Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11274 Gesneriaceae 
Cyrtandra sp., cf. § Diplochiton 
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; epiphytic monocaul; stems robust, 
cylindrical, soft, surfaces obscured by pale whitish-green bracts; 
leaves opposite, sub-decussate, fleshy, rugose, adaxially medium 
green, abaxially pale yellowish-green; petioles and costae 
succulent, translucent white; perianth entirely white, 
?actinomorphous; fruits immature, developing berries ovoid- 
ellipsoid, epicarp shiny light green and glabrous. 
flowers bottled. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,274 
date: Sept. 28, 1996 
det.: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11275 Gesneriaceae 
Cyrtandra sp., § Centrosiphon 
conspecific with 11294, 12914 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province, Papua side; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, stream channel near Wara Sera; colls, 
centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 04’ E; natural growth hill 
forest at altimeter elev. 2800’ (854 m). 
coll, sequence 11,265-11,288; short terrestrial herbs, monocaul; 
stems cylindrical, soft, juicy, radicant; leaves pseudoalternate, 
spiral, rugose, bullate, fleshy, adaxial surface grayish-green, 
abaxially brownish-green; calyx red, deeply incised, ventrally 
cleft; ovary linear, white, distally becoming red; stigma expanded. 
flowers bottled. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,275 
date: Sept. 28, 1996 
det.: WT, May 1999 
