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PAONIA PEREGRINA. CRIMSON-FLOWERED 
: PEONY. 
Jes Hninink 
Cla/s and Order. 
PoLtyANDRIA DiGyYNIA. 
Generic Charafer. 
Cal. 5-phyllus. Pet. 5—8. Stylio. Cap/. poly {permz. 
Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. 
_ PHONIA peregrina; foliis biternatis: foliolis trilobatis _ 
, integerrimifque fubtus pubefcentibus, capfulis — 
erectis, albido-tomentofis. 
_ PZEONIA peregrina. Mill. Did. ed. 6. 2. 3. 
_ PHONIA officinalis (y.) Mart. Mill. