Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11190 Sabiaceae 
Meliosma pinnata (Roxb.) Maxim, 
ssp. macrophylla (Merr.) Beus. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
vicinity of Haia; coils, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ 
E; swampy forest with anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 
2425’ (740 m). 
coll, sequence 11,189-11,193; 20 m canopy tree with basal 
swell; outer bark whitish-gray, longitudinally lineate but not 
fissured; branchlets robust, orange-brown, apical axes and young 
leaves furfuraceous; leaves imparipinnate, apically conferted, 
blades papery, adaxially dull green, abaxially yellowish-green; 
veins yellow; petiole-rachis terete, indumentum mealy orange- 
brown on leaf axes; petiole basally swollen; inflorescence axillary, 
all axes orange-brown hairy; flower buds minute; perianth yellow- 
white; infructescence infrafoliar, pendant, total length 60 cm or +, 
axes woody and pubescent; fruits globose, baccate, epicarp dull 
brown turning white; seed single, testa blackish-brown, ridged. 
xylarium and carpological colls, separate; flowers bottled. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2191-R, -2192-S, -2193-T, -2194-U; 
corresponding to LF, RT+RTWD, FR+TW, TBK+TWD; 5 sets 
distributed through NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,190 
date: Sept. 15, 1996 
det.: WT, 6/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11191 Euphorbiaceae 
Codiaeum variegatum (L.) Bl. 
var. moluccanum (Decne) Muell. Arg. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
vicinity of Haia; colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ 
E; swampy forest with anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 
2425’ (740 m). 
coll, sequence 11,189-11,193; shrub along Wara Sename 
streambed, less than 1 m height; stem dull medium brown; leaves 
fleshy, adaxial surface glossy dark green, abaxially shining 
yellow-green; inflorescence racemose, terminal, ascending, all 
axes smooth and light green; flowers unisexual, only male flower 
seen: perianth monochlamydeous, sepaloid, 5-merous, segments 
concave and shiny green; androecium of about 30 stamens; 
filaments white; anthers pale yellow-white; pistillode lacking. 
flowers bottled. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1,191 
date: Sept. 15, 1996 
det.: WT, 7/97 
