Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13740 Anacardiaceae 
Semecarpus brachystachys Merr. & Perry 
Madang Province, Josephstaal FMA area, ridgeline 
near Tikiam and Kumamdeber (expedition Camp 1), 
centered on GPS 281407 E, 9504560 N, elev. 530 ft. 
(ca. 160 m); mature foothill forest with numerous 
treefall gaps. 
coll, sequence 13718-13744; subarborescent; leaves 
dry-textured, plurinerved, adaxially opaque very dark 
green, abaxially glaucous, papillae evenly distributed; 
inflorescence rachises green; flowers white; fruits dull 
green, obtuse, hypocarp pulvinate. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi, J. Wiakabu, M. Gorrez, A. Towati 13740 
date: Aug. 2, 1999 
det.: WT; Dec. 2, 1999 
Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13741 Sapindaceae 
Elattostachys obliquinervis Radik. 
keys to this result on Adema 
Madang Province, Josephstaal FMA area, ridgeline 
near Tikiam and Kumamdeber (expedition Camp 1), 
centered on GPS 281407 E, 9504560 N, elev. 530 ft. 
(ca. 160 m); mature foothill forest with numerous 
treefall gaps. 
coll, sequence 13718-13744; subarborescent; leaves 
dry-textured, adaxially opaque very dark green, 
abaxially medium green; fruits black, overmature and 
discharged. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi, J. Wiakabu, M. Gorrez, A. Towati 13741 
date: Aug. 2, 1999 
det.: WT; Dec. 8, 1999 
