Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International New Ireland RAP Survey 
10002 Polypodiaceae 
Aglaomorpha drynarioides (Hook.) Roos 
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; epiphyte; rhizome 
climbing, robust, completely covered with large orange-brown scales; 
frond 1 .2 m long, to 30 cm wide, generally of even width throughout, 
estipitate, leaf base acting as a litter trap; lamina pinnatifid to 
pinnatisect, papery, concolorously yellow-green on both surfaces; 
pinnae oblongish, articulated to the costa, apex acuminate; venation 
regularly areolate; fertile pinnae contracted, linear, pinnately arranged 
at the top. 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 10002 
date: January 1994 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International New Ireland RAP Survey 
10004 Fabaceae 
Canavalia cf. cathartica Thouars 
New Ireland, near the junction of the Niagara and Weitin Rivers (site 2), 
mature lowland rainforest in and around transect 1, elev. 240 m, near 
4° 30.210’ S, 152° 56’ 242” E. 
with coll sequence starting Archidendron 9904; herbaceous vine at 
edge of riverbed; stems green, terete, smooth, glabrous; leaves 
alternate, pinnately trifoliolate, herbaceous, glabrous or with lax minute 
hairs, adaxially dark dull green, abaxially mid-green; petiole to ca 10 cm 
long, swollen at the base and with 2 subconical glands, upper side 
grooved; rachis ca 4.5 cm long, channelled, all axes smooth and 
glabrate; petiolules swollen, puberulent; lamina ovate, to ca 15 x 10.75 
cm, not or only weakly asymmetric, apex acuminate, base acute to 
rounded; venation penninerval, laterals 5-6 obliquely spreading pairs, 
arcuate at the margins, closing or not; inflorescence axillary, to 25-30 
cm long, racemose, long-peduncled, nodose, all axes green, 
puberulent, stemlike in aspect; flowers short-pedicelled, ca 3 cm long 
(excl. 3 mm pedicel); calyx yellow-green, generally with 2 principal 
lobes, cleft on one side; standard pale purple, notched at the top, 24 
mm high x 27 mm broad, not clawed, turned 90° to the keel; keel and 
lateral petals concolorously purple, obtuse, keel 20 mm long, retuse, 
wing 21 mm long; stamens monadelphous; one immature pod, 
compressed, puberulent. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 10004 
date: January 1994 
det.: WT 
