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PiEONIA Moutan* «- 

 Sir Abraham Hume's Tree-Pceont/. Mouian 



POLYANDRIA DIGYmA. 



Nat.ord. Ranunxulace^b. Decand. sysL nat. L 127. Dm IL Ra* 



nunculaceee spuriee, Nempi antheris intror&is donates., 



PJEONIA. CaL 5-sepalus, sepalis subfoliaceis !na?qualibu$ orbiculatti 

 persistentibus. Pet. 5 (interdum 6*10) orbicularia subaequalia ungue de- 

 stitute. Discus carnosus germina cingens; germ* 2-5 grossa; stig. sessilia 

 crassa falcata bilamellata crispa; capss. ffolticulive) 2-5, ovatse, apice stig- 

 mate superatae, 1-loc*, potyspermse, sutura longitudinali supernS dehis- 

 centes: sent* subglobosa nitida; umbilicus prominulus; albumen carooaum; 

 embryo in basi locatus. Herba nut ranks snffrutices; tad. perennes collo 

 crasso subhorizontali, Jibris Jasciculatis extus nigricantibus aut omnibus aut 

 aliis cylindricis, alteris in tubercula ovata cylindraceave incrassatis; vaginae 

 squamosa ad basin caulis; gemnue radicales squamis petiolaribus constantes; 

 fol. alterna petiolata bis iernatim secta; flores terminates, <impli 9 purpurei, 

 rosei, aut alii (nunqudm nee carulei nee lutei ) , JacWit multiplices. Dec, K c. 

 386. 



P. Moutan, caule fruticoso, foliis bipinnatlm sectis, aegmentis ovali- 



oblongis subtOs glaucis, capsulis villosis interd\im urceolo inclusia. 



Decand. loc* cit. 387. 

 Paeonia Moutan. Curti$ % $ magaz. 1154* BonpL nav, et malm. 1* et 61- /. 1. 



et 23. Smith in Rees's cyclop. n. I. Hort. Keto. ed. 2. 3* 315* 

 Pa?oma suffruticosa. Andrews's reposit. 373, 448. 

 Pseonia officinalis, var. Thunb.jap. 230* Lour, cochin. I. 343. 

 Moutan ou Pivoine, arbrisseau de Chine. Mem. chin. 3. 461. 

 (0) Papaveracea; capsulis in urceolo omnind inclusis. 

 Paeonia papaveracea. Andrews's reposii. 463. Smith in Rceis cyclop. «* 2. 



Frutex elegantissimus in hortts nostris seepius 3^-pedalis, ad 8-10 pedes 

 interdum crescens ; caul is teres, ramosns 9 digiti crassitie, Icevis; rami novelli 

 Jbliosi, cateri nudi; fol. patentia, bitemattm bipinnatimve secta, segmentis 

 ovalibus oblongisve, inferioribus integris, summis trilobis super ni intense viridi- 

 bus glabris, subtus glaucis pilos minimos sparsos gerentibus; flores terminates, 

 ampli, solitarii, suaveotentes ; fol. floralia 2 immediate sub Jlore involucr alia, 

 Q-3-pariita, lobis oblongis scepiiis reflexiss caL 5+sepalus ; pet. 5-10 et plu+ 

 rima magna orbiculata scepe inciso-dentata. 



(a) Urceolus carnosus germinum basin cingens, apice dentatus ; germina 

 2-9 ovato-oblonga tomentoso'villosa, stigmate crispo rubro coronata; capsa. 

 pollicem longce, rufis villis onusta, stigmate coronata, intiis 5+7'Sperma, 

 matures paientes. Variat floribus sapius plenis 9 semiplenisve roseo-purpurcis 

 aut albis, fetalis subintegris aut incisis, ramis longtoribus aut brevioribus, 

 foliis majoribus pallidioribus aut minoribus intensius mridibus. 



(£) (mtceforshn species propria J habet flores magnos semiplenos atbos ad 

 basin petcuorum eleganter purpureo-radiatos ; pet. sapius apice lacera; caps*. 

 fer§ semper 6 villosas dispermas. Germina hujus stirpis sunt, prius observante 

 cl. R. Brown, intra urceolum carnosO'membranaceum glabrum subglobosum 

 apice perforatum dentatumque, modo singidarimmo ut in Caricibus, inclusa! 

 stigmata extra orifichm urceoli pauhdum exserta. Dec, 1. c. 



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