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in the parking adjacent to the building. Since it matures 

 abundant seed very early, before the dry season sets in, it seems 

 not unreasonable to suppose that we may begin to number it 

 arnong our permanent grass-population. 



As this is undoubtedly the first record of Scleropoa in Oregon, 

 I have made some effort to determine to what extent it has 

 appeared elsewhere in the United States. An examination of 

 our three largest herbaria — the National, the Gray, and the 

 New York Botanical Garden, shows a representation outside of 

 Oregon as follows: 



Alabama 



Fort Morgan, S. M. Tracy, Apr. 27, 1901 (Nat.) 

 Fort Morgan, S. M. Tracy, Apr. 27, 1901 (Gray) 

 Fort Morgan, collector not stated, (N.Y.) 



Mobile, "Ballast-grounds," Chas. Mohr, June 28, 1885 

 (Nat.) 



Mobile, "Ballast-grounds," Chas. Mohr, No. 5 (Nat.) 



Florida 



Apalachicola, "Wharves," Chapman (Nat.) 

 Apalachicola, "Streets," Geo. Thurber (Gray) 



Massachusetts 

 Boston, C. E. Perkins, July 17, 1878 (Nat.) 



South Dakota 



Brookings, Matt. Fowlds, July, 191 7 (Nat.) 



It will be observed that most of these labels are rather im- 

 perfectly provided with data as to date and habitat, but the 

 Boston specimen would appear to be the earliest collection, and 

 with the exception of the Brookings plant, all the recorded 

 specimens are from localities on or very near the coast, clearly 

 indicating a foreign origin. Since the South Dakota station is in 

 such marked contrast to the others, I have asked Professor 

 Fowlds, in charge of the Seed Laboratory at the South Dakota 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, to give me the circumstances 

 under which the grass was first cqllected. He writes: 



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