84 



Remarks. — A pretty enough grain. 

 Material collected. — Leaves and wood. 



Ficus sp. No. 599. 



Strangling species. 



Native name. — Otzob (Yalu). - 



TJrticaceae. 



Antiaris toxicaria, No. 305; Cyplioloplius pachycarpus 



No. 547; Elatostema sesquifolium, No. 541 

 Elatostema velutinicaule II. Winkl., No. 267 

 Elatostema sp. (Elatostema macropliylluni var 

 majusculum, So. 259 and No. 539), No. 522 

 Laportea gigas, No. 168 ; Laportea corallodesma, 

 No. 8; Piptnrus argenteus Wedd., No. 422; Pip- 

 turus incanus, No. 633 ; indt., No. 75 ; Pilea sp., 

 now, No. 515; Pilea pellis-crocodili, No. 540. 



Antiaris toxicaria Lesch, No. 305. 



Large tree. Girth 9 feet, bole 70 feet, 100 feet 

 overall. Buttressed to 8 feet. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate ; petiole 



blade 3 



inches to 5^ x 11 to 2 inches; lanceolate and 

 oblanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, thin. Midrib 

 and veins yellow and prominent below. 



Flowers. — Axillary. Only buds seen. 



Bark. — Grey brown. Longitudinally lined big 



bark 



cream. Strong fibre. 



pustules. Inner 

 Exudes latex. Solution colourless; no precipi- 

 tate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined. Pale yellow or white. 



Rays. — Clear. 100. White, rather straight; up 

 to 1-40 inch deep, lines on quarter. Pores.— 



Conspicuous. 4,000 to 



5,000 



single 



a 



nd radi- 



ally septate. Also quite a number are divided 

 irregularly the septum at any angle. Soft tis- 

 sue. — Absent. General. — A pale rapidly blue- 

 ing soft light wood, 

 no precipitate. 



foot. 



Solution wood : colourless ; 

 Cuts soft. 22 lb. per cubic 



Locality. — Baroi. 



Date. — October. 



Boa (Vailala), Idumu (Evara). 



Native names.— 



Remarks. — A soft, porous, woolly wood, attacked 

 by blue mould a week after cutting. The bark 

 makes the " tapa cloth " of the Delta. 



Material collected. 



Leaves, buds, bark, wood. 



Cypholophus pachycarpus: II. Winkl., So. 547. 



Giant leafed ground nettle, 2 feet 6 inches 

 Locality. — Nomi River, 5,000 feet. 



high 



Mongi valley, 



below 



Date. — November, 1923. 



Native name. — Embalenia (Ogenuniiagn). 



Material collected. — Leaves. Flowers. 



Elatostema sp., So. 522. 



Soil cover. 



Locality. — Moss forest of 



Salawaket, 8,000 feet. 

 Date. — November, 1923. 

 Remarks. — A ground nettle. 

 Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



Elatostema macro ph ulhtm Brong. Var. majusculum 



IL Winkl. No. 539. 



Large leafed ground nettle, 2 ft. 6 in. high. 

 Locality. — Nomi River, 5,000 feet. 

 Date.— November 23. 

 Material collected. — Leaves. Flowers. 



Elatostema sesquifolium Ilassk., No. 541. 



The small accuminate leafed ground nettle, 2 feet 



high. 



Locality. — Nomi River, 5,000 feet. 



Date.— 22nd November, 1923. 

 Material collected. — Leaves. Flowers. 



Elatostema majusculum, No. 259. 



Soil covering 18-24 inches high, more or less suc- 

 culent. 

 Leaves. — Simple, alternate. Petiole inch. Blade 



6 x If. Acuminate, ve: 

 glabrous, thin. 

 Flowers. — Axillary in head. 



—Between 



ymetr 



serrate. 



Locality. 



feet mi Owen 



Stanely Range. Road 



Moresby. 

 Date. — August. 



4,000-5,000 



from Kokoda to Port 



nnar 



ks. — The whole forest floor is cov<ved by 



R 



this ground nettle at this altitude. 

 Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



osterna velutinicaule IT. Winkl, No. 267. 



A more or less succulent plant, 15 inches high. 

 Locality. — 5,400 feet on trail from Kokoda to the 



Gap. A common ground nettle in the moss 



forests. 



Date. 



Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



Vugust. 



Laportea gigas, Wedd, No. 8. 



The nettle or stinging tree. A large tree 9 feet 

 in girth, 40 feet of bole and 80 feet overall. 

 Narrow buttresses. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; grouped at end of 

 branches; petiole 4 to 6 inches; blade obo- 

 vate, cordate, markedly acuminate. Petiole, 

 midrib and veins armed with stinging hairs. 

 Pubescent below; upper surface glabrous, shiny. 



Bark. — J inch thick. Yellow brown. Scaly; in- 

 ner bark red. 



Wood. — Sap undefined; white. 



Locality. — Collected near Veimauri. 



Common 



about there and all round Papua on lowlands. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Native names. — dvabo (Motu), Kua (Vailala), 



Pokane (Evara). 

 Remarks. — The juvenile leaves have more stinging 



hairs than the mature ones. The wood is soft, 



and is not used. 



spongy, 

 Material collected. 



Wood and bark. 



Laportea corallodesme Lautb, No. 633. 



A third story tree 2 feet in girth and 25 feet high. 



Flowers. 



—Red, pubescent, caulifloral. 

 Locality. — Yonombo. 



Native names. — Koi (Mountu), Botu (Yon 

 Remarks. — Common. 



Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



Pilea, 



No. 515. 



new species, 



A nettle like ground cover. 

 Locality. — Salawaket 9,000 feet. 

 Date. — November 23. 

 Material. — Leaves and flowers. 



Pilea pellis-crocodili, H. Winkle, No. 540. 



The large acuminate leafed ground nettle, 2 feet 

 high. 



Locality. — Nomi river, 5,000 feet. 



Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. l ' 



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a 



Pi pi urns incanus, No. 168. 



Small tree 30 feet by 2 feet girth. Springs up in 

 old farm lands. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate, cxstipulate; petiole 

 up to 1| inches; blade up to 4| x 2 inches; 

 lanceolate, acuminate; pubescent ' above and 

 below; three veins. 



