> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 74](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189545) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7360-1) LSID 7360-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6108682) QID Q6108682 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Parnell, Richard (1810-1882), British ink manufacturer, ichthyologist and botanist, born at Bramford Speke, Devon; studied medicine at Edinburgh, Paris and London; died in Edinburgh; co-founder (1836) of the Edinburgh botanical Society. **Abbreviated name**: *Parn.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Parn.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection E|E]] (e.g. first set of grasses; see Cleghorn (1886) p. 7); further material at [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LINN|LINN]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 51; BB p. 237; BM 4: 1524; CSP 4: 763-764, 17: 714; Desmond p. 480; Hortus 3: 1201 ("Parn."); IH 2: (in press); Jackson p. 239, 246; Kew 4: 237; NI 1492; PR 6958-6959 (ed. 1: 7786). #### Biofile - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 1510. 1870. - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 13: 72. 1883 (d.); Bot. Not. 1882: 30 (d.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. isl. 143.21, 143.22. 1980. - Britten, J., J. Bot. 21: 30-31, 382. 1883. - Cleghorn, H., Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 16: 6-8. 1886 (obit., d. 28 Oct 1882). - Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 273. 1980. - Hedge, I.C. & Lamond, J.M., Index coll. Edinb. herb. 117. 1970. - Jackson, B.D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 51 (pl. K). - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 72. 1957. - Trail, J.W.H., Scott. Natural. 7: 43. 1884 (obit.). ### Publications ##### n.7388. The grasses of Scotland **Title** *The grasses of Scotland*... Edinburgh (William Blackwood and Sons), London (id.) 1842. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Grass. Scotland*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct-Dec 1842 (p. vii: 26 Sep 1842), p. \[i\]-xxi, \[1\], \[1\]-152, err. slip, *pl. 1-66* (uncol. auct.). *Copies*: BR, US. – Also included in *Grass. Britain.* ##### n.7389. The grasses of Britain **Title** *The grasses of Britain*... Edinburgh (William Blackwood and sons), London (id.) \[1842\]-1845. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Grass. Britain*. **Notes** *Publ*.: a combination of the *Grass. Scotland* with additional *Grasses of Britain*, 1845 (p. vi: 1 Mar 1845; Bot. Zeit. 29 Aug 1845), p. \[i\]-xxvii, \[1842 part:\] \[i\]-xxi, \[i\], \[1\]-152, *pl. 1-66*, \[1845 part continued:\] \[153\]-310, \[1, err.\], *pl. 67-142* (uncol. liths. auct.). *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY.