Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
14590 Myristicaceae 
Myristica cornutiflora Sincl. ssp. elegans de Wilde 
Morobe Province, Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, E 
bank of the Saia River near Hessen Bay, alluvial forest, 
sealevel, near 07°21.7’S, 147°08.3’E. 
collection sequence 14547-14595; subcanopy tree; 
leaves coriaceous, adaxially dark shiny green, slightly 
lighter green beneath, underleaf densely puncticulate; 
fruits brown. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi, B. Siga, & A. Towati 14590 
date: July 17,2000 
det. WT, April 2001 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
14591 Sterculiaceae 
Sterculia aff. shillinglawii F. Muell. 
possible nova, does not key on Tantra, conspecific to 15181 
Morobe Province, Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, E 
bank of the Saia River near Hessen Bay, alluvial forest, 
sealevel, near 07°21.7’S, 147°08.3’E. 
collection sequence 14547-14595; subarborescent; 
leaves herbaceous, adaxially dark shiny green, medium 
green underneath; inflorescence racemose, perianth 
lobes 5, yellowish, tube glabrous outside, inside hairy 
only at the base, stamens 25 or more, arranged in a 
capitate mass at the end of an androphore. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi, B. Siga, & A. Towati 14591 
date: July 17,2000 
det. WT, April 15, 2001 
