Collection no. book # 17, beginning # 26154, ending with # 26789

Title Variants

Alternative: Collection number book no. 17, Aug. 6, 1946 – Aug. 24, 1946, (26154 – 26789)

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

1946

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 6-24 August 1946 in various locations within the Caroline Islands and the Marshall Islands. Collector numbers 26154 – 26789 are included. Occasionally, notes become long and narrative, and will sometimes include general descriptions of area vegetation. Specimen list includes scientific name, date, locality, collector number, and sometimes physical description of the specimen that includes its measurements, color, and other information. Caroline Islands localities include various collecting stations on Nukuoro Atoll, Ponape, Kusaie (Lela or Lele Island), and Jaluit Atoll. Marshall Islands localities include Kwajalein Atoll. List of Islets of Nukuoro Atoll (south to north) inserted between pages 24 and 25. Four small sheets of miscellaneous notes are inserted in the back of the book.

Subjects

Botany , Caroline Islands , Field notes , Jaluit , Kosrae , Kwajalein , Marshall Islands , Micronesia , Nukuoro , Ponape

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.97203
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51457414