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§ 1. Leaves glabrous. 
FIG. 14. 
2 P. corarri Na (Retz. obs. 3. 
p- 34.) carpels tomentose; seg- 
ments of leaves ovate, entire, gla- 
brous. %. H. Native of many 
parts of Europe ; France, Balearic 
Islands, Greece, and Siberia; in 
England abundantly on the rocky 
clefts of the steep Holmes in the 
Severn, Smith, engl. bot. t. 1513. 
P. officinalis 2, mascula, Lin. spec. 
747.—Lob. icon. 684. f.2. Flowers 
crimson. Leaves broad, of a dark 
shining green. (f. 14.) 
Coralline or Male Peony. FI. 
May, June. England. Pl. 1 to 2 
feet. 
3 P. resti va (Tausch. in Sitz. 
bot. gesell. vol. 4. nov. 1827.) carpels tomentose, erect ; segments 
of leaves unequally jagged, smooth, with the divisions crowded, 
oblong-lanceolate. 2. H. Native of many parts of Europe, 
in mountain woods, France, Switzerland, Carinthia, Carniola, 
Greece, and Crete, &c. P. officinalis, Retz. obs. 8. p. 35. Sims, 
bot. mag. t. 1784. Smith, fl. greece. 369. P. ambígua, Lois ? 
Var. a, Sabint (Anders. in Lin. trans, 12. p. 265.) flowers 
dark-purple. P. officinalis, Sims, bot. mag. 1784. 
Var. P, rosea (Anders. l. c. p. 266.) flowers deep rose-colour- 
ed; stems loose.—Lob. icon. 697. 
Var. y, rubra (Anders. l. c. p. 267.) flowers very double, dark- 
purple.—Lob. icon. 684. This is the most common variety in 
gardens. 
Var. ò, carnéscens (Anders. |. c. p. 268.) flowers very double, 
of a deep rose colour. 
Var. s, albicans (Anders. l. c.) flowers very double, blush.— 
Tabern. icon. 785.—Park. par. p. 342 and 343. f. 4. 
Common or Handsome Peony. Fl. My. Ju. Clt. 1548. Pl. 2 ft. 
4 P. TRITERNA TAa (Pall. nov. act. petrop. vol. 10.) carpels 
tomentose, erect ; segments of leaves glaucous underneath, some- 
what lobed with obovate blunt lobules. 22. H. Native of Tauria. 
P. Dàurica, Andr. bot. rep. t. 486. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1441. 
Flowers of a pleasant pale rose-colour. 
Triternate-leaved Peony. Fl. My. Ju. Clt.1790. P1.14} to2 ft. 
5 P. ropa ra (Desf. cat. hort. par. 126.) carpels tomentose, 
erectish ; segments of leaves smooth, decurrent, pinnate-parted, 
3-lobed at the apex. %. H. Native of Portugal. Flowers 
purple, sweet-scented. 
Lobed-leaved Peony. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. Pl. 2 feet. 
6 P. renuiro‘r1a (Lin. spec. 748.) carpels tomentose, spread- 
ing; segments of leaves smooth, divided into many fine linear lobes. 
4. H. Native of the Ukraine, Siberia and Tauria, among broken 
rocks on the banks of rivers. Pall. fl. ross. 2. p. 95. t. 87. 
Sims, bot. mag. t. 926. Flower fine dark-red, and nestled as it 
were among the finely divided leaves. 
Var. ÌB, laciniàta (Willd, enum. 573.) stem higher, and with 
the segments of the leaves broader than in the species. 
Fine-leaved Peony. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1765. Pl. 1 to 14 ft. 
7 P. ny’sripa (Pall. fl. ross. 2. p. 94. t. 86.) carpels pubes- 
cent, spreading; segments of leaves smooth, many-parted into 
linear lobes. %. H. Native of the Ukraine between the Volga 
and Tanais. Flowers dark red. Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1208. Perhaps 
only a variety of the preceding. 
Hybrid Peony. Fl. May, June. Clt.? Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
8 P. ano™mata (Lin. mant. 247.) carpels 5, smooth, depressed, 
obtuse; segments of leaves smooth, pinnatifid ; lobes lanceolate, 
acuminated, %.H. Native of Siberia. Andr. bot. rep. 514. 
RANUNCULACE. XXXIII. Ponta. 
Sims, bot. mag. t. 1754. P. laciniata, Pall. fl. ross. 2. p. 93. t. 
85. Flowers crimson, drooping. The root dried is used by the 
Mongols and some Tartars as sauce for their meat, and Boetcher, 
an army surgeon, found it to be useful in intermittent fevers. 
