University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA 
ELAEOCARPACEAE 
Det. By: 
Field Char: Tree 15 m x 15 cm dbh. Bark grey, 
tuberculate. Flower creamy white. 
Locality: Irian Jaya: Baliem Valley; north of 
km 48 on Wamena to Passvalley road/path; near 
bridge. 
Habitat: Casuarina, Podocarpus, Dacrydium 
forest to 40 m. Shales and quartzite 
outcrops with limestone boulders. 
Red-orange, clay-sandy soils. Near 
stream. 
2100 m,003°40’S X 139°00’E 
J. S. Burley & Ismail 4621, May 23, 1991 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3426-K, U44Z3427-L 
U44Z3428-M. 
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 
MELASTOMATACEAE 
Astronia 
Det. By: 
Field Char: Tree 35 m x 30 cm dbh. Bark light 
reddish-brown, fibrous; inner-bark reddish. 
Flower white, calyx rusty-brown. 
Locality: Irian Jaya: Baliem Valley; north of 
km 48 on Wamena to Passvalley road/path; near 
bridge. 
Habitat: Casuarina, Podocarpus, Dacrydium 
forest to 40 m. Shales and quartzite 
outcrops with limestone boulders. 
Red-orange, clay-sandy soils. Near 
stream. 
2100 m,003°40’S X 139°00’E 
J. S. Burley & Ismail 4632, May 23, 1991 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3433-R, U44Z3434-S 
U44Z3435-T. 
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 
ROSACEAE 
Prutius 
Det. By: 
Field Char: Tree 5 m x 10 cm dbh. Bark grey, 
finely sculptured, with reddish lenticels; 
inner-bark orange. Fruit pale green with 
rusty-tomentum. 
Locality: Irian Jaya: Baliem Valley; north of 
km 48 on Wamena to Passvalley road/path; near 
bridge. 
Habitat: Casuarina, Podocarpus, Dacrydium 
forest to 40 m. Shales and quartzite 
outcrops with limestone boulders. 
Red-orange, clay-sandy soils. Near 
stream. 
2100 m,003°40’S X 139°00’E 
J. S. Burley & Ismail 4627, May 23, 1991 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti- AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3429-N, U44Z3430-O 
U44Z3431-P, U44Z3432-Q. 
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. 
