Sticherus bolanicus (Rosenst.) Copel.

FLORA OF MOUNT JAYA, IRIAN JAYA,
INDONESIA (NEW GUINEA)
Glelchenlaceae
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P~-J ’£6v'c*rhi(v<) *(2o*a 4* 4’S 137° 5'E
Freeport Concession Area: Base of Heavy Equipment Access
Trail (HEAT) rd., near gauging station. Steep bank next to road.
Exposed rock faces in the mid montane zone with dense patches
of Mapania.
Altitude: 2600m.
Abundant on wet flush c.2m above H.EAT. road, below this a
recent landslide that had blocked the road, also some adjacent
on an older landslide, both sites fully open, with only a few small
woody plants. Rhizome long-creeping on or just under the
surface, very tough, hard and brittle (snaps easily). Stipes ±
horizontal to lying down the slope. Rachis very strong and
wirey, mostly dark reddish-brown, glossy, the largest seen c.
1.5m long. Pinnae hard-leathery, adaxially dark green and
glossy, abaxially mid bluish-green (bloom!) and matt. Fertile
pinnae mostly the apical ones, whether or not the shoot
consists of 2,4 or more pinnae. HERB, SPIRIT (rhizome).
Edwards. PJ. 4306	27.3.1999
With: T.MA Utleridge (K) and F.R. Willis (K).
Herbaria: BO,K,MAN,L,Freep,CANBABISH,LAE.SYD,GH.N
Y,SAN,IBB
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Herbarium Bogoriense, Kebun
Raya Bogor, the Biodiversity Centre, Cenderawasih University.
Manokwari - with assistance from Rio Tinto and Freeport
Indonesia.
Please send new determinations to Irian Jaya Coordinator,
R.B.6. Kew, TW9 3AE, UK.
03867965