Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11772 Araliaceae 
Mackinlaya schlechteri (Harms) Philipson 
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). 
understory subshrubs, monocaulous, to 0.5m height; stems 
cylindrical, articulated, brown; leaves spiral, papyraceous, dull 
green; petiole dark green, conduplicative; infructescence 
umbelliform, rays smooth, light green; developing ovary 
compressed, glossy green, stigma 2-fid; mature fruit flat, epicarp 
purple-black or blue, glaucous. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11772 
date: March 15, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11773 Fabaceae 
Desmodium laxum DC. 
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). 
liane-like herb in understory; stems terete, shiny green; leaves 
alternate, pinnately trifoliolate, herbaceous, dark green, underside 
conspicuously areolate, purple-red on young plants; corolla white, 
pink at the base; articles green, constricted. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11773 
date: March 15, 1997 
det: WT 
