March - April 1993 Vol. 3, No. 2 
In This Issue New LIBS Logo 
The Long Island Botanical Society now has a new 
Logo. After a vote by the membership the logo at the 
right was accepted. 
This marks the second issue with articles about Roy 
Latham. As we did not have room for Bob Dirig's 
extensive biography in the last issue, it is included in 
here. We also have included an article about Roy 
Latham by Lance T. Biechele. Eric Lamont was kind 
enough to send a copy of Roy Latham’s Letterhead 
which we have included. This letterhead obviously 
made an impression as several authors mentioned it. 
There are a few corrections to Eric Lamont’s listing 
of Roy Latham’s botanical publications. 
Latham. R. A. 1948. Cetraria islandica (L) Ach. on Long Island. 
N.Y.-IV, Bryologist 51; 50-51 [not 50: 269-2701 
. 1949. Cladonia alpestris (L.) Rabenh. on Long Island. 
N.Y. Bryologist 52: 146-148 [not 51: 50-51] 
. 1978 [not 1972J. Common purslane, Poriulacca oteracea 
at Orient. Long Island. The Pitch Pine Naturalist 4: 2-3 
Next Issue: Costa Rica Field Trip. 
PROGRAMS 
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9 Mar. 1993 - 7:30 pm, Moreno & Dorothy 
Tagliapietra- Cherbavez, "Orchids of L. I. and 
northeastern U„S«/* Uplands Farm Nature Center, Cold • 
Spring Harbor, 
13 Apr, 1992 * 7:30 pm, Paul Teese, "Evolution of 
Photosynthetic Pathways/' Museum of LX Natural £ 
Sciences, E.S.S, B14g„ SUNY at Stony Brook. fr 1 / 
♦Refreshments start at 7:30 p.m., the program starts 
about 8:00 p.m. 
The membership voted on a logo from among 9 
choices. The first logo proposed by Eric Lamont was 
selected. It depicts Schizaea pusilla Pursh (Curly Grass) 
over a Long Island map in the background. 
Schizaea pusilla was first collected on Long Island 
in 1927 by Roy Latham. It was re-located in the 1970's 
and a second location nearby was discovered. 
Schizaea is a genus of about 30 species found 
predominantly in the tropics. One species, Schizaea 
pusilla Pursh (Curly Grass), is found in temperate North 
America. It occurs on sandy flats usually under 
Chamaecyparis trees. Its distribution is Newfoundland 
and Nova Scotia, Long Island, southern New Jersey and 
the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario. 
During one of the first field trips of the Long Island 
Botanical Society, the area it was known from was 
visited and its presence at one of the two known sites 
was confirmed. 
I will try to work the logo into the masthead of the 
newsletter in future issues. If anyone would like a copy 
of the logo please contact Eric Lamont.-Steven 
Clemants 
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