Herbarium catalogue

ee re, HERB. HORT. EDINB. OD 0 Ww fav} S fa) = nN EDINBURGH ae : Sa os 3) ra (3) on 2 Flora of Papua New Guinea i Lae National Herbarium = a 8991 Icacinaceae 8 Medusanthera laxiflora (Miers) Howard Morobe province, Atzera Range near 5 mile settlement, disturbed lowland rainforest: elev. several hundred meters. tree; bark light brown, relatively smooth, wood hard, off-white to straw; twigs green, terete, glabrous; leaves alternate, distichous, herbaceous or subfleshy; lamina very dark green and glabrous above, pale green and puberulent beneath, underleaf white punctulate on reflected light; inflorescences axillary (often at defoliated nodes), contracted, <3 cm, bracteate; axes green and puberulous; flowers light green, 5-merous; petals free, valvate; stamens alternate the petals, fimbriate near the top, anthers sagittate; ovary superior, yellow, sub-oblong; stigma dilated and sessile. flowers bottled; at A. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN coll. W. Takeuchi 8991 data entry: ibid det.: ibid E00678919 date: July 2, 1993