Parnassia grandifolia DC.

Parnassio, grandifolia, DC. Prodr. i. 320 (1824).
_P. Cavoliniana, Michx. var. /?., Hook. Jour. Bot, i,'* 194,
(1834) ; T- and G. FI. N, A, i. 149.
I believe that this southern plant is specifically different from, '
P. Caroiikiana, Michx. As pointed out by Hooker, the stam- v
in'odia are very slender and exceed the anther-bearing stamens;
. ^ the flowers and leaves are usually larger; Hooker further remarks 1
\ ^ that these characters are retained in cultivation. I have never seen /•
elongated staminodia in our common northern plant, and am very ^
o ' familiar with it in the wild state. The identity of DeCandolle’s
n j	and Hooker’s plants appears to be satisfactorily established. |
. We have it from North Carolina, (Rugel, Dr. Gray) Florida, |
(Chapman). DeCandolle’s plant came from the Cherokee country,
$ _ and Hookeir’s from Louisiana. There may be some doubt as jj
to whether this, or what we are calling Caroliniana, is really the |
plant of Michaux, because the specimen of it is missing in his §
herbarium at Paris.
University of California, Berkeley, Herbarium
SYSTEMATIC STUDIES OF PARNASSIA L.
Parnassia grandifolia DC.
Raymond B. Phillips	July 1980
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Examined f*r
RTH AMERICAN FLORA.
Parnassia gxandifolia DC.
Ad Cataraetam in montibjs
ad Broad River, Carolina Sept.
legit Rugel,J?eptbi\ 1841.
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