University of Illinois at Chicago 
University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA 
PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA 
MYRTACEAE 
Rhodomyrtus? 
Det. By: 
Field Char: Treelet 5 m x 10 m, bark gray with 
reticulate cracks. Flower buds with brownish 
tomentum, petals white with pinkish tinge; 
anthers yellow, fruits green. 
Notes: Photo taken. 
Locality: Irian Jaya: Baliem valley, north of 
km 39 on Wamena - Passvalley road/path. 
Habitat: Low stature, scrubby, open forest, to 
20 m tall. Fine yellow soils and 
occasional white sands with limestone 
boulders and outcrops, occasional 
sandstone. 
c. 2000 m,003°40'S X 139°00’E 
Local Names: "Duweh" 
J. S. Burley & Ismail 4500, May 15, 1991 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3018-Q, U44Z3019-R 
U44Z3020-S. 
Collected under the sponsorship of: U.S. National Cancer 
Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, Arnold 
Arboretum (Harvard University), Field Museum of 
Natural History and Herbarium Bogoriense. 
University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA 
Det. By: 
Field Char: Treelet 5 m x 6 cm diameter; bark 
smooth, grey. Anthers white, showy, turning 
brown at anthesis. 
Notes: Photos taken (see also 4517). 
Locality: Irian Jaya: Baliem valley; north of 
km 39 on Wamena - Passvalley road/path. 
Habitat: Low stature, scrubby, open forest to 
20 m tall. Fine yellow soils and 
occasional whitesands with limestone 
boulders and outcrops, occasional 
sandstone. 
c. 2000 m,003°40’S X 139°00’E 
Local Names: "taluk" 
J. S. Burley & Ismail 4501, May 15, 1991 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti- AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3021-T, U44Z3022-U 
U44Z3023-V. 
Collected under the sponsorship of: U.S. National Cancer 
Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, Arnold 
Arboretum (Harvard University), Field Museum of 
Natural History and Herbarium Bogoriense. 
ERICACEAE 
Det. By: 
Field Char: Treelet 5 m x 6 m; bark grey, 
tuberculate with corky lenticels, inner-bark 
orange, aromatic. Fruit black. 
Notes: Photo taken. 
Locality: Irian Jaya: Baliem valley; north of 
km 39 on Wamena - Passvalley road/path. 
Habitat: Low stature, scrubby, open forest to 
20 m tall. Fine yellow soils and 
occasional whitesands with limestone 
boulders and outcrops, occasional 
sandstone. 
c. 2000 m,003°40’S X 139°00’E 
Local Names: "Lou-ar-geh" 
J. S. Burley & Ismail 4502, May 15, 1991 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3024-W, U44Z3025-X 
U44Z3026-Y. 
Collected under the sponsorship of: U.S. National Cancer 
Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, Arnold 
Arboretum (Harvard University), Field Museum of 
Natural History and Herbarium Bogoriense. 
University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA 
Det. By: 
Field Char: Tree 7 m x 12 cm, bark grey with 
white lenticels. Flower creamy white. Fruit 
orange. 
Notes: Photo taken. 
Locality: Irian Jaya: Baliem valley; north of 
km 39 on Wamena - Passvalley road/path. 
Habitat: Low stature, scrubby, open forest to 
20 m tall. Fine yellow soils and 
occasional whitesands with limestone 
boulders and outcrops, occasional 
sandstone. 
c. 2000 m,003°40’S X 139°00’E 
Local Names: "boboli" 
J. S. Burley & Ismail 4503, May 15, 1991 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3027-Z, U44Z3028-A 
U44Z3029-C. 
Collected under the sponsorship of: U.S. National Cancer 
Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, Arnold 
Arboretum (Harvard University), Field Museum of 
Natural History and Herbarium Bogoriense. 
