Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 764 Polygalaceae 
Xanthophyllum papuanum Whitmore ex Meijden 
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. 2500’ 
(762 m). 
canopy tree, unbuttressed; branchlets terete, smooth, green or 
pale brown; leaves alternate, distichous, coriaceous, shiny green 
both sides; fruits globose, pendant, penduncle woody; seeds 
embedded in a bright yellow pulp, flat on the commissural faces. 
carpological coll. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11764 
date: March 14, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11765 Rubiaceae 
Psychotria olivacea Valeton 
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. 2500' (762 
m). 
climber; branchlets robust, cylindrical, smooth, green, marked by 
annulate scars; leaves decussate, fleshy, dark green; petals 5, 
recurved, dull orange-red, corolla throat obscured by yellow hairs; 
style green, stigma 2-fid; infructescence axes green, epicarp 
translucent pale green, pyrenes 2, not ridged. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11765 
date: March 14, 1997 
det: WT 
