Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
15180 Lindsaea group 
Lindsaea obtusa J. Smith 
keys to this result on Kramer; conspecific series 14319, 
14390, 14407, 14649, 14669, 14690, 15180, 15174B 
Morobe Province; Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, 
foothill forest N of Tabare (Tabali) River, elev. 100 m, 
7°16’S, 147°06’E. 
collection sequence 15154-15187; ground fern; stipes 
purple-black; fronds bipinnate, venation anastomose. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi, D. Ama, & A. Towati 15180 
date: Feb. 22, 2001 
det. WT, .April 20, 2001 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
15181 Sterculiaceae 
Sterculia aff. shillinglawii F. Muell. 
possible nova, does not key on Tantra 
Morobe Province; Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, 
foothill forest N of Tabare (Tabali) River, elev. 100 m, 
7°16’S, 147°06’E. 
collection sequence 15154-15187; ca. 10 m tree; 
leaves newly flushed, very light green, membranaceous, 
underleaf hairs appressed, sessile, stellate; 
inflorescence racemose or weakly paniculate; flowers 
shiny green in bud, very mucilaginous from cut 
surfaces, calyx 5-merous, tube 5 mm long in bud, inside 
pilosulous at the base otherwise glabrous, stamens 
more than 20. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi, D. Ama, & A. Towati 15181 
date: Feb. 22, 2001 
det. WT, April 15, 2001 
