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II. NuTTALL, Thomas, and Beadbury, John. (1808) 

 General route, up the Missouri; collected in Nebraska at 

 the mouth of the Platte, Council Bluffs (old Council Bluffs 

 on the Nebraska side). Blackbird, and the lower valley of 

 the L'Eau qui Court. 



Collection in possession of the Academy of Natural Sci- 

 ences of Philadelphia. Descriptions of new species in Era- 

 ser's Catalogue (1813) and Nuttall's Genera of North Ameri- 

 can Plants. (1818) 



III. Nicollet, I. N. (1838-39) 



Along the Missouri river with extensive excursions into 

 the eastern part of the state. Collections made by Charles 

 Geyer and identified by Dr. John Torrey. List in Nicollet's 

 Report (1843) ; collection preserved in the Herbarium of Co- 

 lumbia College, New York. 



IV. Fremont, John C. (1842-44) 



(1842) Entered Nebraska at about the point where the 



Little Blue leaves the state, followed up that river to its 



head, came upon the Platte at Kearney, and followed the 



South Platte out of the state. 



Extensive collections throughout the valley of the Little 



Blue and of the Platte; identified by Dr. John Torrey; some 



descriptions published in Torrey & Gray's Flora of North 



America, and list published in Fremont's Report (1845); 



preserved in the Herbarium of Columbia College, New 



York. 



(1844) Passed' through the southwest corner of the 



state along the Republican. Greater part of the collections 



lost. 



V. Stansbury, Howard. (1849) 



Entered the state in the southeast corner, . followed the 

 Little Blue, reached the Platte at Kearney, and followed the 

 North Platte out of the state. 



Collections identified by Dr. John Torrey, in the Herba- 

 rium of Columbia College ; list in Stansbury's report. (1855) 



