Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International New Ireland RAP Survey 
1 0007 Myristicaceae 
Myristica hollrungii Warb. 
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; 10 m tall tree on forest 
margin; outer bark dark brown, somewhat smooth, no red exudate, 
wood straw, bole unbuttressed but with a few stilt roots; branchlets 
stout, marked by raised lines, marginate, not hollow or ant-inhabited, 
apices pale brown lepidote; leaves alternate, distichous, papyraceous, 
adaxially medium dull green, abaxially glaucescent, blades oblongish 
or widest above the middle, typical 29 x 10.75 cm, apex acuminate, 
margin entire, base mostly rounded; petiole ca 2-3 cm long, flat above, 
glabrate; venation of ca 25 equispaced secondaries, the laterals 
abruptly arcuate at the margins, closing or not, reticulum fine, costa 
embossed above, prominent beneath; flowers not seen; fruits on 
woody knobs ca 1 .5 cm long, single or two together, roughly ellipsoid, 
usually rounded at both ends, ca 7.5 x 5 cm (spirit), 6.75 x 3.25 cm 
(dry), valves 2, yellow-green, glabrous; seed one, large, arillode pink 
and fenestrated. 
fruits bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 10007 
date: January 1994 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International New Ireland RAP Survey 
1 0008 Leeaceae 
Leea sp. 
does not key out on Ridsdale; the spiny stems would suggest 
aculeata or angulata 
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; 4-5 m tall treelet on 
margin of streambed; stems spiny; branchlets dull brown, lenticellate; 
leaves alternate, pinnate, rachises at least 2-jugate, coarsely hairy on 
rachis and veins, petiole and rachis slightly longer than 40 cm; leaflets 
elliptic to lanceolate, papyraceous, adaxially dark dull green, rugose, 
abaxially light green, larger leaflets ca 22.5 x 10.5 cm, apex acuminate, 
margin serrate, base rounded; venation of 11-14 equispaced laterals, 
reticulated, crossing nerves scalariform, nervation prominent; stipules 
caducous, pubescent, elongate, ca 4 cm x 5 mm, leaving a narrow 
abscission scar; inflorescence leaf-opposed, paniculate, 19 cm long, 
pedunculate, all axes coarsely and laxly hairy, bracts minute; calyx 5- 
fid, puberulous, yellow-green, lobes triangular; petals connate at base, 
5, pale dull yellow (not greenish-white), valvate, glabrate, ca 3 mm long, 
paracorolla subglobose, of 5 thickened lobes; stamens 5, inserted in 
the paracorolla sinuses, introrse, anthercells linear, connective not 
excurrent; style simple, terete, stigma weakly dilate; berry purple-black, 
glabrate, slightly compressed, 5 x 8.5 mm (pickled), seeds (5)— 6, 
obovoid, the interior with white ruminations. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 10008 
date: January 1994 
det.: WT 
