Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
9329 Bignoniaceae 
Pandorea pandorana (Andr.) Steen. 
Morobe province; Atzera Range, lowland forest near the 9-11 mile 
settlement, foothill forest, <300 m elev. 
liane; stems hollow, the wood whitish; twigs terete, twining, glabrous, 
smooth, also with a cylindrical centralium; leaves opposite, exstipulate, 
non-tendrillate, glabrous, imparipinnate, mostly 2-4 jugate, all leaf axes 
smooth and terete; venation pinnate, coarsely reticulate, plexus irregular 
with nerves filiform; inflorescence terminal, paniculiform, minutely 
bracteate, all axes filamentose, glabrous; flowers zygomorphic, cream to 
pale yellow, dichlamydeous; calyx synsepalous, glabrate, to 4 mm, 
shortly dentate; corolla monopetalous, infundibuliform, tube glabrous 
becoming coarsely hairy at the limb; limb 5-fid, lobes crisped, inner side 
villous from base of tube to midlobe on the limb; androecium of 4 
functional stamens and one staminode, didynamous, epipetalous at base 
of tube, filaments proximally dilate, pustulate on the expanded section, 
otherwise glabrous; anthers lenticular, basifixed, thecae 2, obliquely 
oriented in an inverted V shape; ovary superior, umbonate, pustulate, 
style filamentose, glabrous, the stigma dilate, compressed, 2-lamellate? 
bottled coll at A. 
coll: W, Takeuchi 9329 
date: Jan., 1994 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
9330 Menispermaceae 
Stephania zippeliana Miquel 
Morobe province; Atzera Range, inland from the 9-11 mile settlement, 
foothill forest at elev. <300 m. 
robust woody climber; main stem radial, green in XS, outer bark medium 
brown, ridged, flaky, twigs striate, glabrous; leaves alternate, spiral, 
exstipulate, entirely glabrous, papyraceous, adaxial surface dark green x 
abaxially glaucescent; inflorescence cauline, umbelliform at higher orders, 
to _50 cm long, minutely bracteate, all axes glabrate; flowers unisexual 
(sp. dioecious); male flower: radial, dichlamydeous; calyx aposepalous, 
sepals 6 in 2 equal whorls, larger than petals, outer surface papillose, 
smooth-glabrous within; corolla choripetalous, glabrous, somewhat 
incrassate; androecium connate into a peltate synandrium, no 
rudimentary gynoecium; female not seen. 
flowers bottled; at A. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 9330 
date: Jan., 1994 
det.: WT 
