Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11862 Lauraceae 
Cryptocarya aff. depressa Warb. 
border of Chimbu (Simbu) and Gulf Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, E of Haia village near Wara O, slopes of 
descending buttress ridge to the Pio River, natural growth foothill 
forest; elev. 460 m. 
buttressed tree, dbh 36 cm; outer bark dark brown, horizontally 
furrowed; branchlets obliquely ascending, terete, compressed on 
newer growth, reddish-brown, woody to the apex; leaves spiral, 
induplicative, coriaceous, dull green above, somewhat 
glaucescent beneath; infructescence narrowly paniculiform, 
axillary, hairs orange-brown; developing fruits from an inferior 
ovary, epicarp strigose; calyx remnants erect, approximated, 
reddish-brown. 
Pawaian tokples name = 'sah-ah’ 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11862 
date: March 22, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11863 Commelinaceae 
Amischotolype mollissima Hassk. 
border of Chimbu (Simbu) and Gulf Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, E of Haia village near Wara O, slopes of 
descending buttress ridge to the Pio River, natural growth foothill 
forest; elev. 460 m. 
understory herb; stems cylindrical, green, indument of dark brown 
hairs on leaf sheaths; leaves spiral, obliquely spreading, 
herbaceous, dull green; infructescence capitate; sepals 3, fleshy, 
purple; capsule purple, 3 dehiscence lines; seeds dull orange, 
smooth. 
coll: 
W. Takeuchi 11863 
date: 
March 22, 1997 
det: 
WT 
