Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11160 Annonaceae 
Polyalthia aff. ?oblongifolia group 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
E of Haia village; colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ 
E; hill forest with some anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 
2700’ (823 m). 
coll, sequence 11,146-11,174; subarborescent; outer bark 
smooth except for occasional transverse ridges; twigs terete, 
lenticellate, pale brown; leaves distichous, coriaceous, dry- 
textured, adaxial surface shiny dark green, abaxially yellow- 
green; venation distinctive: laterals severely acroscopic, nervation 
reticulate; petiole shining green, somewhat swollen; 
infructescence infrafoliar, peduncle woody, torus weakly 
expanded; carpels oblongoid, epicarp yellow turning yellow- 
orange; single seed, endosperm ruminate; flowers not seen. 
carpological accessory coll.s made. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,160 
date: Sept. 13, 1996 
det.: WT, 7/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11161 Arecaceae/Palmae 
Linospadix sp. 
conspecific to 1 1 1 34 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
E of Haia village; colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ 
E; hill forest with some anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 
2700’ (823 m). 
coll, sequence 11,146-11,174; miniature understory palm; stems 
terete, slender, annulate, green; leaves papery, adaxial surface 
dark dull green, medium dull green beneath; peduncle and leaf 
rachis green; spikes ascending, one per axil. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,161 
date: Sept. 13, 1996 
det.: WT 
