The Nature Conservancy Botanical Survey 
Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13542 Sterculiaceae 
Sterculia schumanniana (Laut.) Mildbr. 
Madang Province, Josephstaal FMA area, near Kumamdeber, 
along trail to Morasapa W of expedition Camp 1 , GPS 281407 
E, 9504560 N, elev. 530 ft. (160 m), mature growth foothill 
forest. 
collection sequence 13524-13607; 4 m tall subarborescent; 
leaves conferted on branchlet apices, geniculate, surfaces 
very dark green, glabrous; fructescence infrafoliar, follicles 
green. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi, J. Wiakabu, M. Gorrez, A. Towati 13542 
date: July 30, 1999 
det.: WT; Dec. 1, 1999 
The Nature Conservancy Botanical Survey 
Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13543 Begoniaceae 
Begonia papuana Warburg 
Madang Province, Josephstaal FMA area, near Kumamdeber, 
along trail to Morasapa W of expedition Camp 1, GPS 281407 
E, 9504560 N, elev. 530 ft. (160 m), mature growth foothill 
forest. 
collection sequence 13524-13607; juicy-stemmed understory 
herbs; stipules hyaline, lanceolate; leaves herbaceous, 
adaxially very dark green, abaxially light green; male 
inflorescence dichotomously ramified; infructescence solitary 
below the males. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi, J. Wiakabu, M. Gorrez, A. Towati 13543 
date: July 30, 1999 
det.: WT; Dec. 22, 1999 
