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A special field label was prepared for the work, on which he 

 recorded data of value in connection with the problem of the 

 determination of Rumphian species and the results of his pre- 



FLORA OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO 



HERBARIUM, BUREAU OF SCIENCE, MANILA, P. I. 



Common name Dialect 



Field No Herbarium No 



Collector, C. B. Robinson. 



Island 



Locality 



Habitat 



Altitude above the sea m. 



Tree; shrub; woody vine; herbaceous vine; herb 



Height of plant m; diameter. cm. 



Flower 



Fruit 



Supposed to represent 



Rumph. Herb. Amb. 



Identification considered certain; probable; possible; very doubtful. 



Date , 1913. 



Fig. 1. Form of field label. 



liminary comparison of the actual specimens with the Rumphian 

 figures and descriptions. This field label is shown in fig. 1. 



His material, as collected, was compared with the Rumphian 

 descriptions, and his conclusions were noted on the field labels. 

 Specimens that were certainly, probably, or possibly identical 



