Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11202 Lauraceae 
Cryptocarya aff. multipaniculata Teschn. 
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; sparse treelet on forest margin, 7 
m pole; outer bark grayish-brown; wood stramineous; twigs dark 
brown, angulate, fistulose, inhabited by ants, lenticellate; leaves 
dry, papery, withering easily, adaxial surface very dark green, 
abaxially yellow-green; infructescence terminal, axes twiglike in 
appearance; fruits immature, epicarp dull green. 
xylarium coll. made. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2226-G, -2227-H, -2228-1, -2229-J, - 
2230-K, -2231 -L; corresponding to SWD, TW+BR, SBK, 
RT+RTWD, LF, infructescence+BR; 4 duplicates distributed 
through NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,202 
date: Sept. 16, 1996 
det.: WT; 7/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11203 Rubiaceae 
Timonius sp. (not avensis or belensis) 
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; terrestrial subarborescent, 5 m 
height, leaning over streambed; outer bark brown, not fissured; 
sapwood light straw; twigs pale brown, slightly compressed at the 
apices, terete on older intervals; stipules fugacious, green, hairs 
white; leaves distichous, thick, fleshy-coriaceous, adaxial surface 
dark dull green, abaxially pale green; secondary venation 
obscure; flowers axillary, solitary; corolla tubular, whitish-green, 
limb brownish, lobes 6, divaricate; stamens 6, exserted from 
throat, filaments green; fruits sulcate, epicarp shining brownish- 
green, pedicel green and discolorous from twigs. 
flowers and stipules bottled; xylarium coll, made 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2232-M, -2233-N, -2234-0, -2235-P; 
corresponding to RT, SBK+BR, FR+TW+SWD, LF; 7 duplicates 
distributed through NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,203 
date: Sept. 16, 1996 
det.: WT 
