> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 57](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265734) of TL-2 Suppl. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12377-1) LSID 12377-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3822242) QID Q3822242 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Chase, Mary Agnes (née Merrill)|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Chase, Mary Agnes (née Merrill) (1869-1963), American botanist (agrostologist), born in Iroquois County, Ill., educated in public and private Schools in Chicago, studied at the Lewis Institute and the University of Chicago, married 1888 William Ingraham Chase who died 1889, assistant in botany at the Field Museum of Natural History 1901-1903, botanical illustrator at U.S.D.A. 1903-1906, scientific assistant in systematic agrostology at U.S.D.A. 1907-1923, assistant botanist 1923-1925, associate botanist 1925, senior botanist in charge of all systematic agrostology 1936-1939, research associate Div. Plants U.S. Natl. Museum 1939-1963. **Abbreviated name**: *Chase* \[standard form in IPNI: *Chase*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection US|US]], further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection ESAL|ESAL]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection ILL|ILL]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LS|LS]], [[Collection LL|LUNDELL]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NMC|NMC]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection SIU|SIU]], [[Collection TEX|TEX]], [[Collection VIC|VIC]], [[Collection W|W]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 335 (b. 20 Apr 1869, d. 24 Sep 1963); BL 1: 290; Bossert p. 71; Ewan ed. 1: 327; IH 1(ed. 6): 357, ed. 8: 519, 2: 123; Kew 1: 519-520; Langman p. 200-201; MW p. 72, suppl. p. 35; NAF (grasses by Chase and Hitchcock); Roon p. 26; TL-2/1: 487, and see indexes. #### Biofile - Anon., Plant Sci. Bull. 8(1): 10-11. 1962 (elected fellow Linn. Soc. London, at aet. 92 \[sic\].). - Chock, A.K., Hawaiian Bot. Soc. Newsletter 2: 124. 1963 (brief necrol.). - Conde, J.A., Hist. bot. Cuba 100, 123. s.d. - Deam, C.C., Flora of Indiana 1116. 1910 (Indiana coll.). - Fosberg, F.R. and J.R. Swallen, Taxon 8(5): 145-151. 1959 (main biogr., portr., list publ., source of our caption). - Knobloch, I.W., Pl. coll. N. Mexico 8. 1979 (lists colls.). - Rudolph, E.D., Amer. J. Bot. 69(8): 1346-1355. 1982 (women in the 19th cent. Amer. bot.). - Stieber, M.T. and W.T. Stearn, Taxon 27(4): 373-374. 1978 (portr., with detailed caption). - Stern, W.L., Pl. Sci. Bull. 9(4): 10. 1963 (brief obit.). #### Composite works - (1) With Charles Frederick Millspaugh, *Plantae Yucatanae*... Chicago, 1903-1904, fasc. 1-2, see TL-2/6072. - (2) With Albert Spear Hitchcock, *Directions for preparing herbarium specimens of grasses*. U.S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Pl. ind. \[Circ.\] 442: 1-4. 1909 (n.v.). - (3) With id., *N. Amer. Panicum*... Washington \[D.C.\], 22 Oct 1910, see TL-2/2803. - (4) With id., *Paspalum*, Mexican grasses in the United States National Herbarium. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 17: 226-240. Jul 1913. - (5) With id., *Tropical North American species of Panicum*. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 17: 459-539. 1915, see TL-2/2806. – Further copy seen: L. – *Ref*.: Trelease, Bot. Centralbl. 129(19): 500. 9 Nov 1915 (brief note). - (6) With id., *Grasses of the West Indies*, id. 18(7): i-v, 261-471, vii-viii. 1912, see TL-2/2807. – *Ref*.: Trelease, Bot. Centralbl. 137(7): 109-110. 12 Feb 1918 (rev.). - (7) *In* E.C. Leonard, *Fourteen new species of plants from Hispaniola*, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 17: 72-73. 1927. (Chase: *Calamagrostis leonardi* and *Leptochloa monticola*). - (8) With Arthur W. Sampson (b. 27 Mar 1884), *Range grasses of California*, Univ. Calif. Exp. Sta. Bull. 430: 1-94. 1927. - (9) \[Description of *Paspalum longum*\] *in* Ivan Murray Johnston, *Flora of the Revillagigedo Islands*, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 4. 20: 52-53. 1931. - (10) \[Descriptions of *Paspalum redundans, P. galapageium* and *P. galapageium* var. *minoratum*\] *in* A.S. Hitchcock, *New species of grasses from the Galapagos* and the Revillagigedo Islands, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 4. 21: 297, 299, 300. 