Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International New Ireland RAP Survey 
9987 Asclepiadaceae 
Hoya sp. 
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° 56’ 242” E x 4° 30.210’ S. 
with coll sequence starting Archidendron 9904; lactiferous climber; stems 
terete, green, glabrous; leaves firm-succulent, glabrous, adaxially nitid 
yellow-green, bullate, abaxially pale green; lamina ovate, typical blade 
11.5 cm x 9 cm, apex mucronate, margin subrevolute, base rounded or 
slightly notched; lateral veins about 4 pairs, higher order nervation 
obscure, costa ±impressed above, prominulous below; petiole fleshy, to 
ca. 3 cm; inflorescence axillary, peduncle 1-1.5 cm, glabrous, minutely 
bracteate at the top; umbel of ca. 30 flowers, pedicels pale yellow-green, 
2-2.5 cm long, glabrous; calyx 5-fid, segments ±lanceolate; petals 5, 
scarcely spreading, cream-colored and red around the base of the 
corona, puberulent on margins and adaxial face, ca. 1 cm across; 
corona cream. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 9987 
date: January 1994 
sent previously to HUH 
1 dupl. and the bottled flowers sent to Forster, Sept. 1999 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International New Ireland RAP Survey 
9988 Zingiberaceae 
Alpinia oceanica Burk. 
cf. 9993 
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; rhizomic herb, terrestrial; 
leaves distichous, obliquely ascending, coriaceous, glabrous to the naked 
eye, adaxial surface dark shiny green, abaxially light green; lamina linear- 
elliptic, typical blade 44 cm x 7.75 cm, apex narrowly acuminate (often to 
a filiform tip), base acute, sessile on the sheath or stipitate; sheath 
glabrous, open on the opposite side, ligule: rounded and with ciliate 
margins, not especially exserted; inflorescence terminal, nodding, to 
nearly 20 cm length, pedunculate, axes puberulent, bracts: spathaceous, 
dull red, puberulent; calyx puberulent, pink, lobes acuminate; corolla 3 
(color not recorded; ?white), segments oblongish, reflexing, glabrous, 
subequal; labellum patently exserted, suboblong, not distinctly lobed, 
margins with widely-spaced teeth; style included; style+stigma+labellum 
all white. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 9988 
date: January 1994 
det.: WT 
sent previously to HUH 
