Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13314 Cyath eaceae 
Cyathea werneri Rosenst. 
keys to here on Holttum 
Morobe Province; NW of Waria River; low ridges S of 
Wara Pao, near Yai Village, colls, centered on 7° 57’ 
14” S, 147° 35’ 55” E, elev. ca. 200 m. 
collection sequence 13297-13325; tree fern along small 
creek; caudex ca. 1.5 m tall, mucilaginous; stipes black 
at base, scales fuscous, rachis green; leaves 2.3 m 
long, brittle, upper side shiny very dark green, medium 
green beneath, no hairs on underside of pinna rachis; 
sorus indusiate. 
coll: W. Takeuchi et al. 13314 
date: June 12, 1999 
det.: WT, June 2001 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13315 Thelypteridaceae 
Sphaerostephanos flavoviridis Holtt. 
keys to this result on Holttum 
Morobe Province; NW of Waria River; low ridges S of 
Wara Pao, near Yai Village, colls, centered on 7° 57’ 
14” S, 147° 35’ 55” E, elev. ca. 200 m. 
collection sequence 13297-13325; ground fern; caudex 
short, radial; stipes atropurpureous, vasculature of 2 
lateral strands uniting upwards into a U configuration; 
leaves brittle, medium green, sessile spherical glands 
present on both surfaces; sori apparently without 
indusia, sporangia glabrous. 
coll: W. Takeuchi et al. 13315 
date: June 12, 1999 
det.: WT, June 2001 
