Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10208 Psilotaceae 
Psilotum nudum (L.) Beauv. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills, first buttress ridge above the foot 
track between Garuka and Waskuk, territory of the Glei clan; hill forest 
at altimeter elev. 500’ (152 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
with collection sequence 10206-10211; hanging epiphyte; thallus dull 
green. 
Waskuk name and use not recorded. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10208 
date: June 28, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10209 Moraceae 
Ficus wassa Roxb. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills, first buttress ridge above the foot 
track between Garuka and Waskuk, territory of the Glei clan; hill forest 
at altimeter elev. 500’ (152 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
with collection sequence 10206-10211; epipetric scrambler; said by 
villagers to be dimorphic: growing as a small-leaved plant on the 
ground and becoming more robust as an adhesive climber on tree 
trunks; stems slender and terete; stipules linear, persisting; leaves 
alternate, papery, glabrate, dull green both surfaces; lamina linear- 
elliptic, caudate; figs terminal, globose, single; the receptacle 
mottled/speckled with different shades of green, not hispid. 
Waskuk name = ‘merdonk.’ Used in black magic to cure sickness. 
The figs are reportedly eaten by bats. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10209 
date: June 28, 1995 
