Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11256 Ranunculaceae 
Clematis aff. ?papuasica Merr. & Perry 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province, Papua side; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, swamp forest around Haia; colls, centered on 
coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; anthropogenic regrowth at 
altimeter elev. 2425’ (740 m). 
coll, sequence 11,254-11,264; woody climber; main stem 
cylindrical, longitudinally sulcate, wood straw; branches 
numerous, hanging; twigs green, pubescent; leaves 
subcoriaceous to pliant, felty, adaxial surface dull dark green, 
abaxially light yellow-green; inflorescence ramifying, axes yellow- 
green and pubescent throughout; carpels yellow-green; styles 
white. 
flowers bottled. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2905-S, -2906-T, -2907-U, -2908-V; 
corresponding to LF+TW, inflorescence+stem, RT, SWD+SBK; 4 
duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,256 
date: Sept. 21,1996 
det.: WT, 7/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11257 Euphorbiaceae/Stilaginaceae 
Antidesma cf. sarcocarpum Airy Shaw 
possibly in ‘jucundum-concinnum group’ 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province, Papua side; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, swamp forest around Haia; colls, centered on 
coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; anthropogenic regrowth at 
altimeter elev. 2425’ (740 m). 
coll, sequence 11,254-11,264; 5 m understory treelet; twigs 
terete, pubescent, surfaces orange-brown; leaves distichous, 
pliant, bullate, adaxial surface very dark green, abaxially medium 
green; flowers unisexual; calyx red, dentate; ovary red; fruits red, 
compressed, rugose; styles 2, spreading, yellowish, excentric. 
flowers and fruits bottled; xylarium coll. made. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2914-C, -291 5-F, -291 6-G, -291 7-H; 
corresponding to TW+inflorescence, LF+BR, SBK+RT+RTWD, 
SWD; 6 duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,257 
date: Sept. 21,1996 
det.: WT, 7/97 
