FIGURE 3. Macaranga esseriana W.N.Takeuchi. A in Floristic discoveries from the LNG Pipeline in Papua New Guinea: Macaranga esseriana sp. nov. (Euphorbiaceae), and noteworthy records for twelve taxa from the southern provinces

FIGURE 3. Macaranga esseriana W.N.Takeuchi. A, connate stipules, a defining characteristic of the Longistipulata Group (two stipules shown, the apical one sheathing, the one below with a developing rupture); B, stipule residues are long-persisting through 5 or more nodes. A from Takeuchi et al. 23531; B from Takeuchi et al. 23540.