5th Archbold expedition to New Guinea. March 4, 1956 to February 1, 1957
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Brown, was beautiful as a tree 5-6 m. tall. 28 On the pages thin also; not seen in general, & seemingly different from the one found on 14th yesterday. Another Wolffia thin there too, looking like N. minima but The mossy flower or a characteristic of that with wavy margins. Often wedge (#23656), with green stem, usually several meters long, a mixture in the forest; a glauca, tall, sharp-angled Telenia also. Climbed a Eucryphium at ca. 750 m. & made photographs of Mt. OBYA. To east took some bearings from camp: Buckers Island 302°, Annie Bull Island 26.2° Magnetic. Turned the weekly PBY 2 in flight toward Tamaran. Found brittle grey, short-tailed Rattler, apparently different from the lowland species, caught in brush. Thumb bay, went down to stripes to shoot for the 1/50, returned with an blue pigeon & an old male Panamian deer. The parotin bird prepared as a skin by Ron. Friday May 4: Occasional clouds over a mountain from about 8 AM; showers, some heavy, c. bout 11 h.45 a.m. That stormy night (8/1917). Saw some trees below camp cleared today to give view of coast. Traveled typhoons including islands off Baco Bay coast, West end of Ferguson, & all the Neck of Goodenough. Found at dusk 2000 feet a signal two small vessels in sight; no response. Botany: In a small creek less than 1/4 mile on the steep slopes to Mt. OBYA. Nice lot of fern including Vanderboschia, Erythrosorus, & a second Erythrosorus for the locality. Two very interesting small mushrooms here, one will curiously enlarged calyptra. Endangered plant is long, fragrant white Flowered Last night, 2 a Cebosoma from a many tree today by Ron.