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tions by grouping specimens by some taxonomic rank rather than attempting to name collections 
in the order they were collected. Many bryophytes as they are collected are “mixed” meaning that 
there is another species, sometimes only a few strands intertwined with the dominant taxon. With¬ 
out the aid of a dissecting microscope some of these intertwined species that rarely grow as a larg¬ 
er colony can be easily overlooked. Yet it is these species occurring as a few strands that are most 
likely to be either under-collected or were not observed in the field while conducting the invento¬ 
ry. These taxa are also very important to add to the inventory process. Therefore, the collector 
should carefully examine the dried specimen packets and determine if any collection number has 
mixed samples that should be separated out and given their own unique identification number. This 
is achieved by removing the first intertwined item from the dominant numbered sample and giving 
this extracted specimen the same collection number followed by the letter ‘A’. If more than one 
species is separated from the same collection, then the second species extracted from the packet is 
given the same collection number followed by the letter ‘B’ and so forth. 
The key to processing specimens is to have a high quality draft label attached to each collec¬ 
tion so you do not create a backlog of specimens without labels. It is very easy and quick to go 
from draft to final labels once specimens are named. For really puzzling collections it may be nec¬ 
essary or desirable to contact a 
bryological expert to examine 
one or more of your collections. 
If the specialist is willing then 
send a small sample of those col¬ 
lections with draft labels to be 
examined and named as a ‘gift 
for determination’. Once a col¬ 
lection is named, a final label is 
produced (Fig. 5). The use of 
archival, acid-free paper is high¬ 
ly recommended. Print labels 
using a laser printer. Avoid inkjet 
printers because the ink can 
smear if moistened. The determi¬ 
nation (who named the collection 
and the month/year) should be a 
data field on the final label. Addi¬ 
tional labels can be printed to 
accommodate all of the dupli¬ 
cates of a particular collection 
number that exist. Single dupli- 
BRVOFLORA OF THE PHILIPPINES, LUZON, REGION IV-A 
MT. BAN A HAW PROTECTED LANDSCAPE AREA 
Warhurfudht phiUppinensis (Willi-Tiiis) Braihcnis 
(let. by Ivy Lambio & Jim Slievock i 201^ 
QIJRZOK' PROVINCK, PH 
San Pablo Quad. Along IraiJ to Mount Baiiahavv Dc Dolores from 
Forestry Station at Kinabuhnyaii. Slopes below the summit WCJS-S4: 
Lat/Long: 14 degrees OT 122 ' N. 121 degrees 2Ji, [S9’E, Flcv; 1.515 m. 
Mixed tropical evergreen hardwood forest with tree ferns. On rotten 
hardwood stump in filtered light. 
James R. Shcvock 3S24H 
with Benito C. Tan & Lvv Lambio 
23 May 2011 
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Figure 5. The final herbarium label is the integration of the loeality data 
for that eolleetion number reeorded in the field notebook and the eeologieal 
and site speeifie habitat data eireled on the field eolleeting paeket. Labels are 
glued or ean be printed direetly onto arehival paper and folded into paekets for 
plaeement in the herbarium. Many herbaria use arehival paekets that are the 
same size as the field eolleeting paeket. Although labels ean be of various 
dimensions, they should not exeeed 9 em tall and 13.5 em wide so they will 
eomfortably fit on the arehival paeket. 
cates for other herbaria can be sent in the original field collecting packets. If one is splitting a field 
collection packet into multiple duplicates, additional packets can be folded from standard photo¬ 
copy paper (even paper already copied can be recycled for this purpose). Place a final label inside 
the packet with the specimen. A copy of the ecological template data form (the front flap of the col¬ 
lecting packet) should also be enclosed with each duplicate specimen. There is no need to send 
duplicates to herbaria in archival quality paper since each herbarium has its own procedures and 
archival packets for adding specimens into its institutional collection. 
