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### Author
Perry, Lily May (1895-x), Canadian-born American botanist; Dr. phil. Wash. Univ., St. Louis 1932; at Gray Herbarium 1925-1932, University of Georgia 1932-1934, Sweet Briar College 1934-1935; later at Arnold Arboretum
**Abbreviated name**: *L.M. Perry* \[standard form in IPNI: *L.M.Perry*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection GH|GH]]; other material at [[Collection ACAD|ACAD]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection MTJB|MTJB]].
#### Bibliography and biography
BJI 2: 133; BL 1: 141, 312; Bossert p. 307 (b. 5 Jan 1895); Hortus 3: 1201 (L.M. Perry); IH 1 (ed. 1): 46, (ed. 2): 63, (ed. 3): 41, (ed. 4): 44, (ed. 5): 37; Kew 4: 278; Langman p. 580; NW p. 55; Roon p. 87; SK 1: cxlvii, 4: cxix, cxxxi, cxlvi, clii; Zander ed. 10, p. 700-701, ed. 11, p. 799 (b. 5 Jan 1895).
#### Biofile
- Anon., J. Arnold Arb. 56(1): frontisp., \[i\]. 1975 (portr., tribute 80th birthday).
- Jacobs, M., ed., Fl. males. Bull. 29: 2531. 1976 (80th birthday), 32: 3189. 1979 (second retirement).
- Moldenke, H.N., Plant Life 2: 75. 1946 (1948).
- Steenis, C.G.G. J. van, Fl. males. Bull. 13: 551. 1957 (to Europe), 26: 1999. 1972 (Dr. h.c. Arcadia Coll. 1971).
- Steenis-Kruseman, M. J.van, Blumea 25(1): 41. 1979.
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 329, 404. 1936, 3: 293, 294. 1937.
#### Handwriting
*Flora malesiana* 1: cli. 1950.
#### Eponymy
*Perrya* Kitton (1874) commemorates Kitton's friend, Captain Perry, of Liverpool, England.
#### Dedication
J. Arnold Arb. 56(1). Jan 1975 (on the occasion of her 80th birthday; portr.).
### Publications
##### n.7721. A revision of the North American species of Verbena
**Title**
Washington University doctoral dissertations. *A revision of the North American species of Verbena* a dissertation presented to the Board of graduate studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy, June 1932 by Lily May Perry ... Publications of Washington University Saint Louis \[1933\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Rev. N. Amer. Verbena*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 10 Jul 1933 (p. 239), p. 239-362, *pl. 13-15. Copies*: G, MO, NY, USDA. – Reprinted with special cover (with above title) from Ann. Missouri bot. Gard. 20(2): 239-362, *Pl. 13-15.* 1933.
##### n.7722. A tentative revision of Alchemilla § Lachemilla
**Title**
*A tentative revision of Alchemilla § Lachemilla*... Cambridge, Mass. (published by the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University) 1929. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Tent. rev. Lachemilla*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 18 Jul 1929 (copies so stamped), p. \[1\]-57. *Copies*: G, MO, NY. – Issued as Contr. Gray Herb. 84. 1929.