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### 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.