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— 996 Journal of the Botanical Research of Texas Institute 3(2) ing lunch, he told us that he had come to say good-bye. The doctors had exhausted their armamentarium of chemotherapies, and surgery would only delay the inevitable end. Bruce and went that afternoon watch to I when the American White Pelicans at a tiny lake nearby; the species was not present in Wisconsin Bruce myth was such an The and and avid local birdwatcher. pelican in folklore represents loyalty self-sacrifice, most compliment Bruce Dale a fitting to Parfitt. Note.— Editor's This contribution also appears in Flora of North America Newsletter 23(2). HOWARD CLARK, 1941-2009 L. me Howard Howard news Kate Clark, wife of L. Clark (Quito, Ecuador), emailed with sad that died suddenly on 27 August 2009. Howard was a friend and colleague always willing to help with reviewing manuscripts. many always will be glad to review papers or anything else for the exSida, as received of the issues "I first I SW W. an undergraduate John as (student of Thieret, then at Univ. Louisiana, Lafayette) for "free" after — my making a deal with Lloyd Shinners to trade plant collections for Sida probably never sent enough to 1 My be was was moved adequate. first botanical publication in Sida. Yes, that a few years ago, long before I to the amphiscian realm John Thieret phrased (as it)." Howard on contacted June 2009, seeking review manuscript submitted 25, a of a to Bot. Res. I Inst. J. Texas. Of course Howard was more than willing to help and to give of his time ("exceptionally glad" were We The correspondence was from had his words). resulting like rediscovering a close friend the past. a good time catching up and reminiscing about our mutual friend John Thieret (his "professor, mentor, and my We might add mentor and friend". .and, personally, happily shared about Lloyd Shin- friend). stories 1 . whom Our ners of neither one of us met in person. friend John Thieret worked closely with Lloyd and Sida Howard from the 1960s to early 70s until Lloyd passed away in 1971. said his old copies of Sida were safely poem remembered stored in Atlanta; he even Professor Joe Ewaris to Lloyd Shinners in response the to first Nov oiSida issue (22 1962). W. John Thieret (1926-2005) served as Howard's major professor his master's degree in Biology for at Howard Southwestern Lemnaceae University of Louisiana, Lafayette. studied the of Louisiana for his M.S., a project Howard started as an undergraduate. Howard and John published together in 1968 The duckweeds [Lemnaceae] Minnesota (Michigan Bot. 7:67-76). of Howard He Over had been and working was working the several years living in Quito, Ecuador. last Howard mostly an was as ecological consultant ("increasingly, industrial stuff" as put but his love botany. it), He me had set aside for a copy of a recent botanical publication of his Venezuela florula) that he was most (a proud of. Clark, H.[L], RE. Berry, A. Fernandez, G. Aymard, and Maquirino. 2000. Catalogo anotado de flora del R. Liesner, fa P. + area de San Carlos de Rio Negro, Venezuela. Scientia Guaianae (Caracas) 11 01 -333 21 color photos. (103 :1 by Manara). illustrations B. we who Ewan (my an good worked "For 4.5 years (79-'81), wife is ichthyologist, but also a botanist for Joe for a year at the Tulane herbarium) lived in San Carlos de Rio Negro, Venezuela, where the soil had a lot of outwash quartz sands from the tepuis and from the Shield, and the flora had a lot of connection to the strange stuff above us on the shield and tepuis. San Carlos across the Rio Negro from Colombia, about 15 is km km many south of the Rio Casiquiare, and about 60 north of took years, but published Brasil. finally It I more a florula/checklist (in a pub. obscure than Sida) for there." This florula surely a testament to the is Howard botanist Clark. L. my I'm so sorry and heart saddened to lose a friend and colleague. Thanks, Howard, for of your is all contributions to science! Barney L. Lipscomb, Botanical Research institute Texas, Fort Worth, Texas 76102- of 4025, U.S.A.