sents the first orchid flora of an Andean country and, as 
such, will always remain a basic tool. Published from 
1958 to 1961, an addendum appeared only days after 
his death. This great contribution was recognized when, 
in 1948, at the Third South American Botanical Con- 
gress in Lima, the Peruvian Universidad Mayor de San 
Marcos awarded him the high distinction of Honorary 
Professor of Botany and, in 1962, when the Universidad 
Nacional del Cuzco gave him the same title. 
A man of extreme compassion for others and of happy 
disposition, who could laugh hardest at a joke directed 
to himself, he personally and financially supported with 
deep sincerity numerous political and social causes. He 
had that fortunate propensity of devoting himself wholly 
to his research during working hours and completely 
transferring his interests to extra-curricular activities 
upon leaving his laboratory. An avid field botanist of 
the local flora, he was a mainstay of the New England 
Botanical Club for 58 years, serving as its corresponding 
secretary from 1949 to 1965. He was a keen amateur 
ornithologist, an accomplished skater, a dedicated pho- 
tographer and an enthusiastic world traveller. 
When, in 1968, he married his lifelong friend, Miss 
Maria Elizabeth Westergren, a lady with many similar 
interests and philosophical outlooks, there began a period 
that visibly brightened both lives and filled his final years 
with a happy companionship. 
He died peacefully at his home in Wellesley, Massa- 
chusetts, on November 16, 1970, survived by his wife. 
A classicist who read Latin for pleasure, he often 
quoted the wisdom of the ancients in evaluating modern 
problems and manners. [ shall remember one of these 
quotations, since, to me, it explains so much of Charles’ 
philosophy. It is Plutarch’s: ‘‘It is indeed a desirable 
thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our 
ancestors”’. —Ricuarp Evans Scuutres 
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