Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13899 Urticaceae 
Elatostema novoguineense Warburg, or aff. 
Madang Province, Josephstaal FMA area, coll.s 
around expedition Camp 2 at the Guam River; 
centered on GPS 280100 E, 9497596 N, elevation ca. 
50 m; generally from lower slopes of natural-growth 
foothill forest. 
coll, sequence 13877-13910; understory herb; stems 
green and juicy; leaves coriaceous, adaxially opaque 
very dark green, abaxially yellow-green; inflorescence 
off-white. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi, J. Wiakabu, M. Gorrez, A. Towati 13899 
date: Aug.~11, 1999 
det.: WT; Dec. 8, 1999 
