Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11718 Fagaceae 
Lithocarpus cf. schlechteri Markgraf 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
E of Haia village; colls centered on 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest 
with some anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 2550’ (777 
m). 
colls sequence 11708-11740; common tree; branchlets pale 
brown lepidote; leaves spiral, dry-brittle, dull green above, 
grayish-green beneath; inflorescence entirely yellow-brown, 
rachises ascending; flowers sessile, polyandrous. 
Pawaian tokples name = ‘pur-kare’, used for fence posts. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11718 
date: March 8, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11719 Myrtaceae 
Syzygium cratermontensis Takeuchi 
Chimbu Province, Crater Mt. Wildlife Management 
Area, E of Haia village, hill forest with some 
anthropogenic disturbance, 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E, 
altimeter elev. 2550’ (777 m). 
collections sequence 11708-11740; 7 m monocaul 
pole with leaves at the top; outer bark pale orange- 
brown; apical twigs smooth and green, terete, leaves 
opposite and spreading, papyraceous or more or less 
firm, adaxially dark dull green, abaxially yellow-green, 
inflorescence cauline near base, axes smooth, 
brownish; calyx dull reddish-purple, hypanthium 
yellow-green, filaments same yellow-green, anthers 
cream, style subulate, yellow-green also. 
flowers bottled 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11719 
date: March 8, 1997 
distr: holo. LAE; iso. A, BRIT, CANB, K, L, NY 
