COLLECTING ECONOMIC PLANT DATA 11 



Sample Extracts from a Permanent Field Notebook 



Space should be reserved at the front of the permanent notebook for 

 explanations of symbols and abbreviations used in the notes. For 

 example : 



1. Abbreviations, or words in parentheses following the vernacular names of plants 

 indicate the source of the name : (Br.)— Brazilian; (Chibcha)— Chibcha Indian; (Tupi 

 — Tupi Indian; (Guar.) — Guarani Indian; (Sp.)— Spanish. 



2. To prevent confusion, the following four letters are placed before the collection 

 number and appear on the tags of all supplementary material: 



A — Analysis material collected. 



F — Fungus, or diseased-plant specimen collected. 



I — Insect specimen collected. 



P — Propagation material prepared. 



3. Abbreviations in text: 



coll. — collection km. — kilometer 



cult. — cultivated lvs. — leaves 



fir. — flower m. — meter 



frt. — fruit photo. — photograph taken 



ft. — foot or feet spec. — specimen 



etc. 



(FIELD NOTEBOOK) 



Chas. Birk Clarke 



Beginning collections in Colombia, South America 



Departamento de Cundinamarca. Year 1939. 



4280-4283 10 km. W. of San Martin de la Cruz, on banks of Rio Suciatetomba. El. 

 1,000 meters. Black siltv soil. July 7. 



4280 Sapium 



Sangre de drago (Sp.); etawawa (Chibcha). 



Slender tree, 20 ft. high, forming thickets. Flower bright sulfur yellow, with pink 



stamens; fruit blackish when ripe, splitting to expose two bright-red seeds; leaves 



oily when crushed, with camphorlike odor. Natives use leaf decoction as cough 



cure. 



Photo 18-3. A-(leaves). 



4281 



Orella de hurra (Sp.); tatawdn (Chibcha). 



Medium tree, 30 ft., spreading top, growing in open places. Upper leaves with 



bright-red markings. Fruit black, with sticky, yellow pulp. Powdered root said to 



be used to kill head lice. 



A-(roots). I -(leaf scale). 



4282 Fern 



In extensive clumps, overhanging water. Rhizome with pleasant odor. 



4283 Phyllanthus 

 Muiru (Chibcha). 



Slender shrub, 4 ft., with scanty foliage; fir. greenish. Slight, yellowish latex in 

 stem. Juice used bv local Indians to cure insect bites. 



4284 Grass 



San Martin, N. edge of town. Dept. Cundinamarca. El. 3,000 m. July 10. Forming 

 thick turf under trees, heavily grazed by cattle. Red clay soil. 



P -(roots, seed). 



4285-4290 20 km. E. of San Martin, Dept. Cundinamarca. El. 4,000 m. July 15. Steep 

 rocky slope. Gravelly loam soil. 



