Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10070 Hypoxidaceae 
Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze 
East Sepik Province, near Langu village, through the adjacent 
swampland, near 4° 11’ S, 142° 44’ E. 
orchid-like herb on hillside above the swamp, elev. 100 m, terrestrial 
plant, occasional in frequency; rhizomatous, acaulescent; leaves 
ascending, papery, plicate, concolorously dull dark green on both 
surfaces, adaxially glabrate, abaxially appressed hairy on the veins, 
lamina elliptic, typical blade 90 cm x 17 cm, apex attenuate to a 
filiform cauda, base unequal and cuneate; venation pinnate, lateral 
veins numerous, severely oblique and nearly parallel to the costa, 
higher order nervation hidden; petioles 65 cm or slightly +, hairy; 
inflorescence capituliform, scapose, approx. 12 cm long, heads 
deflexed, peduncle erect, squamose; flowers actinomorphous, 
crowded, subsessile, subtended by hairy bracts; perianth 
monochlamydeous, tube highly contracted (<7-8 mm), tepals 6, 
bright yellow, coarsely villous outside; stamens ascending, exserted 
from the throat; style simple, longer than the stamens. 
Waskuk name not recorded. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 10070 
date: August 17, 1994 
det. WT 
