Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 258 Myrtaceae 
Syzygium aff. womersleyi Hartley & Perry 
does not key out; possibly sp. nov. 
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; 7-8 m tree on forest edge; highly 
branched; twigs terete, branching pattern distichous, surfaces 
orange-brown; leaves distichous, coriaceous, adaxial surface 
very dark green, abaxially pale green; inflorescence cauline and 
ramiflorous; calyx pink; petals light green, concave; filaments very 
pale green; styles white. 
flowers bottled; xylarium coll. made. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2918-1, -291 9-J, -2920-K, -2921 -L, - 
2922-M; corresponding to LF+RTWD+BR, TWD, TW+BR, TBK, 
RT+RTBK; 3 duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,258 
date: Sept. 21,1996 
det.: WT, 6/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11259 Euphorbiaceae 
Phyllanthus (closest to) rubriflorus J.J. Sm. 
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 1 1 ,254-1 1 ,264; 2 m shrub on forest margin; twigs 
slender, apical sections yellow-green and compressed, becoming 
orange-brown and terete on older parts; leaves distichous, 
herbaceous, adaxial surface very dark green, abaxially yellow- 
green; entire infructescence yellow-green; capsules slightly 
compressed between the poles. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,259 
date: Sept. 21,1996 
det.: WT, 7/97 
