Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13744 Rubiaceae 
r 
Canthium sp. 
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, 5 m 
tall; leaves coriaceous, glabrous, adaxially nitid dark 
green, abaxially yellow-green; fruits shining yellow- 
green; seed 1, drupaceous. 
carpological coll. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi, J. Wiakabu, M. Gorrez, A. Towati 13744 
date: Aug. 2, 1999 
det.: WT; Dec. 5, 1 999 
Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13745 Aspleniaceae 
Asplenium cf. amboinense Willd. 
‘papuanum-amboinense group’ 
best result on Copeland, series 13649, 13745, 13893, 
possibly just A. acrobryum 
Madang Province, Josephstaal FMA area, near 
Kumamdeber (expedition Camp 1), centered on GPS 
281407 E, 9504560 N, elev. 530 ft. (ca. 160 m); 
mature foothill forest on terraces and gentle grades. 
coll, sequence 13745-13757; adhesive climber in 
understory; rhizome medium-creeping; leaves 
subcoriaceous, upper surface opaquely dark green, 
abaxially light green. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi, J. Wiakabu, M. Gorrez, A. Towati 13745 
date: Aug. 3, 1999 
det.: WT; Dec. 29, 1999 
