowering spike erect, green, 
the odorlese flowers divaricate, the eslyx green, the 
eorelle whitish below the middle, otrerwise atro-cyaneous; 
“Pampafigod” in lianobo.  Cabsdberan August, 1912. 

