Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 830 Zingiberaceae 
Hornstedtia cyathifera Valeton 
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’ (762 
m). 
sequence 11806-11835; terrestrial herb 3m height, obliquely 
ascending; stems cylindrical, base swollen; leaves stipitate, 
distichous, pliant, dark green, underleaf indument pale brown 
sericeous; sheaths yellow-green; inflorescence cyathiform, 
emerging from rhizome, bracts pink, perianth red. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11830 
date: March 17, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 831 Zingiberaceae 
Alpinia sp., § Dieramalpinia 
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’ (762 
m). 
sequence 11806-11835; ground herb; leaves distichous, 
papyraceous, dark green; sheaths shiny green; inflorescence 
terminal, bracts yellowish at first, later scarious, flowers completely 
white; fruits obovoid, dull pale green, calyx persisting. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11831 
date: March 17, 1997 
det: WT 
