Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11770 Orchidaceae 
Neuwiedia veratrifolia Bl. 
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). 
erect ground herb in understory; leaves plicate, papyraceous, dull 
green both sides; spikes conspicuously bracteate; perianth 
entirely yellow; labellum with lateral lobes; column yellow; ovary 3- 
alate, green. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 1 1 770 
date: March 15, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11771 Euphorbiaceae 
Mallotus paniculatus (Lam) Mueli.-Arg. 
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. 2500’ (760 
m). 
colls sequence 11766-11802; 15 m tree in regrowth, 
unbuttressed; outer bark rough-textured, pale brown, slash pink, 
no exudate, wood white; twigs terete, orange-brown, squamose or 
lepidote; leaves spiral, adaxial surface dark dull green and 
biglandular at the base, abaxially light brown; indumentum 
floccose on new flush; infructescence paniculate, axes twiglike; 
fruits dehiscent on 3 valves provided with flexible spines; seeds 
rugose, blackish-brown. 
Pawaian tokples name = ‘hou-o’ 
wood coll, made 
coll: W. Takeuchi 1 1,771 
date: March 15, 1997 
det: WT 
