Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11918 Thelypteridaceae 
Sphaerostephanos multiauriculatus (Copel.) Holttum 
keys to this result on Holttum 
border of Chimbu (Simbu) and Gulf Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, junction of Wara O and the Pio River; elev. 
510-610 m in foothil forest; colls, centered on 6° 47’S, 145° 02’E. 
ground fern, occasional; caudex ca. 0.5m tall, narrow, radial, 
erect; basal scales paleaceous, dark brown; fronds slightly 
dimorphic, ascending, decrescent; stipes brown, vasculature U- 
shaped; rachis with reddish setiform hairs; leaves pinnate, dark 
green both sides, undersides of costae strigose and lacking 
glands; sori exindusicate, sporangia glabrous. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 1 1918 
date: March 28, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11919 Meliaceae 
Aglaia subminutiflora C. DC. 
border of Chimbu (Simbu) and Gulf Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, junction of Wara O and the Pio River; elev. 
510-610 m in foothil forest; colls, centered on 6° 47’S, 145° 02’E. 
understory shrub, 2m tall; branchlets slender, indument reddish- 
brown; leaves spiral, herbaceous, dull green, midribs with reddish- 
brown hairs; inflorescence axillary, narrowly paniculate; calyx 5- 
dentate, hairy; corolla in bud only, globose, light yellow. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11919 
date: March 28, 1997 
det: WT 
