Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 940 Myristicaceae 
Horsfieldia of. tuberculata (K. Schum.) Warb. 
possibly H. hellwigii 
border of Chimbu (Simbu) and Gulf Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, near junction of Wara O and the Pio River; 
elev. 460 m in alluvial forest; colls, centered on 6° 47’S, 145° 
02’E. 
riverbank tree; main branches projecting at right angles from bole; 
branchlets robust, lined between the petioles, cylindrical, apical 
hairs orange-brown; leaves distichous, induplicative, hanging 
vertically from the horizontal branches, fleshy, dull green or 
yellow-green; panicles mostly below the leaves, rachises green; 
perianth dull yellow, bivalved. 
flowers bottled 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11940 
date: March 30, 1 997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 941 Asclepiadaceae 
Hoya sp. 
border of Chimbu (Simbu) and Gulf Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, near junction of Wara O and the Pio River; 
elev. 440-460 m in alluvial forest; colls, centered on 6° 47’S, 145° 
02’E. 
sequence 11939-11956; lactiferous liane; stems hanging from 
tree branches, slender, terete, pale brown; leaves firm, yellow- 
green both surfaces; inflorescence axillary, fascicled; pedicels 
pale yellow-green; perianth chartaceous, spreading; petals 5, pink; 
corona cream. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,941 
date: March 30, 1997 
det.: P.l. Forster, Dec 1998 
