Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 944 Fagaceae 
Lithocarpus rufovillosus (Markgraf) Rehder 
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. 
arborescent; branchlets terete, orange-brown; leaves distichous, 
papery, dark dull green above, brown beneath; infructescence 
terminal, rachises woody, cupule orange-brown, nut shiny green. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11944 
date: March 30, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11945 Asclepiadaceae 
Hoya piestolepis Schltr. 
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 ’. 
collection sequence 11939-11956; twining climber with free ends 
hanging; branches dark brown; leaves coriaceous, not thickened, 
adaxial surface dark green, abaxially medium green, blade 
margins recurved; petioles green except for the base concolorous 
with the stem; inflorescence umbelliform, peduncle stemlike; 
perianth pink, 5, basiscopic, past anthesis; corona purple-red, 5- 
stellate with narrow arms. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,945 
date: March 30, 1997 
det: P.l. Forster, Dec. 8, 1998 
