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FIELD EQUIPMENTS
2. Vasculum
Container-useful for
handling & keeping the
specimens fresh before
pressing them.
3. Field
Notebook
HERBARIUM TECHNIQUES
It involves a series of
operations, such as collection,
pressing, drying and poisoning,
mounting and stitching,
labelling, filling and deposition.
COLLECTION
PRESSING
Specimens should be carefully placed in the
centre on the pressing sheets. If specimens
are large enough, they should be bent
giving them shape of V, N or W. The
bundles should be uniform in thickness in
the middle & on the sides. Specimens
should be kept one above the other.
LABELLING
HERBARIUM ALMIRAH
ROLE OF HERBARIUM