Josiah Hale

…Sagittaria calycina maxima Engelm. collected in Louisiana is the type specimen. Jared G. Smith re-named it Lophotocarpus calycinus in 1900 (6). Josiah Hale was also interested in cryptogams (7). He…

Miriam Kresses Slifkin

…investigate UNC’s discriminatory practices in wages, hiring and admission. This investigation resulted in positive changes for female students, faculty and employees. In 1980 she was inducted into the Order of…

New Species of Foamflower

…home using its Latin name, which means “little crown.” Others would call it “foamflower.” It’s easy to recognize and a beautiful plant growing in beautiful places. Perhaps fewer know that…

Mordecai Elisha Hyams

…Congden in Rhode Island, who in turn sent it to Asa Gray at Harvard, who recognized it as the long-sought Shortia. Gray visited Statesville in 1879, toured the Wallace Brothers…

Stephen Gaddy Boyce

…and the family lived in Ansonville Township.3 Stephen graduated in 1949 with a B.S. in Forestry from North Carolina State College in Raleigh, North Carolina. He continued at NC State…

Sarah “Sadie” Frances Price

…served in the Union Army… Just how Miss Sadie became interested in natural history we do not know. It seems probable, however, that she first became interested in painting, and…

Carol Sue Bissett Carpenter

…University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Alumni Records. 2. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Carpenter&GSiman=1&GScty=23084&GRid=90884629& accessed on 15 January 2015. 3. George E. Carpenter Obituary. Obits for Life. http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/661032/Carpenter-George.php accessed on…

Percy H. Gentle

…Standl.) Woodson; Vincetoxicum gentlei Lundell & Standl. Aquifoliaceae: Ilex gentlei Lundell Celastraceae: Crossopetalum gentlei (Lundell) Lundell; Myginda gentlei (Lundell) Lundell; Rhacoma gentlei Lundell Clusiaceae: Clusia gentlei Lundell Commelinaceae: Callisia gentlei…

Duane Francis Houck

…Conservation Foundation’s website: http://www.tcf-barc.org/index.html and http://www.tcf-barc.org/barcgeninfo.htm Hurricane Iris October 8-9, 2001 in Belize: Our first priority was recovering the herbarium. For those of you who have not seen it, Duane…