Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11820 Rubiaceae 
Hedyotis schlechteri (Valeton) Merr. & Perry 
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. 2550’ (777 
m). 
sequence 11806-11835; understory subshrubs; stems dull green, 
quadrangular-alate; leaves fleshy, dull green; stipules green, 
margins laciniate; inflorescence axillary, cymose, rachises 
dorsally channelled; perianth tetramerous; calyx linear; corolla 
obtuse in bud, white. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11820 
date: March 17, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11821 Cyatheaceae 
Cyathea sp. 
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. 2550’ (777 
m). 
sequence 11806-11835; understory fern; caudex erect, polelike, 
3-4m height, scales orange-brown; leaves subfleshy, shiny green; 
stipes purple-black, prickly, mucilaginous when cut, base 
acroscopic and appressed to caudex, vasculature in 3 arcs; rachis 
brown, dorsally furrowed, prickly; sori round, in 2 ranks, no 
involucre, exindusiate. 
Pawaian tokples name = ‘pa-nay’ 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11821 
date: March 17, 1997 
det: WT 
