Flora of Papua New Guinea 
bae National Herbarium 
10082^ Ophioglossaceae 
Helminjpstachys zeylanica (L.) Hook. 
East Sepik Province, vicinity of Langu village, alluvial forest on 
flood plain of the Sanchi tributary, Sepik River, elev. <40 m, near 4° 
11’ S, 142° 44’ E. 
with 10075 et seq.; periodically inundated community; common 
herb on silty substrate, erect, rhizomatous, c. .5 m height, glabrous; 
stipes terete, brown, somewhat succulent; frond divided, major 
divisions digitate, leaflets thick-herbaceous, concolorously dull 
green on both surfaces, apex attenuate, margins minutely erose; 
sporangiophore assurgent from the primary axil, terete, rachis 7 cm; 
sporangia congested, globose, 2-locellate, pale yellow. 
Waskuk name not recorded. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 10082 
date: August 18, 1994 
det. WT 
