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Bibliography op the Flora of Nebeaska. 

 by roscoe pound. 



The following list contains such books or articles as deal with 

 the flora of Nebraska or with the flora of localities within the 

 state, and such other articles as have to do with collections made 

 in Nebraska, or describe new species from the state, or are other- 

 wise of local interest. 



A few words seem to be required with reference to Professor 

 Aughey's Catalogue and his sketches of the Flora of Nebraska, 

 enumerated below, as they have deceived many persons in times 

 past. In the catalogue he enumerates 2,034 species, of which 

 1,671 are Anthophytes, 49 Pteridophytes, 163 Bryophytes, 90 

 AlgsB, and 61 Lichens. No fungi are catalogued. Elsewhere he 

 states that 2,048 species are known to exist in Nebraska. These, 

 however, are only estimates. Professor Aughey was primarily a 

 geologist. His heart was in geological work, and the bulk of 

 what time he had after the labors of the class room was devoted 

 to it. His herbarium is now in the Herbarium of the University 

 and shows what he actually accomplished as regards the flora of 

 the state. It consists of about 500 specimens, representing less 

 than 200 species, all Anthophytes or Pteridophytes, and almost 

 all from the south-eastern portion of the state. Very few, there- 

 fore, of the species reported in the catalogue are represented, and 

 a comparison has shown (as was noted by Mr. Webber in the in- 

 introduction to his catalogue) that the list was based almost en- 

 tirely upon the range of species as given in other books. In 

 other words, its purpose evidently was to inform the collectors of 

 the state of what they might expect to find in its borders. At 

 that early day, with the manifold duties of his chair, then undi- 

 vided, with no adequate library facilities, few helpers, and a 

 large unexplored region before him, perhaps nothing more could 



