The Nature Conservancy Botanical Survey 
Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13090 Fabaceae/Leguminosae 
Desmodium ormocarpoides DC. 
Madang Province, Josephstaal FMA area, foothills 
near Wagedav village, near GPS 292.036 E, 9504.161 
N (Manam topographic sheet), elevation 450 - 500 m, 
riverine flats and foothill forest; successional sequence 
of subsistence gardens and natural growth forest. 
coll, sequence 13078-13100; vine in regrowth; leaves 
simple; corolla white; inflorescence and infructescence 
pendant. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi & E. Saxon et al. 13090 
date: September 15, 1998 
det.: WT; Dec. 20, 1999 
The Nature Conservancy Botanical Survey 
Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13091 -A Myrsinaceae 
Maesa rufovillosa Mez 
keys to this result on Sleumer 
Madang Province, Josephstaal FMA area, foothills 
near Wagedav village, near GPS 292.036 E, 9504.161 
N (Manam topographic sheet), elevation 450 - 500 m, 
riverine flats and foothill forest; successional sequence 
of subsistence gardens and natural growth forest. 
coll, sequence 13078-13100; shrub with vinelike 
branches, in regrowth; indument orange-brown on 
stems; leaves herbaceous, adaxially dark green, 
abaxially brownish green and velutinous; flowers 5- 
merous; infructescence spiciform or sparingly 
branched; fruits green turning translucent white when 
ripe, oligospermous; seeds minute, testa black. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi & E. Saxon et al. 13091-A 
date: September 15, 1998 
det.: WT; Dec. 14, 1999 
