Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 240 Orchidaceae 
Corymborkis veratrifolia (Reinw.) Bl. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province, Papua side; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, descending slopes between Mt. Widau and 
Wara oo (first river to the E of Widau); colls, centered on 
coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest with some 
anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 2100-2550’ (640-777 
m). 
coll, sequence 11,231-11,247; terrestrial orchid in understory, 
erect, to 2 m height, canelike; leaf sheaths completely covering 
the stem, surface lineate, dull dark green, leaves plicate, dark 
green both sides; inflorescence axes light green; bracts and 
pedicels concolorous with rachises; flowers entirely white. 
flowers bottled. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,240 
date: Sept. 19, 1996 
det.: N.H.S. Howcroft, 6/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11241 Melastomataceae 
Medinilla rubrifructus Ohwi 
keys to this result on Veldkamp 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province, Papua side; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, Crestline of Mt. Widau, near Haia village; 
colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest with 
some anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 2550’ (777 m). 
coll, sequence 11,231-11,247; epiphytic shrub; twigs slender, 
brown; leaves distichous, pliant, adaxially dark green, abaxially 
medium green; fruits globose, epicarp red. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,241 
date: Sept. 19, 1996 
det.: WT, 7/97 
