Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
14003 Myrtaceae 
Syzygium nutans (K. Schum.) Merr. & Perry 
Madang Province, Josephstaal FMA area, colls around 
expedition Camp 2 at the Guam River; centered on 
GPS 280100 E, 9497596 N, elevation ca. 50-100 m; 
generally from lower slopes of natural-growth foothill 
forest. 
coll sequence 13953-14003; shrub or subarborescent; 
branchlets terete; leaves coriaceous, glabrous, adaxially 
very dark green, abaxially yellow-green and black 
punctulate; flowers apical, nodding, solitary, entirely 
pinkish-red. 
coll: W. Takeuchi, J. Wiakabu, M. Gorrez, A. Towati 14003 
date: Aug. 13, 1999 
det.: WT; Dec. 6, 1999 
Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
14035 Euphorbiaceae 
Codiaeum finisterrae Pax 
Madang Province, Josephstaal FMA area, between 
expedition Camp 2 & Camp 3 along the Guam River; 
alluvial forest, surge zone and flood plain of Guam R., 
GPS 280100 E, 9497596 N; elev. ca. 80 m. 
coll sequence 14004-14070; shrub or subarborescent; 
leaves fleshy, adaxially opaque very dark green, 
abaxially light green; racemes terminal, elongate, 
rachises green, calyx green, corolla yellow in bud, 
stamens relatively many; fruits not seen. 
coll: W. Takeuchi, J. Wiakabu, M. Gorrez, A. Towati 14035 
date: Aug. 14, 1999 
det.: Kipiro Damas & WT, Feb. 2000 
