ABRAMS, LEROY ), American botanist, was born in Sheffield, Ia., Oct. 1, 1874. He graduated at Stanford university, Calif., in 1899, continued study there in 190o-04 and at Columbia university in 1904-05, receiving his Ph.D. degree in 1910. In 1906 he became assistant professor of botany in Stanford university ; in 1912, associate professor; and in 1920 was made professor of botany and curator of the Dudley herbarium. His researches have been connected chiefly with the flora of the Pacific coast region of the United States. His published works Flora of Los Angeles and Vicinity (1904, 1917), A Phytogeo graphical and Taxonomic Study of the Southern California Trees and Shrubs (1910) and Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States (1923).