Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International New Ireland RAP Survey 
10021 Aizoaceae 
Mollugo pentaphylla L. 
New Ireland; near the junction of Malmai Creek and the Weitin River; 
selectively logged lowland rainforest; elev. 150 m; centered around 152 
deg. 57.825’ E x4 deg. 33.271’ S (coll, site 1). 
small herb on abandoned log-haul track, procumbent, entire plant 
brownish-red in cast, glabrous, highly ramifying; stems slender, 
marginate, weakly swollen at the nodes; leaves in apparent verticels, 
chartaceous, blades linear-lanceolate or somewhat oblong, about 17 
mm x 3 mm, acute at both ends, margin entire, base shortly petiolate 
or subsessile; venation uninerval, higher order nervation hidden; 
inflorescence terminal or emerging from the nodes, paniculiform, 
minutely bracteate; pedicels patent, somewhat conspicuous and 
remaining attached after the fall of the perianth; flowers 
monochlamydeous, minute, tepals free; seeds several, testa distinctly 
granulate under magnification. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 10021 
date: January 1994 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International New Ireland RAP Survey 
10022 Acanthaceae 
Lepidagathis sp. 
New Ireland; near the junction of Malmai Creek and the Weitin River; 
selectively logged lowland rainforest; elev. 150 m; centered around 152 
deg. 57.825’ E x4 deg. 33.271’ S (coll, site 1). 
1 m suffrutex on roadcut margins of abandoned log-haul track; stems 
puberulent, 4-angulate, thickened at the nodes; leaves opposite, 
herbaceous, glabrate; lamina lanceolate-ovate, adaxial surface 
medium shiny green and sub-bullate, abaxially glaucescent, typical 
blade 15 cm x 7.5 cm, apex acuminate, margin entire, base rounded 
then abruptly cuneate; petiole 2 - 2.5 cm, flat above, glabrous or 
puberulent; venation penninerved, laterals generally 7-8 pairs, oblique 
and arcuate, not closing, reticulate, crossing nerves somewhat 
perpendicular to the midrib, veins embossed or slightly prominulous 
above, raised beneath; inflorescence in terminal and axillary spikes, to 
approx. 5 cm, shortly pedunculate; bracts conspicuous, completely 
obscuring the rachis, green, firm, awned, hairs fine and patent; flowers 
white. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 10022 
date: January 1994 
det.: WT 
