HARRY HAPEMAN 



1858- 

 Sullivantia Hapemani — COULTER 



I asked Dr. Harry Hapeman to give me some 

 information relative to his work, and he tells 

 me: 



" I was born at Earlville, Illinois, on February 

 I, 1858, and graduated M. D. at Rush College, 

 in 1882. Having always been an ardent lover of 

 everything in nature, I have made the study of 

 botany largely my recreation. Coming to Ne- 

 braska in times when the flora of the region was 

 not fully known, I interested myself in collecting 

 botanical material for the Nebraska University, 

 wholly as an amateur, and working in my vaca- 

 tions. About 1890 or 1891, Dr. Bessey, of the 

 Nebraska State University, attempted to cata- 

 logue the known plants of Nebraska, and asked 

 me to report any I might find. During the two 

 following years he succeeded in adding nearly 

 200, many of which were the fresh-water Algae. 



" Since that time, my principal collecting has 

 been in Wyoming, Colorado, Texas and the 

 Hawaiian Islands. One of my new species, from 

 Wyoming, was named Sullivantia Hapemani, 



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