RANUNCULACEE. 
limits of perpetual snow on the subalpine range of Mount Hood. 
Flowers purplish-red. 
Brown’s Peony. FI. June, July. Clt.1826. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
§ 2. Leaves puberulous on the under surface. 
18 P. Rv’sst (Biv. mant. sic. 4. p. 12.) carpels hairy; seg- 
ments of leaves elliptical, entire, hardly puberulous underneath. 
4. H. Native of Sicily in the mountains about Panorma. Sweet. 
brit. fl. gard. t. 122. Root fusiform. Flowers crimson. Very 
like P. himilis. 
Russ’s Peony. FI. May, June. Clt.? Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
14 P. numirs (Rets. obs. 3. p. 35.) carpels toméntose, 
erectish ; segments of leaves multifid or 3-5-parted, villous under- 
neath, with narrow lanceolate lobes. %. H. Native of Spain. 
Sims, bot. mag. 1422.—Lob. icon. 683. f. 1—Mor. hist. 3. p- 
455. sect. 12. t. 1. f. 8. Flowers of a purplish-blood-colour. 
Petals a little jagged. Stigmas erect. Lobes of leaves chan- 
nelled. 
Humble Peony. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1633. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
15 P. pecora (Anders. in Lin. trans. 11. p. 273.) carpels 
pubescent, spreading; segments of leaves 3-parted-jagged, ob- 
long, blunt, hairy underneath. Y/.H. Native of Turkey about 
Constantinople. P. Bysantina prior, Clus. hist. p. 279.—Park. 
par. p. 342 and 343. t. 2.? Flowers deep-crimson. Petals 
small, narrow, with curled margins. Stigma lunate, pale-red, 
rved, 
PA arf Pallàsii (Anders. 1. c.) leaflets narrow, oblong. Native 
Var. B, elatior (Anders. 1. c.) leaflets broad, oblong. 
Comely Peony. Fl. May, June. Clt.? Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
16 P. arrerr'na (Anders. l. c. p. 275.) carpels downy, arched, 
spreading ; segments of leaves, 3-lobed and pinnatifid, decurrent, 
ral-oblong, flattish, hairy underneath, 4Y. H. Native of the 
evant, 
Var. a, Andersonii (Anders. 1. c.) flowers of a deep rose- 
colour ; petals a little curled.—J. Bauh. hist. 3. p. 493. 
colon a? Oxoniénsis (Anders. l. c. p. 276.) flowers flesh- 
i ured ; petals Jagged-curled. P. arietina cárnea, D.C. prod. 
P 66.—Mor. hist. 2. p. 454. 
Pam s-horn capsuled Pæony. Fl. May, June. Clt.? Pl. 2 ft. 
straight” PEREGRINA (Mill. dict. no. 3.) carpels downy, 
an S ; Segments of leaves unequally jagged, with entire ovate- 
ceolate wrinkled lobes, hairy and glaucous underneath. XY. 
ims pave of the south of Europe in mountain meadows. 
i promi mag. t. 1050. P. peregrina y, D. C. syst. 1. p. 390. 
with omiscua, Lobel. icon. 683. Tausch. l. c.. Flowers crimson, 
Var. B, Greil i (Anders. | 
P, uler { Anders. l. c. p. 280.) leaflets deeply jagged 
and undulated, sometimes twisted, eon acute, P erunkled, 
glaucou : A . . 
mmeoth S, particularly beneath, with reddish margins; calyx 
Vi , 
broad-o2s a sa (Anders. 1. c. p. 279.) leaflets dark green, 
ments ; ] ate lie not waved nor jagged, with very blunt seg- 
ap each othe leaflets 3-lobed or ternate, crowded so as to over- 
ar. à “le calyx hairy at the base ; carpels generally two. 
elongate d múltiplex 3 flowers double, purplish ; lobes of leaves 
3 » father hairy. P. hirsùta, Mill. dict. no. 4.—Mor. hist. 
"Pr 455. sect. 12. t 1. f. 17. 
1g po” Peony, Fl. May, June. Clt. 1629. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
recurved tO aCINA Lis (Lin. spec. 747. var. a fæmina,) carpels 
iia o nentose ; segments of leaves unequally jagged, with 
Pilose beneath g-lanceolate, smooth, glaucous, and somewhat 
Mountains, —T., Y.H. Native of Europe in shady places on 
-—Lobel. icon. 682.—Besl. eyst. vern. ord. 6. p. 15. 
e divisions oblon 
. are much esteemed for the beauty of their flowers. 