1935. #### Outside our period *Index to grass species*, 3 vols., 1963, 1744 p. by A. Chase and C.D. Niles (eds.). ### Publications ##### n.25.579. North American **Title** The *North American* allies of *Scirpus lacustris*... Rhodora... 1904. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 6 Apr 1904 (in journal), p. \[65\]-71, *pl. 52-53* (uncol. heliotypes). *Copy*: BKL. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 6(64): 65-71, *pl. 52-53.* 1904. ##### n.25.580. Notes on genera of Paniceae **Title** *Notes on genera of Paniceae* I.... Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington... 1906 \[-1911\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: *1*: 8 Dec 1906 (in journal), p. 183-192. *Copies*: G, L(2), MO, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 19: 183-192. 1906. *2*: 23 Jan 1908 (in journal), p. \[1\]-10. *Copies*: B, G, L, MO. – Id. 21: 1-10. 1908. *3*: 27 Jul 1908 (in journal), p. 175-188. *Copies*: B, G, L, MO. – Id. 21: 175-188. 1908. *4*: 16 Jun 1911 (in journal), p. 103-159. *Copies*: G, L, MO. – Id. 24: 103-159. 1911. ##### n.25.581. Notes on cleistogamy of grasses **Title** *Notes on cleistogamy of grasses*... Reprinted from the Botanical Gazette... 1908. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Feb 1908 (in journal), p. 135-136. *Copies*: B, BKl, G, L(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 45(2): 135-136. 1908. ##### n.25.582. Additions to the grasses of Cuba **Title** *Additions to the grasses of Cuba*... Reprinted from the Botanical Gazette... 1911. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 17 Apr 1911 (in journal), p. 300-302. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 51(4): 300-302. 1911. – The "additions" (by A.S. Hitchcock), in which Chase contributed *Paspalum Leonicum* Chase, sp. nov. – For the *Catalogue of the grasses of Cuba* see TL-2/2802. ##### n.25.583. climbing bamboos of Porto Rico **Title** Field notes on the *climbing bamboos of Porto Rico*... Reprinted from the Botanical Gazette... 1914. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Sep 1914 (in journal), p. 277-279, *pl. 21* (uncol. draw.). *Copies*: B, BKL, G, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 58(3): 277-279, *pl. 21.* 1914. ##### n.25.584. spikelet of Aphanelytrum **Title** The structure of the *spikelet of Aphanelytrum*... Reprinted from the Botanical Gazette ... 1916. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 18 Apr 1916 (in journal), p. 340-343. *Copies*: G, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 61(4): 340-343. 1916. ##### n.25.585. Linnaean **Title** The *Linnaean* concept of *Pearl Millet*... Reprinted from the American Journal of Botany... 1921. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1921 (date on p. 41), cover-t.p., p. 41-49. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 1: 41-49. 1921. ##### n.25.586. North American species of Pennisetum **Title** The *North American species of Pennisetum*... Contributions from the United States National Herbarium... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1921. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *N. Amer. spec. Pennisetum*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 12 Feb 1921 (in journal), p. \[i\]-vii, 209-234, ix-x. *Copies*: BR, HH, L, U, US. – Issued as Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22(4). 1921. ##### n.25.587. First book of grasses **Title** *First book of grasses*. The structure of grasses explained for beginners... New York (Macmillan) 1922. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *First book grass.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1922, p. \[1\]-121 *Copies*: HH, MO. *Ed. 2*: 1937, p. \[1\]-125. – Revised ed., San Antonio, Texas (W.A. Silveus), (n.v.). *Ed. 3*: 1959, p. \[i-iv\], \[v\]-ix (foreword Leonard Carmichael), x-xix, \[xxi\], 1-127. *Copy*: L.. ##### n.25.588. new species **Title** A *new species* of *Panicum* found in alfalfa seed... Reprinted from the Journal of The Washington Academy of Sciences... 1924. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 19 Aug 1924 (date on reprint), p. \[343\]-345. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Washington Acad. Sci. 14(14): 343-345. 1924. ##### n.25.589. Aciachne **Title** *Aciachne*, a cleistogamous grass of the high Andes... Reprinted from the Journal of The Washington Academy of Sciences... 1924. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 19 Sep 1924 (date on reprint), p. \[364\]-366. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Washington Acad. Sci. 14(15): 364-366. 