MANUAL OF THE GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES 



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trichon hookeri; Imperata hookeri; Sporo- 

 bolus asper var. hookeri. 



Hoover, Robert Francis (1913- ). Cali- 

 fornia botanist, devoted to flora of the 

 Great Valley. Pleuropogon hooverianus; 

 Agrostis hooveri. 



Howell, Thomas Jefferson (1842-1912). 

 Oregon botanist, author of Flora of North- 

 west America. Agrostis howellii; Alopecurus 

 howellii; Calamagrostis howellii; Festuca 

 howellii; Poa howellii. 



Imperato, Ferrante (1550-1625). Apothe- 

 cary in Naples, author of a rare folio work 

 on natural history. Imperata. 



James, Edwin (1797-1861). Surgeon- 

 botanist with Stephen H. Long's expedition 

 to the Rocky Mountains, and first white 

 man to ascend a 14,000-foot peak in the 

 United States (Pikes Peak). Hilaria jamesii. 



Jepson, Willis Linn (1867-1946). Long- 

 time professor of botany, University of 

 California, author of a Flora of California. 

 Elymus glaucus var. jepsoni. 



Jones, Marcus Eugene (1852-1934). One- 

 time teacher, mining engineer, and botanist, 

 who collected widely in the western United 

 States and Mexico. Muhlenbergia jonesii. 



Joor, Joseph Finley (1849-92). Native of 

 Louisiana, onetime physician of New Or- 

 leans and at least three small towns in Texas, 

 professor of botany, Tulane University, 

 1886-92. Panicum joori. 



Kalm, Pehr (Peter) (1715-79). Swedish 

 botanist and correspondent of Linnaeus, who 

 collected in southeastern Canada and the 

 northeastern United States. Bromus kalmii. 



Kellogg, Albert (1813-87). Physician, 

 pioneer botanist of California, one of the 

 founders of California Academy of Sciences. 

 Poa kelloggii. 



Kennedy, Patrick Beveridge (1874-1930). 

 Agronomist, University of California, Berke- 

 ley. Agrostis kennedyana. 



King, Clarence (1842-1901). Mountain- 

 eer, geologist, explorer, in charge of survey 

 of fortieth parallel across the Great Basin. 

 Blepharidachne kingii; Hesperochloa kingii; 

 Oryzopsis kingii. 



Koeler, George Ludwig (1765-1807). 

 German botanist, professor in Mainz, 

 author of a work on grasses of France and 

 Germany. Koeleria. 



Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre 

 Monnet de (1744-1829). Eminent French 

 naturalist, author of works on botany, 

 heredity, and conchology. Lamarckia. 



Lange, Johan Martin Christian (1818- 

 98). Danish botanist, professor of botany in 

 Copenhagen. Paspalum langei. 



Leers, Johann Daniel (1727-74). German 

 apothecary, author of a work on local flora. 



Leiberg, John Bernhard (1853-1913). 

 American forest surveyor, who collected 

 plants in Idaho and the Pacific States. 

 Panicum leibergii; Poa leibergii. 



Lemmon, John Gill (1832-1908). Botanist 



of California, onetime State Forester, corre- 

 spondent of Asa Gray, and botanical ex- 

 ?lorer. Eriochloa lemmoni; Phalaris lemmoni; 

 ^uccinellia lemmoni; Stipa lemmoni. 



Leprieur, F. R. ( -1869). French 

 botanical explorer, who traveled in Senegal 

 and French Guiana, 1830-36. Chloris 

 prieurii. 



Letterman, George Washington (1841- 

 1913). Teacher in public schools of Allenton, 

 Mo., botanical collector chiefly in Missouri 

 and the Southern States. Poa lettermani; 

 Stipa lettermani. 



Liebmann, Frederik Michael (1813-56). 

 Danish botanist, who collected in Mexico. 

 Setaria liebmanni. 



Lindheimer, Ferdinand Jakob (1801- 

 79). German-born resident, botanical col- 

 lector and newspaper editor of New Brun- 

 fels, Tex., who sent plants to Asa Gray 

 1843-52. Muhlenbergia lindheimeri; Panicum 

 hndheim eri 



Macoun,' James Melville (1862-1920). 

 Canadian botanist, son of John Macoun. 

 Calamagrostis canadensis var. macouniana. 



Macoun, John (1832-1920). Canadian 

 botanist. Elymus macounii. 



Marsh, Ernest George, Jr. (1915- ). 

 Wildlife technician of Austin, Tex., who 

 traveled in northern Texas on Farmer 

 Fellowship during 1936-38. Muhlenbergia 



Metcalfe, Orrick Baylor (1879-1936). 

 Plant ecologist who botanized in New 

 Mexico between 1902-04. Muhlenbergia 

 metcalfei. 



Michaux, Andre (1746-1802). French 

 botanist, who explored eastern United 

 States, author of Flora Boreali-Americana. 

 Eriochloa michauxvi. 



Mohr, Charles Theodore (1824-1901). 

 German-born botanist, who traveled widely, 

 for more than 40 years pharmacist of Mo- 

 bile, Ala., and author of Plant Life ' of 

 Alabama. Andropogon mohrii; Aristida 

 mohrii. 



Molina, Juan Ignazio (later Giovanni 

 Ignazio) (1740-1829). Chilean Jesuit mis- 

 sionary and botanist, author of first compre- 

 hensive summary of Chilean plants. 

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Morton, Julius Sterling (1832-1902). 

 Agriculturalist and historian, onetime Ne- 

 braska magazine editor, Secretary of Agri- 

 culture 1893-97. Helictotrichon mortonianum. 



Muhlenberg, Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst 

 (1753-1815). Pennsylvania born, pastor of 

 a Lutheran church at Lancaster, pioneer 

 botanist, author of Descriptio Uberior 

 Graminum. Muhlenbergia; Amphicarpum 

 muhlenbergianum. 



Munro, William (1818-80). British bota- 

 nist, who wrote on grasses. Munroa. 



Nealley, Greenleaf Cilley (1846-96). 

 Botanical collector, went to Texas in 1882, 

 later commissioned by U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture to explore southwestern Texas 



