117 Kimi Creek Thursday, September 3. Less wind and less cloud today. Fine, and after so much murk, it seemed hot. At last completed the processing of the 122 numbers of plants which were brought down from the mountain. One of the most interesting from 10,00-11,00 ft. was a small-leaved Nouhouysia, the third species of this controversial genus for the trip. Have preserved materials for anatomical study at Harvard. Did some botanizing down the road in the afternoon, with Womersley for company. Mostly things from gullies in the beech forest and nothing very exciting. John climbed to about 7-8 hundred feet above camp this morning and describes the forest encountered as Castanopsis-Nothofagus Forest. There is Castanopsis about road level but the beech (N. perryi, according to John) is major dominant. Friday, September 4. Light rain began at 5 a.m. and continued through morning all but a break between 10 and 11. Afternoon almost constantly rainy; rain heavy at times. No sun all day. Heard aircraft over the Goroka valley, so this perhaps is local mountain weather. A real wet day. Did some botanizing close to camp for nothing special except for a fine big bell-flowered pink Vaccinium climbing high in Beech Forest. John Womersley calls it Agapetes moorhouseana (of mts. of NE Queensland), but I'm sure he is mistaken. John's time is short here as he has to go back to Lae on Wednesday. Hoping for better weather, he, Van and John Collins left in the rain at 5:20 p.m. outfitted for an overnight stay on Mt. Michael. They will sleep at Lufa tonight, after dinner with the McSevenys. I sent my boy Seni with the party to collect plants. Saturday, September 5. The rain continued until about 2 this a.m. Early morning misty with sprinkles of rain. Later some sun; dull afternoon but no rain. The mountain above about 8000 ft. under cloud all day. Botanized along a prominent spur ridge which runs out to the NW (approx.) but work on specimens delayed my getting out and time in the field was short. Some good plants collected where a pathway gave a view into the primary Casta-nopsis-beech forest. A Daphniphyllum very different from the Mt. Wilhelm spp.; a very small Phaleria with thick, puffy white flowers pink inside, etc. Big area of tall, apparently undisturbed beech forest above the cutover aera above the road. A missionary who dropped in a day or so ago said that since the opening of the vehicular road to Lufa in 1946 the natives have done a lot of pitsawing of conifers for sale to white men who drive out from Goroka. Supply said to be much depleted now, especially in podocarps. Missionary Sellars, returning from Goroka this afternoon, told of heavy rain beginning at Goroka about 4 p.m. yesterday and continuing through the night. It is fine in that valley today.