Anomalous Peony. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1788. Pl. 2 to 3 ft. 
9 P. Cre’rica (Clus. hist. 1. p. 281. D. C. syst. 1. p. 394, 
Tausch. 1. c.) carpels 5, tomentose ; leaves ternately cut ; leaflets 
quinate-pinnatifid ; segments lanceolate, acuminated, decurrent 
at the base, smooth on both surfaces. 2%. H. Native of Crete. 
Flowers white or blush. 
Cretan Peony. Fl. May, June. Clt.? Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
10 P. Corsica (Sieb. pl. cors. Tausch. Vorgel in Sitz. bot. 
gesell. vol. 4. 1827.) carpels smooth, erect; leaves biternate- 
cut ; segments entire ovate, acuminate, nearly quite smooth, %. 
H. Native of Corsica on mount Gagna. P. paradóxa f, leo- 
cárpa, D. C. prod. 1. p. 66.? Flowers purplish, large. 
Corsican Peony. Fl. May, June. Clt.? Pl. 2 feet? 
11 P. arso Ra (Pall. fl. ross. 2. p. 84.) carpels smooth, 
recurved ; segments of leaves smooth, shining, 3-parted, with 
ovate-lanceolate lobes. %. H. Native from Siberia to China. 
Flowers white. P. edulis, Sal. par. lond. 78. 
Var. a, vestalis (Anders. in Lin. trans. 12. p. 257.) leaflets 
broader, flat, purplish; flowers white, of 8 petals ; stigmas 
pale-yellow ; stem 2-3-flowered. A. albiflora, Andr. bot. rep. 
t. 64. 
Var. B, candida (Anders. 1. c.) leaflets broader, flat, dark- 
green; flowers pale flesh-coloured, of 8-petals ; stigmas flesh- 
coloured ; stem 2-flowered. 
Var. y, Tatérica (Anders. l. c. p. 258.) leaflets broader, flat, 
purplish ; flowers flesh-coloured, of 9 to 14 petals, with flesh- 
coloured stigmas ; stem 2-3-flowered. P. édulis, Sal. par. lond. 
78. P. albiflora, Ker. bot. reg. t. 42. 
Var. ò, Sibirica (Anders. l. c.) leaflets concave, pale green; 
flowers altogether white, with flesh-coloured stigmas; stem 2- 
flowered. 
Var. e, rubéscens (Anders. 1l. c. p. 259.) leaflets concave, nar- 
rower, purplish; flowers reddish, of 8 petals, with pale-yellow 
stigmas ; stem 3-flowered. A dwarf plant. 
Var. £, uniflora (Anders. |. c.) leaflets concave, narrow ; flowers 
white, of 8 petals, with pale yellow stigmas; stem 1-flowered. 
P. albiflora, Sims, bot. mag. t. 1756. Petals pink at the base. 
Var. n, Whitléji (Anders. 1. c.) leaves more wrinkled, un- 
equally jagged; flowers pale-blush; stem 3 feet high, usually 
bearing 5 flowers. Ker. bot. reg. t. 630.—Andr. bot. rep. 612. 
Outside petals reddish, inside ones pale straw-coloured, thé 
whole becoming nearly white before they drop off, emitting a scent 
somewhat like that of Elder-flowers. Flowering in June. Native 
of China. Clt. 1808. 
Var. 3, Hùmei (Anders. l. c. p. 260.) leaflets wrinkled, un 
equally jagged; flowers very double, red; stem 4 feet high, 
usually 3-flowered. P. édulis var. Sinénsis, Sims, bot. mag. t 
1768. Native of China. Clt. 1808. 
Var. 0, fràgrans (Anders. l. c.) leaflets wrinkled, narrow; pale 
green; flowers double, rose-coloured ; stem erect, 3 feet high, 
1-3-flowered. Ker. bot. reg. 485. Hort. trans. vol. 2. t. 18. 
Native of China. Clt. 1805. ae 
The roots of many of the varieties of this plant are boiled m 
broth by the Daurians and Monguls. They also grind the seeds 
and put them into their tea. 
White-flowered or Edible Peony. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1545. 
Pl. 1 to 4 feet. 
12 P. Bro’wxm (Doug. mss. in Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 27.) 
carpels 5, quite smooth, erect ; leaves smooth on both surfaces; 
leaflets ternately divided or pinnatifid, jagged ; segments oblong 
those of the upper leaves are very blunt ; stem erect, branched» 
striated. 2. H. Native of North West America, near 
