A Small Collection of West Javanese Mosses

Abstract

In December of 1958 Ross G. Robbins made a modest but selective collection of mosses in West Java. Most of his collections were made on Mt. Gedeh, which is bryologically one of the best known areas in the tropics, largely owing to Max Fleischer's masterful treatment of the Musci in Die Flora von Buitenzorg. Because of a dearth of ecological data, additional records of even the most common tropical mosses are often of interest. This list of 32 species includes two species apparently new to the flora of Java (Brachythecium flagellare and Mniomalia semilimbata) and thus points up the fact that even this flora, well known as it is, justifies further collection and study. Complete series of the specimens listed below are to be found in Mr. Robbins' private herbarium in Canberra and at the National Museum of Canada (Ottawa) and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Canberra).

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