Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Jimi-Ramu UNDP/DEC RAP Survey 
1 0425 Proteaceae 
Helicia sp. 
Western Highlands Province; Bismarck Range, Mt. Oibo, ridgeline 
community in immediate vicinity of Camp 1, along the trail towards 
Bugkile; low stature montane forest in cloud zone, tree layer generally 
_10 m, undergrowth profuse, herb layer very well developed, dense beds 
of sphagnum moss over ground; colls, this day centered on GPS 
coordinates lat. 5 deg. 35.513’ x long. 144 deg. 47.252’, GPS elev. 2357 
m (altimeter 2400 m). 
collection sequence 10386-10425; terrestrial treelet; leaves coriaceous, 
adaxial surface dull green x abaxially gray-green; fruits globose, 
drupelike, firm, epicarp orange and irregularly dimpled, apparently 
monospermous, endocarp fibrous. 
carpological collection 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 10425 
date: Oct. 4, 1995 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Jimi-Ramu UNDP/DEC RAP Survey 
1 0499 Marattiaceae 
Marattia sp. ‘tafaensis group’ 
Western Highlands Province; Bismarck Range, Mt. Oibo, subcrest slopes 
of main ridge in vicinity of Camp 1; low stature montane forest in cloud 
zone, tree layer generally _10 m, undergrowth profuse, herb layer very well 
developed, dense beds of moss over ground; colls, this day centered on 
GPS coordinates lat. 5 deg. 35.513’ x long. 144 deg. 47.252’, GPS elev. 
2357 m (altimeter c. 2400 m). 
collection sequence 10426-10501, terrestrial fern; all scales orange-brown; 
stipes green and fleshy; fronds bipinnate, to c. 3 m length, clustered, 
emerging from a starchy base with a yellow-white interior; lamina brittle, 
upper surface dark dull green x yellow-green beneath; primary pinnae 
elongate, paleaceous, distally alate, basally pulvinate; terminal pinnules 
longer than others, conspicuously toothed; sori medial. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 10499 
date: Oct. 5, 1 995 
det.: WT; 11/97 
