Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 692 Melastomataceae 
Poikilogyne villosa Maxw. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
near Haia village, track to Mt. Widau near the top; colls, centered 
on 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest with anthropogenic 
disturbance, altimeter elev. 2525’ (770 m). 
colls sequence 11684-11707; vine; reddish-brown indument on 
most parts; stems terete; leaves papyraceous, bullate, adaxially 
dark dull green, light green underneath; calyx 5, light green, 
sepals with a dark green median line terminating at a mucro; 
petals 5, free, light purple; stamens 10, filaments purple, anthers 
dull yellow; ovary superior, red. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11692 
date: March 6, 1997 
det.: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11693 Myrsinaceae 
Myrsine leucantha (K. Schum.) Pipoly 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
near Haia village, track to Mt. Widau near the top; colls, centered 
on 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest with anthropogenic disturbance, 
altimeter elev. 2525’ (770 m). 
colls sequence 11684-11707; 3—4 m tall understory shrub; 
branchlets terete, smooth; leaves coriaceous, dull green, pellucid 
punctate; venation obscure; infructescence fascicled, infrafoliar, 
sometimes interfoliar; fruits globose, whitish-green with darker 
green glandular streaks. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11693 
date: March 6, 1997 
det.: J. Pipoly 
