Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 790 Oieandraceae 
Nephrolepis acuminata (Houtt.) Kuhn 
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). 
epiphyte; caudex compact, basal scales acuminate, dark brown 
with pale margins; roots wiry; stipes green or purple-black, 
channelled, subterete, stele dictyostelic; frond 2.8 m long, arching 
or pendant; pinnae somewhat fleshy, contracted when fertile. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11790 
date: March 15, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 791 Thelypteridaceae 
Sphaerostephanos novoguineensis (Brause) Hoitt. 
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). 
ground fern in understory; rhizome robust, medium-creeping, 
orange-brown paleaceous; stipe dorsally flattened, vasculature U- 
shaped; rachis with scales and setiform hairs; frond bipinnatisect, 
dull green; upper surface strigose, underside with coarse erect 
hairs and sessile globose glands; reduced pinnae present; sori in 
2 ranks one each side of costule; sporangia black, sometimes with 
glands; indusia light brown, peltate, rugose, provided with dark 
globose glands and lax hairs. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11791 
date: March 15, 1997 
det: WT, 11/97 
