Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11134 Arecaceae/Palmae 
Linospadix sp. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
Mt. Widau near Haia village; colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ 
S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest with anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter 
elev. 2550’ (777 m). 
coll, sequence 11,121-11,145; miniature understory palm; stems 
green, terete; leaves papery, dark green both surfaces; spike 
ascending. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,134 
date: Sept. 12, 1996 
det.: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11135 Zingiberaceae 
Alpinia sp. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
near Haia village, ascending slopes of Mt. Widau; colls, centered 
on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest with anthropogenic 
disturbance, altimeter elev. 2425-2550’ (740-777 m). 
coll, sequence 11,121-11,145; large terrestrial herb; leaves 
papyraceous, adaxial surface dark green, medium green 
beneath; flower buds linear, pale yellow, pubescent, ensheathed 
by large bracts; rachis-pedicels-calyx concolorously red; corolla 
yellow-white. 
flowers bottled. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,135 
date: Sept. 12, 1996 
det.: WT 
