Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 3344 Myrsinaceae 
Fittingia aff. urceolata Mez 
cf. fruiting specimen13287 
Morobe Province; NW of Waria River; along the 
streambed of Wara Pao, near Yai Village, colls, 
centered on 7° 57’ 14” S, 147° 35’ 55” E, natural growth 
alluvial forest, elev. 1 50-200 m. 
collection sequence 13332-13347; moderately common 
understory shrub; leaves fleshy, pellucid spotted; 
inflorescence immature, entirely pale yellow-green; 
flowers 5-merous; calyx lobes partite, acute; corolla 
tubular, lobes shallow, acute, outer tube glabrous, 
inside densely pustulate; stamens oppositipetalous, 
adnate to base of tube, filaments pustular like the 
surrounding surface; ?pistillode columnar, much shorter 
than filaments. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi et al. 13344 
date: June 14, 1999 
det.: WT, June 2001 
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