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PJEONIA albiflora. (2. 

 Esculent Peony, 





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POLYANDRIA D1GYNIA. 



P AZONIA. (Capsulae polyspermy, intus dehiscentes. Petala re- 

 gtilaria.) Cat. pentaphyllus aut 5-partitus. Pet. 5. Germ. 2-5, (cincta 

 membrana commuiti varia* profunditatis) ; styli 0; stig. 2-5, capitata. 

 Caps, tomentosa? ; seinina ovalia, succo rubro colorata. Folia sccpZ 

 magna, \-Q-pinnata aut ]-2-ternata, foliolis lobatis ; fiores subsolitarii 

 terminates magni, varit purpurei aut rarius albidi. Jussieu. gen. 234. 



ovato-lanceolatis integris 



nudis 



P. albifiora, foliis biternatis : foliolis 



capsulis recurvatis glabris. Willd. sp.pl. 2. 1222. 

 Paeonia albiflora. Pall. ross. 1. 92. t. 84. ILort. Kew. ed. 2. 3. 316. 



Georgi beschr. des russ. rekhs. 3. 4. 1049. 

 P. lacteo flore, foliis utrinque viridantibus et splendentibus. Amman, ruth. 



77. n. 103. Gmel.fi. sib. 4. 184. n. 13. 

 (a) P. albiflora. Andrews s reposit. 64. 

 (£) P. eduiis. Satisb. parad. loud. 78. 

 (y) P. albiflora tlore pleno. Andrezcss reposit. 612. 



Herba perennis. Rhizoma tubera plura fosiformia demlttens* Caulis e 

 Vagina radically erect us, rigidus, crassitudine calami, vix cnrj;ulosuSy sesaui- 

 bipedalis. Folia alterna, distantia petiolo longo stricto, biternata et modi 

 idteriiis divisa ad simplicia atqae Integra ;foliola horizontalia, ovali-lanceolata, 

 saturate viridia in nervis rubentia, glabra, subtus lucida pallida et varicoso- 

 nervosa, margine ciliolato-asperiuscida, ad sumrnam sesuncialia latitudine 

 biunciali. Flores subtrini, solitarii, axillares suynmo terminali, Jastigiantes 9 

 pedunculo longo foliolis nonnullis vagis diminutis stipato. Cal. persistens ex 

 Joliolis herbaceis cum aliis coloratis oblato-rotundatis intermixtis. Cor. petala 

 8-10, albo-erubescentia, obovata, rotundata, margine summa integra v. den- 

 ticulato-erosa, sesqiii-biuncialia. Germ, scepius 3, rarius 5, glabrata, rubra; 

 membrana perigyna brevissima, plicathn corrugata margine incequabili, hie 

 inde Jissa ; stig. continua, glabra, laminosa y ovata, introrsum complkantia , 

 extrorsum recurvata. 



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in the " Flora rossica " to be 



plant, native of the fur- 



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bes. as an article of food 



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