Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
14924 Verbenaceae 
Gmelina ledermanni H.J. Lam 
Morobe Province, Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, 
banks of the Saia River near Hessen Bay, alluvial 
forest, sealevel, near 07°21.7’S, 147°08.3’E. 
collection sequence 14910-14956; common tree about 
10 m height, most sightings sterile; leaves papyraceous, 
adaxially dark dull green, abaxially light green and 
puberulent; bracts and calyces marked by conspicuous 
patellar glands; corolla white, hairy outside, mostly 
glabrous inside; filaments and styles with capitate hairs; 
fruits soft, epicarp blue. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi, B. Siga, & A. Towati 14924 
date: Jan. 14, 2001 
det. WT, April 15, 2001 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
14926 Rubiaceae 
Ixora sp. 
14322, 14371, 14392, 14625, 14628, 14854, 14887, 14926, 
14936, 14938, 14976, 15000, 15003, 15119: possibly one variable 
and intergrading series. 
Morobe Province, Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, 
banks of the Saia River near Hessen Bay, alluvial 
forest, sealevel, near 07°21.7’S, 147°08.3’E. 
collection sequence 14910-14956; small shrub; leaves 
chartaceous, shiny green both sides; corolla red in bud. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi, B. Siga, & A. Towati 14926 
date: Jan. 14, 2001 
det. WT, March 2001 
