HERBARIUM GLOSSARY

HERBARIUM GLOSSARY

1.      Accession Number: The number applied to each lot of specimens received by the herbarium or the sheet number assigned to a specific specimen.

2.      Annotation: A note written on or attached to a herbarium sheet indicating a correction or change in identification or a point or points of interest about the specimen.

3.      Archer Method: Affixing specimens to mounting sheets by means of small strips of liquid plastic extruded from a container with a narrow nozzle.

4.      Carpological collection: separate collection of fruits and seeds.

5.      Corrugate: A sheet of pasteboard or thin metal with fluted ducts extending across the sheet.

6.      Determinavit Slip: A type of annotation bearing the name of the plant and the name of the person who identified the plant.

7.      Felt Driers: Sheets of heavy blotting paper , cut 12 × 17 inches, usec to absorb moisture in a press.

8.       Flimsies: Folds of thin absorbent paper into which plant specimens are collected and in which they may be dried and stored.

9.      Fumigant: A volatile substance used to kill insect pests in the herbarium.

10.  Merrill Case: A cardboard container 48 cm long, 34.5 cm wide and 24 cm high with a door on one end. Used as temporary storage for filling of specimens; developed by E.D. Merrill.

11.  Microfiche: Greatly reduced transparent positive photographs of printed material or herbarium specimens designed for ready filing and for reading with a special magnifying projector.

12.   Mounting: The process of affixing dried and pressed specimens of plants to herbarium sheets of heavy paper.

13.  Para-dichlorobenzene: An insecticide or repellent commonly used in herbaria.