The Nature Conservancy Botanical Survey 
Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 3052 Melastomataceae 
Memecylon aff. ?papuanum Merr. & Perry 
‘excelsum-floribundum’ group 
Madang Province, Josephstaal FMA area, near the 
Guam River bridge campsite: GPS 275.181 E, 
9496.459 N (Annanberg sheet); alluvial flats with a 
successional terrace sequence from regrowth to 
mature forest; elev. c. 85 m. 
coll, sequence 13050-13055; subarborescent in 
understory; leaves subcoriaceous, adaxially very dark 
green, abaxially yellow-green; venation obscure; 
infructescence axillary, fruits single, globose, green. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi & E. Saxon et al. 13052 
date: September 10, 1998 
det.: WT; Dec. 16, 1999 
The Nature Conservancy Botanical Survey 
Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 3053-A Marantaceae 
Phrynium pedunculatum Warburg, or aff. 
Madang Province, Josephstaal FMA area, near the 
Guam River bridge campsite: GPS 275.181 E, 
9496.459 N (Annanberg sheet); alluvial flats with a 
successional terrace sequence from regrowth to 
mature forest; elev. c. 85 m. 
coll, sequence 13050-13055; understory herb; leaves 
pliant, withering quickly after gathering, light green; 
bracts green. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi & E. Saxon et al. 1 3053-A 
date: September 10, 1998 
det.: WT; Jan. 6, 2000 
