Lily May Perry (1895–1992) was a Canadian-American botanist who worked at Arnold Arboretum and is most known for detailed compilation of information on medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia and her assistance with the Flora of New Guinea.
She spent an additional 3 years teaching before being admitted to Radcliffe College, where she took coursework from Prof. E. C. Jeffries and M. L. Fernald and received her M.A.
[4] In 1936, E. D. Merrill had her transferred to the Arnold Arboretum to assist with organizing collections from New Guinea and other parts of the Pacific.
Perry reached retirement age in 1960, but stayed on at Arnold Arboretum until 1964 to finish Medicinal Plants of East and Southeast Asia: Attributed Properties and Uses.
[2] In 1997, botanist T.G.Hartley published Perryodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae in New Guinea.