Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International New Ireland RAP Survey 
9970 Aspleniaceae 
Asplenium cuneatum Lam. 
New Ireland; near the junction of the Niagara and Weitin River (site 2); 
mature lowland rainforest, in and around transect 1; elev. 240 m, 
centered on coordinates 152 deg 56’ 242” E x 4 deg. 30.210’ S. 
with coll sequence starting Archidendron 9904; terrestrial, common 
species; rhizome not collected; stipes to 50 cm length, blackish, 
shallowly channelled, provided with elongate and clathrate scales at the 
base, appressed squamulose on higher intervals, the scales with 
dendritic processes; fronds to nearly 1.2 m height, pinnately 
decompound, widest near the base; lamina chartaceous, dark dull green 
above, underleaf light green, laxly squamulate on axes and leaf; 
pinnulets cuneate and toothed, generally not acute; venation free to the 
margin, forked, veinlets terminating at the heads of serratures; sori and 
indusia linear, following veins. 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 9970 
date: January 1994 
det.: WT 
sent earlier to HUH 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International New Ireland RAP Survey 
9971 Menispermaceae 
Pycnarrhena ozantha Diels 
keys directly to species on Forman 
New Ireland; near the junction of the Niagara and Weitin River (site 2); 
mature lowland rainforest, in and around transect 1; elev. 240 m, centered 
on coordinates 152 deg 56’ 242" E x 4 deg. 30.210’ S. 
with coll sequence starting Archidendron 9904; woody climber; twigs 
slender, terete, hairs sparse and minute; leaves alternate, spiral, 
coriaceous, glabrous or glabrescent, adaxial surface dark dull green, 
abaxially medium green; petioles to nearly 2 cm, puberulent when young, 
terete, distally somewhat expanded and weakly geniculate; lamina elliptic, 
typical blade 14.5 cm x 5 cm, apex acuminate (somewhat blunt), margins 
entire, base acute; venation irregularly penninerved, no basal venation, 
laterals c. 6 arcuate pairs, supramarginally joined, weakly defined, 
coarsely and irregularly areolate; main veins embossed above, weakly 
raised below; infructescence axillary or infrafoliar; peduncle 1 cm, slender 
and terete, glabrate, distally with a weakly capitate carpophore; drupes 
subglobose, subsessile on the carpophore, single or several but not 
numerous on the peduncle, pericarp yellow-orange turning red, glabrous; 
seed subreniform, dorsally rounded and with 5 distinctly verrucose ridges; 
flowers not seen on collection. 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 9971 
date: January 1 994 
det.: WT 
sent earlier to HUH 
