Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International New Ireland RAP Survey 
10013 Leeaceae 
Leea macropus K. Schum. & Laut. 
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; 5 m treelet; glabrous; 
branchlets pithy, terete, swollen at the nodes; leaves alternate, 
imparipinnate, coriaceous, ca 36 cm long, petiolate, all axes terete, 
smooth, petiole swollen at base only; stipules ca 52 x 8 mm, caducous; 
leaflets oblongish, ca 24.5 x 9 cm typical, basally reduced, adaxially 
medium green, abaxially light green, apex abruptly acuminate, margin 
coarsely serrate, base subcordate; petiolules 1-1.5 cm, not swollen; 
venation pinnate, laterals 11-16 arcuate pairs usually closing near the 
margin, reticulum scalariform, costa prominulous above, more raised 
below; inflorescence axillary, pendant, paniculate, ca 40-50 cm, 
peduncled, glabrous; flowers lax, minutely bracteate, pedicellate, 5- 
merous, calyx tubular with a dentate rim; corolla red, valvate; stamens 
and staminodial lobes white. 
flowers and sectioned fruits bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 10013 
date: January 1994 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International New Ireland RAP Survey 
10014 Urticaceae 
Pipturus argenteus (Forst. f.) Wedd. 
conspecific with 10012 but more hairy 
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; 2 m shrub on sun- 
exposed margin of streambed; leaves papyraceous, adaxially yellow- 
green, abaxially whitish. 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 10014 
date: January 1994 
det.: WT 
