Hydnophytum

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PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA
Hydnophytum
Frequent on ground in Castanopsis-Nothofagus
forest; having apparently fallen from trees;
branches numerous, erect to nearly 1 m from a
tuberous, galleries stock; leaves fleshy;
flowers white; fruits red, obconical; seeds
often germinating in the axile of the leaves.
Eastern Highlands District: Mt. Michael, northeast slopes, alt .2000m.
L, J, Brass, no. 31377_______________ September	6. 1959
Collected on $1# Sixth Archbold Expedition sponsored by the American
Museum of Natural History with the aid of a grant from the
National Science Foundation.
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