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Mag. Tokyo 47, 1933 and the family Juncaceae
by SATAKE in Bot. Mag. Tokyo 46, 1932.
1929. Sherman,
W. M., collected a few specimens, now in the herb of the Forest
Service, at Kenai Penins.
1929. Mason,
M., Mrs., obtained a few specimens at »White Stone R.,
tributary to Porcupine R.» in 1929.
1929. Marshall,
Robert, collected a few plants near Wiseman in Aug. Specimens
in Johns Hopkins’ Univ. MARSHALL published a popular book about
his journey (»Arctic Village», New York 1933).
1929. Holmes.
In the herbarium of Arnold Arboretum are found some specimens labelled
with this name. HOLMES collected at Anchorage in June.
1929-1930. Wagner,
R., collected a few specimens in July 1929 at Noatak and in 1930
at Kotzebue and Kivalina.
1930. Parks,
H. E., of Alborg, Oregon, obtained a collection, now in Univ.
of Calif., in Alaska and Yukon. He visited Wrangell in July, Skagway,
White Pass July 14 (Inspiration Pt), Carcross, Lake Tagish, Lake Atlin,
Mt Monarch, Mt Discovery and Whitehorse.
1930. Mertie,
J. B., geologist of the U. S. Geol. Survey, who had been working
in Yukon and central Alaska since 1911, obtained a collection of plants
in 1926 and 1927 in the Chandalar-Sheenjek distr, and in 1930 in the Tatonduk-Nation
R. district, on the boundary between Yukon and Alaska. He also collected
single plants in other places in the course of his geological work.
A list of his plants from the Chandalar»Sheenjek district,
determined by P. C. STANDLEY, was published in »The Chandalar-Sheenjek
district, Alaska» U. S. Dept. Inter. Geol. Surv. Bull. 810 B, and
a list of his Tatonduk-Nation R. plants, determined by C. V. MORTON, is
found in »The Tatondukf Nation district, Alaska» U. S. Dept.
Inter. Geol. Surv. Bull. 836 E.
1931. Geist,
Otto William, of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, and Snodgrass,
Roland, while engaged in ethnographical studies on St. Lawrence
I. obtained a collection of plants on that island. Specimens in
the herb. of Alaska University, in the author’s herb, and in Lund,
Sweden. The following places were visited: Seward, Kodiak,
Old Harbour, Larson Bay, Alitok, Kanatak, Bjelkovsky, Akutan, Unalaska,
False Pass, Ugashik, Kanakanak, Tanunak on Nelson I., Nash Hbr and Cape
Etoline on Nunivak I., Goodnews Bay, Punuk I. and the following places
on St. Lawrence I.: Sevoonga, Kangee, Mt Atak, Cape Nasayluk, Boxer Bay,
Gambell and Povohok. A report of the expedition was published
by GEIST by the U. S. Dept.
23 Botaniska Notiser 1940.