Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11214 Barrington iaceae 
Barringtonia sp. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
vicinity of Haia, near the Wara oo streamcourse (first river E of 
Mt. Widau); colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; 
alluvial forest at altimeter elev. 2100’ (640 m). 
coll, sequence 11,214-11,230; understory subarborescent, 5 m 
height, highly branched; straight bole, lacking basal swell, stem 
covered with epiphytic growth; twigs terete, orange-brown; leaves 
conferted at apices, subcoriaceous, bullate, adaxiaily shining very 
dark green, abaxially medium green; petiole proximally swollen 
and concolorous with twig, distally green and discolorous; 
infructescence pendant; axes brown but not woody; fruits dull red; 
seed single. 
carpological and xylarium colls, separate. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2236-Q, -2237-R, -2238-S, -2239-T, - 
2240-U; corresponding to RT+RTBK+RTWD, LF+SWD, SBK, 
infructescence, TW+BR; 5 duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,214 
date: Sept. 18, 1996 
det.: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11215 Annonaceae 
Polyalthia aff. ?oblongifolia group 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
vicinity of Haia, near the Wara oo streamcourse (first river E of 
Mt. Widau); colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; 
alluvial forest at altimeter elev. 2100’ (640 m). 
coll, sequence 11,214-11,230; 8 m understory tree; bole straight 
to base, branches diverging at right angles to main stem; outer 
bark marked by transverse ridges, otherwise smooth; twigs 
terete, pale brown; leaves distichous, somewhat firm, bullate, 
shining both surfaces, adaxiaily very dark green, abaxially 
medium green; venation distinctive: laterals severely acroscopic, 
nervation reticulate; petiole shiny green; infructescence from old 
wood; epicarp glossy yeliow-green or orange. 
carpological and xylarium colls, separate. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2241-V, -2242-W, -2243-X, -2244-Y; 
corresponding to LF+TW, RT+RTWD+infructescence, SWD, 
SBK; 2 duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,215 
date: Sept. 18, 1996 
det.: WT, 7/97 
