Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11196 Gesneriaceae 
Cyrtandra fusco-vellea K. Schum. 
conspecific with 11181 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
vicinity of Haia, along the Wara oo streamcourse (first river E of 
Mt. Widau); colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; 
riverine forest at altimeter elev. 2100’ (640 m). 
coll, sequence 11,194-11,213; small subshrub on margins of foot 
track; twigs green, provided with brown spreading hairs; leaves 
herbaceous, bullate, adaxial surface dark dull green, abaxially 
very pale green; calyx light green, sepals linear; corolla red; fruits 
linear-ovoid, epicarp green. 
flowers bottled. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,196 
date: Sept. 16, 1996 
det.: WT, 7/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11197 Euphorbiaceae 
Acalypha hellwigii Warburg 
keys to this result on Airy Shaw 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
vicinity of Haia, along the Wara oo streamcourse (first river E of 
Mt. Widau); colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; 
riverine forest at altimeter elev. 2100’ (640 m). 
coll, sequence 11,194-11,213; 4 m shrub on sun-exposed 
streambanks, common regrowth species; outer bark smooth, 
greenish-brown; wood very pale straw; twigs terete, lenticellate; 
stipules subulate, pale green or yellow-green; leaves spiral, pliant 
or subfleshy, adaxial surfaces dull medium green, abaxially very 
pale green; petiole terete, green, brown and pulvinate at both 
ends; flowers unisexual (species monoecious); female: all 
inflorescence axes yellowish-green, bracts concolorous with 
rachises, toothed, dentation red; stigma feathery, red; male: 
inflorescence rachises yellow-green, entire flower (incl. pedicel) 
pale whitish-yellow. 
xylarium coll, made 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2206-J, -2207-K, -2208-L, -2209-M, - 
2210-N, -2211-0; corresponding to LF+BR, SWD, TW+BR, SBK, 
RT, inflorescence+TW+RTWD; 4 duplicates and 2 sets to NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,197 
‘A’ duplicates from different individual 
date: Sept. 16, 1996 
det.: WT, 7/97 
