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August 4, 1981 No
Mob Radtofl UnhnrcPv ?.**? Ufe fiwitantw.g, Va, 22801 AUG 5 1981 r I*. •*>w *-. ■*-.*< \ Ol. 58 James Madison University Tuesday. August 4, 1981 No. 58 S JMU professor discovers flower BY CHARLES A. FAZIO location, he did say that the A James Madison flower was found by the road, University botany professor somewhere near Reddish has found something few of his Knob. colleagues ever will—a new With his newly-found fame, flower. the 18-year veteran of the Dr. Norlyn Bodkin, working JMU biology department also with a botanist from the feels embarrassment, since University of Maryland, has he has known of the plant's identified a new variety of existence for some time. plant in the lilly family. "I hate to admit this, but I Despite Bodkin's modesty in ran into this plant two years describing his feat, the ago and misidentified it. It's a discovery is beginning to very small, inconspicuous receive a great deal of media little thing." attention He has already At that time- Bodkin was appeared in the Washington writing his doctoral thesis, Post. Washington Star aritT trying to finish his PhD Richmond Times-Dispatch. requirements. With all this on and WJLA-TV and WRC-TV. his mind, Bodkin said he did both in Washington. D.C. not pay much attention to the '"S "Simply, what we have done six inch, white flower. "That's is named a new variety of a the cardinal sin of a botanist, species." he said. But in this not to look closely," he said. >-.■ case, it is the first new variety "I'm a professionsal ; of plant that has been taxonomist and not supposed ->y discovered on the Eastern to look at things casually. -