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PAONIA mollis. 
Downy-leaved Peony. 
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PÓLYANDRIA DIGYNIA (v. potis. PENTAGYNIA). 
Nat. ord. RANUNCULACEZ. Decand. syst. nat. 1.127. Div. II. Ra- 
nunculacex spurix, Nempe antheris introrsis donate. 
PAONIA, Supra vol. 5. fol. 379. 
P. mollis, foliolis ovali-lanceolatis planis lobatis imbricatis subtis cxsiopilosis, 
lateralibus subsessilibus, germinibus tomentosis rectis. Anderson in trans. 
linn. soc. 12. 282. ` 
Pæonia mollis, Sweet hort. sub. lond. 124. 
Pæonia villosa. Desfont. cat. h. par. ed. 1.1267; (si ita sit malè à Decan- 
dolleo ad PEONIAM humilem relata. ) 
Radicis fibrz longe, tuberibus longis terminate. Caulis pedalis et ultra, 
rigidus, strictus, pilosiusculus, dens? foliosus, Petioli breves, suprà glabri, 
subtüs pilosiuscult ; partiales undique pilosi. Folia dodrantalia, tnequalitàr 
subtriternata, , horizontalia, saturaié ceruleo-viridia. — Foliola 
lateralia, subsessilia, extüs decurrentia, profunde lobata, lato-lanceolata, 
plana, obtusa, imbricato-congregata penis fuseis parallelis, subtùs dense pilosa, 
glauca; supra glabra, nitidiuscula. Bractem foliacer, integre v. incise. 
Calycis foliola obtusa, exteriora pubescentia, integra. Germina 2-3 rectius- 
, cula, adpressa, apice distantia, mollitàr pubescentia pilis ferrugineis. 
Semina equaliter ovata rugosiuscula, nitida. Anderson in loco citato. 
“ Although the Pzeony here given is perhaps the least 
beautiful of that splendid genus, yet as it has not been any 
where described except in the place referred to, nor been 
figured in any publication, we feel ourselves authorized to 
lay it before our readers." 
“ Mr. Sabine, from whose collection the plant was de- 
scribed by the late Mr. George Anderson, procured it from 
Messrs. Loddiges and Sons, under the erroneous name of 
anomala (denoting a very distinct species); it had been cul- 
tivated some years in the nursery at Hackney, having been 
raised from seeds sent to the proprietors by Professor Pallas. 
It flowers in the month of May, and is probably a native of 
the southern districts of the Russian Empire, in or bor- 
dering upon the Crimea." : 
“ The Downy-leaved Pony is easily distinguished from 
its congeners by dwarf growth and rigid habit, by the pecu- 
liar erowding and overlapping of the lobes of the foliage, the 
upper surface of which is of a dark opaque green, and the 
