Tribute to Lyman B. Smith

From Plant Press, Vol. 2, No. 3, October 1999.

The September 1999 issue of Harvard Papers in Botany Vol. 4 (1) is largely devoted to a festschrift in honor of former curator Lyman B. Smith, under the title: Florilegium Luctatori Botanico Dedicatum - A Tribute to Lyman B. Smith (1904-1977). Jason R.Grant is the tribute organizer and associate editor.The drawing of Lymania smithii (see page 12) is featured on the cover. The tribute contains a brief memoir by Lyman’s son David (pp. 84-87). A biographical article by Stephen Smith, museum specialist in the department, appeared in Taxon 46: 819-824 (1997).