a variety of P. Wittmanniana from the Talysh with carpels 
tomentose as in P. Mlokosewitschii. The distinctive charac- 
ters of P. Wittmanniana and P. Wlokosewitschii are thus 
reduced to differences in the colour and pubescence of 
the leaves and possibly in the extent to which the petals’ 
open out; at the same time the area of the former is 
extended right across the Caucasian region from the Black 
Sea to the Caspian. The specimen figured was communi- 
cated by Mr. Gumbleton of Belgrove, Queenstown, Ireland, 
where it flowered in May. Mr. Gumbleton obtained the 
plant from Mr. Max Leichtlin of Baden-Baden. Since then 
young plants have been raised at Kew from seeds received 
from the Tiflis Botanic Garden. 
Description.— Herbaceous, perennial ; with stout glabrous 
stems. Leaves biternate; leaflets broad-oblong or subelliptic, 
the lateral oblique, tips very shortly pointed or acuminate, 
base obtuse, 3-4 inches long, 1$-24 inches broad, glabrous 
and dark blueish-green above, shortly pubescent and pale — 
glaucous below, margins and nerves red; petioles and 
petiololules glabrous. Flowers open, about 4-5 inches in 
diameter ; pedicels glabrous, reddish, 4 inches long. Sepals 
unequal, one oblong-lanceolate, constricted above the base, 
the other suborbicular, very obtuse, both glabrous. Petals 
about 8, roundish, concave, yellow. Stamens very numerous ;_ 
filaments twice as long as the anthers. Carpels 3, oblong, — 
whitish-tomentose ; stigmas subsessile, purple.—O. Srapr. 
Cuurivation.—This, the most handsome of the yellow- 
flowered Paeonies, thrives under the treatment suitable for . 
the other forms belonging to the herbaceous section of the 
genus, and appears as hardy and as satisfactory under culti- 
vation as they have proved. The glaucous leaves with their red 
veins and margins contrast sufficiently with the more purely _ 
green leaves of P. Wittmanniana (B. M. t. 6645) to attract 
attention, and it is certain to become a favourite with 
gardeners. The fine sulphur-yellow flowers are more striking | 
than the whitish-yellow blooms of P. Wittmanniana, though 
the latter areas a rule larger and more decidedly yellow than 
was the case in the plant figured at t. 6645.—W. Warson. au 
Figs, 1 and 2, sepals ; 3, stamen; 4, gynoecium :—all slightly enlarged. 
