Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11162 Gesneriaceae 
Cyrtandra aff. bracteata Warb. 
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; terrestrial monocaul on steep 
slopes with Poikilospermum 11158; very common understory 
species; stems erect, soft, terete or slightly square in XS; leaves 
opposite, decussate, conferted at the top; blades thick-fleshy but 
brittle, adaxial surface dark dull green, abaxially yellow-green, 
underleaf indumentum orange-brown, leaf base decurrent; petiole 
and costa proximaliy swollen; bracts foliose, yellowish to red, 
costate, hairs orange-brown; calyx pale yellow or cream, 
markedly zygomorphic (cleft on one side), completely enveloping 
the developing fruit, sepal margins distinctly red, corolla not seen; 
immature berry pale green, epicarp smooth. 
local villagers report that birds obtain nectar from the flowers, 
bottled coll. made. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,162 
date: Sept. 13, 1996 
det.: WT ; 8/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11163 Pentaphragmataceae 
Pentaphragma grandiflorum Kurz 
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; monocaul herb along stream 
channel; stems terete, soft, surfaces smooth and shiny green; 
leaves thick, papyraceous, bullate, adaxial surface glossy dark 
green, abaxially light green; petiole broadly furrowed, soft, 
stemlike in general appearance; bracts biseriate, white; tepals in 
2 series, inner segments bright yellow-orange, outer segments 
white; ovary and pedicel concolorously green. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1,163 
date: Sept. 13, 1996 
det.: WT; 7/97 
