MICHEL S. SARRAZIN 



1659-1734 



Sarracenia purpurea — TOURNEFORT 



Canada and the United States join hands in 

 the order Sarraceniaceae, the well-known Pitcher 

 Plants, Dr. Sarrazin of Quebec gathering the 

 " side-saddle flower " which flourishes in the 

 bogs of North America, and Dr. Darlington be- 

 ing commemorated in the Darlingtonia, of Cali- 

 fornia. 



There seems to be some confusion among the 

 botanists as to which Sarrazin the plant Sarra- 

 cenia was named for. It was first named and 

 described by J. B. Tournefort in Institutiones ret 

 herbariae, second edition, Paris, 1700, thus: 

 "Sarracenia canadensis foliis cavis et auritis. 

 Sarracenam appelavi a Clarissimo D. Sarrazin, 

 Medicinae Doctore, Anatomico et Botanico 

 Regio insigni, qui eximiam banc plantam pro 

 summa qua me complectitur bene volentia e 

 Canada misit." Linnaeus, in his Genera Plan- 

 tarum, 1753, established the genus, ascribing it 

 to Tournefort. 



No initials are given to this Sarrazin, and 

 many have assumed that a Dr. Jean Antoine 



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