STANDLEY LOCALITIES OF PLANTS FROM NEW MEXICO. 147 



most of them have been neglected because of their comparative 

 unimportance. 



The writer wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to the Gray 

 Herbarium, from which very helpful notes regarding some of Wright's 

 numbers have been received; and to Mrs. Agnes Chase, of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, who has given assistance in the preparation 

 of the list of grasses. To Prof. E. 0. Wooton, of the New Mexico 

 Agricultural College, without whose aid the list would never have 

 been completed, he is especially indebted for help given at many 

 limes in the preparation of the lists of plants and localities. 



ITINERARIES OF EARLY COLLECTORS. 



The labels attached to the plants collected by Wright, Bigelow, 

 and others of the earlier collectors are, as every botanist knows, 

 usually very incomplete regarding locality, date of collection, and 

 other details. With a knowledge of the localities visited by a col- 

 lector and the dates of his visits one can often add much to the data 

 given by a label. To make the needed information more accessible, 

 it has seemed desirable to give here a condensed account of the 

 routes of the more important of the earlier botanical collectors. 

 The facts have been gathered from various sources; sometimes from 

 notebooks and sometimes from geographical or other reports. 



Route of Dr. A. Wislizenus. 1846. 



Dr. A. Wislizenus while making a tour of the Southwest for scien- 

 tific purposes, came into northeastern New Mexico from Kansas and 

 what is now Oklahoma in the summer of 1846. It is uncertain upon 

 what day he crossed into New Mexico. The following details of his 

 route within the Territory are compiled from his published journal." 



June 17. Cold Spring to McNees Creek. 



18. To Cottonwood Branch and Rabbits Ear Creek. 



19. To Rock Creek by Round Mound. 



20. Across Whetstone Creek to "Point of Rocks." 



21. To the Rio Colorado, "the principal headwaters of the Canadian River." 



22. Across Ocate Creek. 



23. To Santa Clara and Wagon Mound. 



24. Across Wolf Creek to the Rio Mora. 



25. To Gallinas Creek and Las Vegas. 



26. Tecolote Abajo to San Miguel. 



27. To the Rio Pecos and near the old Pecos ruins. 



28. To Cottonwood Branch. (From Wislizenus's description this seems to have 



been at or near the present town of Glorieta.) 



oA. Wislizenus. Memoir of a tour to northern Mexico, connected with Colonel 

 Doniphan's expedition, in 1846 and 1847. 141 pp. Washington, 1848. 



