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University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA 
SYMPLOCACEAE 
Symplocus 
Det. By: 
Field Char: Tree 10 m x 15 cm dbh. Bark greyish, 
slightly rugose; inner-bark whitish. Fruit 
violet-colored. 
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 
J. S. Burley & Ismail 4662, May 26, 1991 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3495-K, U44Z3496-L 
U44Z3497-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 
RUBIACEAE 
University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA 
APOCYNACEAE 
Alyxia 
Det. By: 
Field Char: Climber to 5 m x 1.5 cm diameter 
stems. Copious white latex. Fruit green 
turning orangy-yellow. 
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 
J. S. Burley & Ismail 4664, May 26, 1991 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3501-Q, U44Z3502-R. 
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. 
Det. By: 
Field Char: Tree 10 m x 15 cm dbh. Bark brown, 
roughly cracked, flaking; inner-bark 
orange-red. Fruit green. Flower white. 
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 
J. S. Burley & Ismail 4663, May 26, 1991 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3498-N, U44Z3499-0 
U44Z3500-P. 
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. 
