Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11168 Adiantaceae 
Syngramma schlechteri Brause 
keys on Copeland 
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; understory terrestrial; rhizome 
erect, medium-creeping, scales blackish; stipes purple, 
vasculature of 3 strands: 1 ventral and 2 lateral; leaves firm, 
upper surface dark green, yellow-green beneath. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,168 
date: Sept. 13, 1996 
det.: WT, 8/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11169 Melastomataceae 
Medinilla aff. compacta Bakh. f. 
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; epiphytic shrub; leaves thick, 
fleshy, brittle, adaxial surface very dark dull green, abaxially 
reddish-green; underleaf veins purple; fruits axillary or infrafoliar, 
forming globose clusters. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,169 
date: Sept. 13, 1996 
det.: WT, 7/97 
