Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 822 Dennstaedtiaceae 
Dennstaedtia novoguineensis (Rosenst.) Copel. 
keys to here on Copel. 
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; ground fern in understory; stipes robust, 
brown or green, prickly, also with setiform hairs; fronds long and 
arching, 3-4m long, truncate at base; leaves chartaceous, 
decompound (4-pinnatifid), dark dull green; rachis vasculature U- 
shaped, indument of crisped hairs; sori marginal, indusia cuplike. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11822 
date: March 17, 1997 
det: WT, 11/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 823 Thelypteridaceae 
Sphaerostephanos pilososquamatus (v.A.v.R.) Holtt. 
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; ground fern in understory; rhizome 
close-creeping; stipes brown or green, stele U-shaped, basal 
scales brown; leaves herbaceous, dull green both sides, upper 
surface strigose, costa with erect hairs, underside coarsely hairy 
mainly on veins; sporangia setiferous; indusia with both glands 
and hairs. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11823 
date: March 17, 1997 
det: WT, 11/97 
