Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 0224 Cyperaceae 
Paramapania parvibractea (Clarke) Uittien 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills, first buttress ridge above the foot 
track between Garuka and Waskuk, territory of the Glei clan; hill forest 
at est. elev. 500-600’ (c. 150-185 m). 
terrestrial understory herb growing in clumps; leaves 3-ranked, coarse, 
margins scabridulous; inflorescence assurgent, lateral from base of the 
leaf rosette. 
Waskuk name = ‘ko mumbus,’ (transl. mountain mumbus). There is 
reportedly a related swamp species called ‘mumbus.’ The present 
species is characteristic of hill forest and is thus distinguished from its 
relative by the Waskuk word for mountain. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10224 
date: June 29, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10225 Schizaeaceae 
Lygodium versteegii Christ 
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. 600’ (183 m); near 4 deg. IT S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
nr. 10212-10214; twining climber, from the ground; frond pliant, 
concolorous medium green both surfaces; venation highly anastamose. 
Waskuk name = 'nay nanga.’ Stems are woven into baskets and pas- 
pas (i.e., armbands). 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10225 
date: June 29, 1995 
det.: WT 
