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F. R. Fosberg collection book # 43, begin with # 36739, end with #36924
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Title

F. R. Fosberg collection book # 43, begin with # 36739, end with #36924

Title Variants

Alternative: Collection and Field Note Book No. 43, March 11, 1956 -- April 19, 1956 (36739 - 36924)

Related Titles

Contained In: F. Raymond Fosberg field notes from the Department of Botany
Series: SIA Acc. 12-040
Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Fosberg, F. Raymond (Francis Raymond), 1908-1993

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1956

Notes

English

An inserted table of contents contains a full listing of localities and corresponding collector numbers. This field book contains a specimen list of botanical specimens collected from 11 March - 19 April 1956 in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), India, and Maldives. Collector numbers 36739-36924 are included. Specimen list includes scientific name, date, locality, collector number, with occasional notes on locality or physical descriptions of specimens (size, color, etc.). Localities include but are not limited to Kankaniyamulla Forest Reserve, Badagamuwa Forest Reserve, Colombo, Kottawa Arboretum, Hikkaduwa (Sri Lanka); Bombay (India); and Male Atoll, Furucolufuri Island, and Kuda Bados (Maldives). Extensive narrative notes documenting travel and observations of vegetation in India, Ceylon, and Maldives are included. Additionally, notes on travel to Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, and Italy are present. Some loose blank specimen labels are included in the front pages of the field book.

Subjects

Bombay , Botany , Colombo , Field notes , India , Maldives , Male' , Sri Lanka

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.97796
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51471624

 

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