Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11113 Gesneriaceae 
Aeschynanthus sp. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
vicinity of Haia village; centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ 
E; regrowth forest with anthropogenic disturbance, average 
altimeter elev. 2425’ (740 m). 
coll, sequence 11,111-11,120; climber on tree adjacent to 
conspecific coll. 11,112; leaves firm, thick, adaxial surfaces 
medium green, glaucescent below; leaf venation pinnatinerved, 
laterals in 4-5 oblique pairs visible as faint lines in the fresh 
blade; calyx green; corolla red, bilabiate, limb 4 + 1, tube bulbous 
at the base; immature fruits linear, yellowish-green. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,113 
date: Sept. 11,1996 
det.: WT, 7/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11114 Melastomataceae 
Medinilla aff. ?versteegii Mansf. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
vicinity of Haia village; centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ 
E; regrowth forest with anthropogenic disturbance, average 
altimeter elev. 2425’ (740 m). 
coll, sequence 11,111-11,120; epiphytic shrub with spreading or 
hanging branches; branches subterete (not angulate), orange- 
brown; leaves fleshy or coriaceous, induplicate, shining on both 
surfaces, adaxially dark green, abaxially very yellowish-green, 
leaf base sessile and auriculate; inflorescence terminal, solitary 
or 3 together, completely pinkish-red on all parts, surfaces 
shining. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,114 
date: Sept. 11,1996 
det.: WT, 7/97 