XXXIII. Pzonta. 67 
f. 1.—Mor. hist. 3. sect. 12. t. 1. f. 7. P. Tatarica, Mill. dict. 
no. 5. D. C. syst. 1. p. 392. P. peregrina var. 8B, D. C. syst. 
1. p. 390. P. paradòxa var. y. Tatárica, D. C. prod. 1. p. 66. 
Dioscorides celebrates this plant as useful in promoting natural 
discharges when deficient, and restraining some of them when too 
abundant. Flowers red or crimson. 
Var. P, múltiplex; leaves difformly lobed, pubescent. Mill. 
icon. 2. t. 199. 
Officinal Peony. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1548. Pl. 2 feet. 
19 P. parapo’xa (Anders. l. c. p. 288.) carpels downy, 
straight ; segments of leaves many-parted, blunt, and somewhat 
waved, glaucous and hairy underneath. X4. H. Native of Spain 
and the south of Franceon mountains. A. Lusitánica, Mill. dict. 
no. 6. Tausch. Vorgel. in Sitz. bot. Gesell. vol. 4. 1827. Flowers 
of a violet crimson-colour, with obovate jagged petals, which are 
often bifid. 
Var. a, simpliciflòra (Anders. l. c. p. 289.) stem altogether 
smooth; flowers of 8 petals.—Besl. hort. eyst. ord. 6. t. 14. 
f. 3. 
Var. B, fimbriàta (Anders. l. c. p. 290.) stem hardly hairy ; 
flowers double ; petals more linear and divided than any of the 
varieties of P. festiva. Sweet, fl. gard. t. 19. P. humilis, Willd. 
enum. 572. Hort. Prague. Double-fringed Peony, Hort. trans. 
2. p. 276. 
Var. y, leocdrpa (D.C. prod. 1. p. 66.) carpels quite smooth. 
Paradoxical Peony. Fl. June. Clt.? Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
20 P. morris (Anders. l. c. p. 282.) carpels downy, straight ; 
segments of leaves oval-lanceolate, flat, lobed, overlapping each 
other, clothed with greyish hairs underneath. Y%. H. Native 
of Siberia? Lod. bot. cab. 1263. Calyx pubescent on the out- 
side. Flowers small, of a dull purplish red. 
Soft-leaved Peony. Fl. May, June. Clt.? Pl. 1 foot. 
21 P. pu'sens (Sims, bot. mag. 2264.) leaves biternate ; 
leaflets lanceolate, acuminated, densely clothed with soft pubes- 
cence beneath; ovaries clothed with whitish tomentum, each 
crowned by a somewhat orbicular stigma; stem, petioles, and 
peduncles hairy. 2%. H. Native of? Flowers large, dark- 
purple ; anthers yellow. 
Downy Peony. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. Pl. 13 foot. 
22 P. vittosa (Sweet, fl. gard. t. 113.) carpels densely 
tomentose, erect, but somewhat incurved at the apex ; leaves 
villous, pubescent, and whitish-glaucous beneath, lower ones 
somewhat triternate, upper ones ternate ; leaflets pinnatifid ; seg- 
ments oblong-lanceolate, elongated, incurved at the apex. Y. 
H. Native of France? Flowers white. P. sessiliflora, Sims, 
bot. mag. t. 2648. 
Villous Peony. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Pl. 13 foot. 
Cult. The Moutan or Tree Peony and its numerous varieties 
They are 
quite hardy, but as their blossoms are apt to be injured by the cold 
blasts of spring ; glass-frames to answer the size of the plants 
should be placed over them, under which they will blossom in 
great perfection. A rich loamy soil suits them best. Cuttings 
taken off in August or September, with a part of the wood of the 
preceding year attached, and planted in a sheltered situation, 
will root freely. ‘They may be also increased by layers: the 
shoots before they are layed down require to have a longitudinal 
slit made on the under side; however, in this way they are 
longer in emitting roots than the cuttings. The hardy herba- 
ceous species are amongst the most shewy of border-flowers. 
They thrive best in a rich loamy soil, and are easily increased 
by dividing the plants at the roots, taking care to leave a bud 
to each slip, or by seeds; by the last method many new varieties 
may be raised. 
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