Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 832 Marattiaceae 
Marattia cf. novoguineensis Rosenst. 
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 dark 
green, glabrescent, surfaces with small tubercles, base swollen 
and with auriculiform scales; vasculature dictyostelic; rachis 
swollen at pinna insertion, not channelled; leaves brittle, very dark 
green; sori submarginal. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11832 
date: March 17, 1997 
det: WT, 11/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11833 Myristicaceae 
Myristica 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; canopy tree, exudate present; branchlets 
robust, cylindrical, orange-brown, lined between the petioles; 
leaves alternate, distichous, fleshy, shiny green above, orange- 
brown beneath; petioles scaly, furrowed; fruits infrafoliar, single, 
oblongoid, orange-brown; peduncle woody. 
carpological coll. 
Pawaian tokples name = ‘we-le’ (long vowel sound) 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11833 
date: March 17, 1997 
