Tab. 7788, 
PAON TA Lute. 
Native of China. 
Nat. Ord. Ranuncunace2.—Tribe Pmonizsz. 
Genus Pasonta, Linn.; (Benth. § Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 10.) 
Pxonta lutea; suffrutex glaberrimus, caule brevi lignoso, foliis ternatisectis 
coriaceis valide nervosis subtus glaucescentibus, segmentis obovato- 
oblongis basi cuneato-decurrentibus petiolulatis vy. confluentibus supra 
medium varie incisis et lobulatis, floribus ad apices ramulorum solitariis 
2-4 poll. latis, sepalis extimis foliaceis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis 
intimis orbicularibus valde concavis longe cuspidatis flavo-virescentibus, 
petalis 6-10 orbiculatis concavis aureis integris v. extimis irregulariter 
crenatis, filamentis brevibus, antheris lineari-elongatis aurantiacis, disco 
crasso lobato, carpellis 3 turgidis glaberrimis, stylis brevibus recurvis, 
carpellis maturis 4 poll. longis dehiscentibus cymbiformibus, seminibus 
ovoideis angulatis brunneis. 
P. lutea, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, vol. xxxiii. (1886) p. 382. Henry 
in Le Jardin, 1897, p. 216 cum ic.; in Journ. Soc. Nat. d@ Hortie. Ser. ILI. 
vol. xiv. p. 320, et xv. p. 274. Gard. Chron. 1909, vol. i. p. 404 in 
nota. 
Paonia lutea is an interesting species on account of its 
woody stem and yellow flowers, both rare characters in the 
genus. In the first of these it resembles the Chinese 
P. Moutan, Sims (tab. 2175), and in the second only P. 
Wittmanniana, Stev. (tab. 6645), the yellow in the petals 
of which latter is, however, more inclined to white. 
The figure of P. lutea here given was taken from a 
plant sent from the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, by the late 
Professor Cornu to the Royal Gardens, Kew, where it 
flowered in the Himalayan division of the Temperate 
House in June, 1900. It is a native of the mountains of 
Yunnan, where it was discoved by the Abbé Delavay in 
1882. Single and double flowers occur in both native and 
cultivated specimens. | 
Deser.— Quite glabrous. Stem short, woody. Leaves 
ternatisect, coriaceous, strongly nerved, glaucous beneath ; 
segments obovate-oblong, petiolulate or confluent below, 
incised or lobulate beyond the middle. Flowers terminal, 
solitary, two to four inches broad. Sepals, outer 
foliaceous, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, inner orbicular, 
Aveust Ist, 1901. 
