SPECIES PLANTARUM — FLORA OF THE WORLD (2003) c. 3.5 cm long; upper <strong>part</strong> triangular, 2–2.5 cm long; basal stipe 6–10 mm long; epicarp glabrous, smooth; mesocarp thin, fleshy; endocarp thin, hard, bony, lanate within. Fig. 40G–H. Papua New Guinea; known only from the type collection. 43: NWG. Oak forest on slope, 850 m. Map 248. 7. Hunga papuana (Baker f.) Prance, Brittonia 31: 88 (1979) Angelesia papuana Baker f., J. Bot. 61, Suppl. 13 (1923); Licania papuana (Baker f.) Kosterm., Reinwardtia 7: 185 (1965). T: New Guinea: Papua New Guinea, Sogeri region, H.O.Forbes 257; holo: BM; iso: K. Illustrations: G.T.Prance, Brittonia 31: 87 (1979); G.T.Prance, Fl. Males. Ser. 1, 10(4): 652 (1989). Maps: G.T.Prance, Brittonia 31: 90 (1979); G.T.Prance, Fl. Males. Ser. 1, 10(4): 653 (1989). Tree, small. Branches lanate when young, soon glabrous. Leaves with stipules lanceolate, 3–6 mm long, puberulous, persistent; petioles 2–4 mm long, shallowly canaliculate, sparsely puberulous when young, soon glabrescent, rugose; lamina coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, 10–19 × 4–6.5 cm, finely acuminate at apex with tip 8–16 mm long, rounded to subcuneate at base, glabrous on both surfaces; primary veins 9–13 pairs, prominulous above, prominent beneath, conspicuously anastomosing 5 mm from margin. Inflorescences terminal and axillary panicles, 3–10 cm long; rachis and branches sparsely lanate-puberulous when young. Bracts and bracteoles 0.5–2 mm long, sparsely puberulous-glabrescent on both surfaces. Flowers 1.5–2 mm long. Receptacle campanulate, glabrous externally, tomentose within. Calyx lobes glabrous on both faces except for ciliolate margins. Petals glabrous. Stamens c. 7, unilateral, with toothed staminodes opposite. Ovary lanate-pilose externally. Style pilose at base, glabrous above; stigma truncate. Fruit sagittate-pyriform, unilocular, to 5 cm long; upper portion triangular, 2–3.5 cm long; base narrowly and abruptly tapered to a stipe 0.6–1 cm long; epicarp smooth, glabrous; mesocarp thin, fleshy; endocarp thin, hard, bony, lanatetomentose within. Fig. 40A–F. Papua New Guinea. 43: NWG. Understorey of rainforest. Map 249. 42. NEW GUINEA: Papua New Guinea, Koitaki, C.E.Carr 12798 (L); Papua New Guinea, Sogeri Region, H.O.Forbes 504 (BM, K, L); Papua New Guinea, 1.5 mi [2.4 km] E of Subitana, Western Section, T.G.Hartley 10800 (K, L); Papua New Guinea, above Kaporika village, Milne Distr., E.E.Henty NGF16944 (A, BRI, CANB, K, L); Papua New Guinea, 1 mi [1.6 km] S of Eilogo Plantation, Sogeri area, Central Distr., R.Schodde 2893 (K, L); Papua New Guinea, headwaters of R.Gumini, Cameron Plateau, Milne Bay Distr., J.S.Womersley NGF19307 (BRI, CANB, K, L). 8. Hunga rhamnoides (Guillaumin) Prance, Brittonia 31: 84 (1979) Licania rhamnoides Guillaumin, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 67: 346 (1921); Hunga rhamnoides Pancher ex Guillaumin, Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, Sér. 2, 9: 132 (1911), nom. inval., in synon. sub Chrysobalanus sp. T: New Caledonia: Mt. Mou, E.F.Deplanche 519; lecto: P, fide G.T.Prance, Brittonia 31: 86 (1979); isolecto: BR, GH, K, L, NY, P, Z. Illustrations: G.T.Prance, Brittonia 31: 85 (1979); G.T.Prance, Fl. Nouv. Cal. 12: 119 (1983); G.T.Prance & F.White, Philos. Trans. B 320: 103 (1988). Maps: G.T.Prance, Brittonia 31: 90 (1979); G.T.Prance, Fl. Nouv. Cal. 12: 120 (1983). Shrub or tree to 10 m tall. Branches lanate when young, glabrescent. Leaves with stipules lanceolate, c. 2 mm long, chartaceous, lanate, caducous; petioles 6–10 mm long, terete, lanate when young, glabrescent, slightly rugose; lamina oblong to ovate-elliptic, coriaceous, 5–9 × 2–4.5 cm, bluntly acuminate at apex with acumen to 7 mm long, subcuneate to cuneate at base; glabrous above, lanate beneath when young soon becoming glabrous; primary veins 10–13 pairs. Inflorescences axillary and terminal panicles of cymules, 1.5–3.5 cm long; rachis and branches grey puberulous. Bracts and bracteoles membranous, 0.5–2 mm long, lanate-puberulous on exterior, puberulous within. Flowers c. 2 mm long. Receptacle campanulate, lanate-tomentose on exterior, tomentose within; pedicels 3 mm long. Calyx lobes acute, puberulous on both surfaces. Petals 5, glabrous with ciliate margins. Stamens 6–9, unilateral, with tooth-like staminodes opposite. Ovary lanate. Style pilose on lower portion. Fruit ellipsoid, 1.7–2.2 cm long, slightly attenuate at base; exocarp glabrous; mesocarp thick and fleshy; endocarp thin, hard, bony, densely pubescent within. Fig. 39A–F. 192
CHRYSOBALANACEAE (Hunga) Figure 40. Hunga. A–F, H. papuana. A, habit; B, flower; C, flower section (A–C, J.S.Forbes 504); D, petal; E, fruit; F, ovary section (D–F, Womersley NGF19307). G–H, H. novoguineensis. G, young fruit section; H, habit (G–H, T.G.Hartley 12645). Scale bars: A, E, H = 3 cm; B = 2 mm; C, G = 1 mm; D, F = 1 mm. Drawn by David Woolcott. Previously published in G.T.Prance, Brittonia 31: 87 (1979) 193
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