RANUNCULACEAE. 
Determined by Atrrep RznHpER and E. H. WILSON. 
PAEONIA Linn. 
Paeonia Delavayi Franchet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, XXXIII. 
382 (1886); Pl. Delavay. I. 31 (1889). — Huth in Bot. Jahrb. XIV. 
273 (1892). — Finet & Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, LI. 524 
(1904); Contrib. Fl. As. Or. I. 221 (1905). 
Paeonia Delavayi, var. angustiloba Rehder & Wilson, n. var. 
Suffrutex stoloniferus, 0.6-1.30 cm. altus, glaberrimus; rami 
crassi inferne lignosi. Folia bi-ternati-secta, membranacea, laete 
viridia, subtus glaucescentia, 15-25 cm. longa et 15-30 cm. lata; 
segmenta pinnatifida, sensim in petiolulum alatum decurrentia, lobis 
utrinque 2-4 lanceolatis et anguste lanceolatis acuminatis, 2-6 cm. 
longis, et 0.5-1 cm. latis, integris v. dentibus paucis triangularibus 
v. lanceolatis instructis, costa media venisque secundariis subtus 
elevatis; petioli 5-15 em. longi, supra canaliculati, basi dilatati. Flores 
plerumque plures in apice ramulorum, terminales et axillares, cupuli- 
formes, 5-6 cm. diam., ante anthesin subglobosi, nutantes, longe 
pedicellati pedicello 4-14 em. longo; calyx bracteis foliaceis 3 lineari- 
lanceolatis acuminatis 2.5-8 cm. longis integris v. pinnatisectis per- 
sistentibus suffultus; sepala 5, interiora tria suborbicularia, dimidiis 
petalis subaequilonga, exteriora minora in bracteas transientia; petala 
ovalia v. late ovalia, 5-8, concava, 2.5-3 cm. longa et 2 em. lata, 
apice leviter eroso-dentata v. integra, atropurpurea v. fusco-pur- 
purea; stamina numerosissima, filamentis compressis 4-10 mm. longis 
flavidis purpurascentibus glabris, antheris luteis oblongis 4-5 mm. 
longis; discus cupularis, 3-4 mm. longus, irregulariter dentatus; 
carpella 3, rarius 2 v. 4, purpurascentia, glabra, stigmate obliquo. 
Folliculi 2-3, ovoidei, 2-2.5 cm. longi, subito in rostrum contracti; 
semina irregulariter ovoidea, angulosa, circiter 12 mm. longa et 8 mm. 
lata. 
Western Szech'uan: west of Tachien-lu descent to Yalung 
river, stony places fully exposed to sun, alt. 3000-3600 m., October 
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