1924. ##### n.25.590. bibliographic study of Beauvois' Agrostographie **Title** A *bibliographic study of Beauvois' Agrostographie* by Cornelia D.Niles. With introduction and botanical notes by Agnes Chase... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1925. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bibl. Beauv. Agrost.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 20 Aug 1925 (so stamped as issued in copy US), p. \[i\]-v, 135-214, vii-xix. *Copies*: U, US. – Issued as Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24(6). 1925. ##### n.25.591. case **Title** The *case* of the *grass genus Dilepyrum*... Reprinted from Rhodora... 1927. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Aug 1927 (in journal), p. \[158\]-160. *Copies*: G, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 29(345): 158-160. 1927. ##### n.25.592. Eastern Brazil through an agrostologist's spectacles **Title** *Eastern Brazil through an agrostologist's spectacles*... Washington (Government Printing Office)... 1927. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1927, cover-t.p., p. \[i, t.p.\], 383-403, *pl. 1-9* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: B, G, L, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Report Smithson. Inst. 1926: 383-403, *pl. 1-9.* 1927. *Note*: See also A. Chase, *Botanical expedition to Brazil*. Exploration and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution 1925. Smithson. Misc. Coll. 78 (no. 2865): 48-54. 1926. ##### n.25.593. North American species of Paspalum **Title** The *North American species of Paspalum*... Contributions from the United States National Herbarium... (Government Printing Office) 1929. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *N. Amer. spec. Paspalum*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Jun 1929 (in journal; Nat. Nov. Dec 1929), p. \[i\]-viii, 1-310, xi\[sic\]-xvii. *Copies*: HH, L, MO, U, US. – Issued as Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28(1): i-viii, 1-310, xi-xvii. 1929. ##### n.25.594. Gramineae of Brazil **Title** Studies in the *Gramineae of Brazil*. – I.... Reprinted from the Journal of The Washington Academy of Sciences... 1935. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Apr 1935 (date on reprint), p. \[187\]-193. *Copies*: G, L, U, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Washington Acad. Sci. 25(4): 187-193. 1935. ##### n.25.595. types of North American grasses **Title** Notes on *types of North American grasses*... Reprinted from the American Journal of Botany... 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1937 (in journal, mss. submitted 4 Nov 1936), p. \[33\]-35. *Copies*: BKL, FAS(B), G, L, U, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 24(1): 33-35. 1937. ##### n.25.596. New species of Paspalum **Title** *New species of Paspalum* from Tropical America... Reprinted from the Journal of The Washington Academy of Sciences... 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Apr 1937 (date on reprint, mss. rd. 28 Jan 1937), p. \[143\]-146. *Copies*: BKL, G, L, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Washington Acad. Sci. 27(4): 143-146. 1937. ##### n.25.597. New grasses from Oregon **Title** *New grasses from Oregon*... Reprinted from the Journal of The Washington Academy of Sciences... 1938. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Feb 1938 (date on reprint, mss. rd. 8 Dec 1937), p. \[51\]-55. *Copies*: BKL, G, L, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Washington Acad. Sci. 28(2): 51-55. 1938. ##### n.25.598. The carpet grasses **Title** *The carpet grasses*... Reprinted from the Journal of The Washington Academy of Sciences... 1938. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Apr 1938 (date on reprint, mss. rd. 21 Jan 1938), p. \[178\]-187. *Copies*: BKL, G, L, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Washington Acad. Sci. 28(4): 178-187. 1938. ##### n.25.599. Papuan grasses **Title** *Papuan grasses* collected by L.J. Brass II.... Reprinted... from Journal of the Arnold Arboretum... 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: Leonard John Brass (b. 1900), see IH 2: 93. *Publ*.: *2*. 19 Jul 1939 (in journal), p. \[304\]-316. *Copies*: BKL, G, L, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Arnold Arbor. 20(3): 304-316. 1939. *3*: 15 Jan 1943 (in journal), p. \[77\]-89. *Copy*: L. – Id. 24(1): 77-89. 1939. *Note*: For part \[I\] see A.S. Hitchcock *in* Brittonia 2: 107-130. 1936.