Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11265 Gesneriaceae 
Cyrtandra sp. (Cyrtandropsis), cf. § Leucocyrtandra 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province, Papua side; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, Momburn ridge between Haia and Wara 
Sera; colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 04’ E; natural 
growth hill forest at altimeter elev. 3150’ (960 m). 
coll, sequence 11,265-11,288; understory monocaul in Crestline 
forest, plants 1-2 m height; stems cylindrical, soft; leaves 
pseudoalternate, each pair with a stipuliform member, rarely 
opposed to a regular but reduced blade; blades brittle, adaxial 
surface very dark dull green, pale green beneath; venation 
brown; inflorescence axillary, to c. 4 flowers per axil; flowers 
unisexual, entirely white, corolla type 3+2, cylindrical, scarcely 
exceeding the calyx, coralline flap absent; ovary ovoid, 
glabrescent; style laxly pilosulous; stigma conspicuously 2-fid, 
lobes expanded. 
flowers bottled. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,265 
date: Sept. 28, 1996 
det.: WT, May 1999 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11266 Gesneriaceae 
Aeschynanthus sp. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province, Papua side; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, Momburn ridge between Haia and Wara 
Sera; colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 04’ E; natural 
growth hill forest at altimeter elev. 3150’ (960 m). 
coll, sequence 11,265-11,288; clinging epiphyte in Crestline 
forest; stems terete, green; vegetative parts with an indumentum 
of white spreading hairs; leaves firm, fleshy, adaxial surface very 
dark green, abaxially glaucescent; calyx light green, sepals linear; 
corolla yellow-orange in bud, sherbet-orange at anthesis, tube 
proximally globose; stigma and style yellowish or orange; 
filaments concolorous with corolla. 
one flower bottled. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,266 
date: Sept. 28, 1996 
det.: WT 
