Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10069 Commelinaceae 
Amischotolype mollissima Hassk. 
=Forrestia mollissima (Bl.) Kds. forma mollissima 
East Sepik Province, near Langu village, through the adjacent 
swampland, near 4° 1 1 ’ S, 142° 44’ E. 
robust herb on margin of Metroxylon swamp, elev. 40 m; stems erect, 
cylindric, .5-1.0 m height, enveloped by the sheaths; leaves 
alternate, distichous, subcoriaceous, puberulous with hairs of various 
lengths on both surfaces, adaxially dark green x abaxially medium 
green, lamina linear-elliptic, typically 37 cm x 8 cm, apex 
attenuate-cuspidate, base stipitate (c. 4 cm) on the sheath; sheaths 
with brown patent hairs, indumentum somewhat harsh, mostly 
restricted to the margins; leaf venation unicostate and pinnate, 
laterals severely oblique, higher order nervation hidden, costa 
broadly canaliculate above, prominent beneath; capsule 3-valved; 
inflorescence axillary, wine-red, congested, capituliform; perianth 
dichlamydeous, 3-merous, free, the sepals distinctly cymbiform. 
Waskuk name not recorded. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 10069 
date: August 17, 1994 
det. WT 
