Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11868 Rubiaceae 
Psydrax sp. 
Canthium aff. cymigerum (Valeton) B.L. Burtt 
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, colls, centered on 6° 
47’S, 145° 02’E, natural growth foothill forest; elev. 460 m. 
liane-like stems hanging on sides on riverbank; stems terete, 
shiny green near apices; leaves opposite, distichous, 
subcoriaceous, sub-bullate, dark dull green; stipules acuminate; 
inflorescence corymbose, projecting from the plane of the leaves, 
all axes smooth, green; calyx truncate; corolla 5, pale yellow, 
petals reflexing; stamens 5, alternipetalous; stigma dilate; green, 
2-partite; fruits subglobose, green turning red, polyspermous. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11868 
date: March 23, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11869 Loranthaceae 
Amyema rigid iflora (K. Krause) Danser 
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, colls, centered on 6° 
47’S, 145° 02’E, natural growth foothill forest; elev. 460 m. 
shrub, wood parasite; branchlets cylindrical, green at apices; 
leaves opposite, undulate, coriaceous but brittle, dark dull green; 
flowers mostly ramiflorous, umbel of triads, all axes green or 
reddish-green; calyx truncate, brown; corolla orange; fruits 
oblongoid, monospermous, epicarp dull brownish-green. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11869 
date: March 23, 1997 
det: WT 
