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PÆONIA albiflora; 1 H^hitleji 
Whitley's double white Chinese Peony. 
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POLYANDRIA DIGYNIA (v. potiès PENTAGYNIA). 
Nat. ord. RANUNCULACEE. Decand. syst. nat. 1.127. Div. II. Ra- 
nunculacez spuriæ, Nempè antheris intorsis donate. 
PONIA. Supra vol. ö. fol. 370. 
P. albiflora, herbacea, capsulis glabris, recurvatis, foliis biternatim sectis, 
segmentis glabris nitidis tripartitis, lobis ovato-lanceolatis. Decard. 
syst. nat. 1. 392. 
Peonia albiflora. Synonyma et descriptio suprà vol. 1. fol. 42. petenda. 
(n) Whitleji. Anderson in trans. linn. soc. 12. 259. 
Paonia albiflora flore pleno.  Andrews's reposit. 612. 
* A supposed variety of Pzonia albiflora, and now al- 
most general in our collections. It was introduced from 
China in 1808 by Mr. Whitley, nurseryman, in the King's 
Road, Fulham; and was called by his name in the tract 
we have referred to by Mr. Anderson, in the Transactions 
of the Linnæan Society.” 
** The figure in Andrews's Repository is but an indiffer- 
ent one, and the account which accompanies it incorrect, 
in so far as the plant is stated to have been raised in this 
country from seed; for in fact all the samples of it in our 
gardens are derived from one and the same imported stock." 
„The flower is usually larger than in the annexed figure 
by Mr. Sydenham Edwards; and is produced in June, two 
months before either.of the two double red-flowered va- 
rieties. The scent of the flower has some resemblance to 
that of the common Elder, but is not unpleasant." 
* A list of the varieties of this species has been given in 
the 485th article of this work (vol. 6)." Sabine MSS. 
The drawing was taken at the Nursery of Messrs. Whit- 
ley and Co. in the King's Road, Fulbam. 
