THE PHILIPPINE 
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 
C. BOTANY 
Vou. XII MARCH, 1917 No. 2 
THE MOSSES OF AMBOINA 
By V. F. BROTHERUS 
(Helsingfors, Finland) 
Sometime before the late Doctor C. B. Robinson started on 
his botanical excursion to Amboina he requested me to take 
over the examination of the bryological material that heshoped 
~ to be able to collect there. I consented to his proposal in view 
of the fact that the bryological flora of Amboina was practically 
unknown, and further because I had learned, from previous 
collections sent to me from the Bureau of Science, that Doctor 
Robinson was a very able collector. The hope that rich bryolo- 
gical collections from Amboina might be secured has not fully 
been realized, as this young explorer was murdered by the 
natives before he had completed his work of exploration. 
Thanks to Mr. Merrill’s kindness I have had an opportunity of 
examining the collection of mosses that he left, and have pre- 
pared the following report. I have included in the list those 
species secured in Amboina by earlier collectors, such as Zippel, 
Naumann, DeVriese, and Micholitz in order that the report 
may be more complete. 
FISSIDENTACEAE 
FISSIDENS Hedwig 
FISSIDENS ZIPPELIANUS Doz. & Molk. 
AMBOINA, Batoe merah and town of Amboina, on earth and wet rocks at 
low altitudes, Rel. Robins. 2284, 2285, 2287 p. p., 2804 p. p. 
FISSIDENS CRASSINERVIS Lac. 
AMBOINA, Hotoe messen, Rel. Robins. 2466, on earth, altitude 400 meters. 
*The statement made by me to the effect that the manuscript of this 
paper had been lost in transit [This Journal 11 (1916) Bot. 245, 252] was 
an error; the statement applies to another manuscript on Philippine mosses. 
[E. D. M.] 
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