Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 748 Asclepiadaceae 
Mardenia velutina R. Br. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
vicinity of Haia village; colls, centered on 6° 43' S, 145° 00’ E; 
swampy forest with some anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter 
elev. 2425’ (740 m). 
colls sequence 11741-11750; twining lactiferous climber, 
herbaceous; stems cylindrical, green; leaves opposite, 
papyraceous, adaxial surface dark green, abaxially medium 
green; brown and hispidiform trichomes at base of lamina; petiole 
strictly terete, smooth and green; inflorescence axillary, axes 
entirely green; perianth 5-merous; calyx green; petals yellow- 
green, adaxially dull orange. 
coll : W . Takeuch i 1 1 748 
date: March 9, 1997 
det: P.l. Forster, Dec. 8, 1998 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 749 Pittosporaceae 
Pittosporum pullifolium Burk. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
near Haia village; colls, centered on 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest 
with some anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 2550’ (777 
m). 
small shrub; branchlets terete, virgate, pale brown, lenticellate; 
leaves whorled, coriaceous, dark dull green; peduncles woody; 
fruits oblongoid, dull orange-brown; valves 2, leathery; seeds 
black in a viscid mass. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11749 
date: March 8, 1997 (out of sequence) 
det: WT 
