Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10317 Myristicaceae 
Myristica dasycarpa W.J.J.O. de Wilde 
same coll, as the type gathering Regalado & Takeuchi 1520; 
10317 original distr. as Myristica subalulata Miq. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; main ridge above the foot track 
between Langu and Garuka; in Gala clan territory; hill forest at 
altimeter elev. 800’ (244 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
c. 10 m subcanopy tree, myrmecophilous; twigs robust, fistulose and 
ant-inhabited, marked by interpetiolar ridges; leaves alternate, thick but 
brittle, adaxial surface dull dark green x abaxially brown; fruits orange- 
brown pubescent; arilloid red and fenestrate. 
Waskuk name and use not recorded. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2083-Y, -2084-Z, -2085-A, -2086-C, -2087- 
F, -2088-G; corresponding to LF+TW, RT+RTBK, TBK, TWD, 
RTWD+BR, FR+BR; 6 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10317 
(= Regalado no. 1520) 
date: July 10, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10318 Rhizophoraceae 
Gynotroches axillaris Bl. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; main ridge above the foot track 
between Langu and Garuka; in Gala clan territory; hill forest at altimeter 
elev. 1200’ (365 m); near 4 deg. IT S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E long. 
with sequence 10319-10321; treelet <10 m; branching pattern 
distichous; stipules linear, conspicuous, caducous; leaves opposite, 
papery, 2-ranked, adaxial surface dark dull green x abaxially pale 
green; lamina elliptic, 10.5 cm x 5 cm typical, papillate when dry; 
infructescence axillary, fascicled, calyx persisting; pedicels slender, 
articulated, ebracteate; berries small-globose, epicarp red. 
Waskuk name and use not recorded. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2089-H, -2090-1, -2091 -J, -2092-K; 
corresponding to TWD, LF+TW+BR, RTWD+RTBK+TWD, 
TBK+BR+RTWD; 8 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10318 
(= Regalado no. 1521) 
date: July 10, 1995 
det.: WT 
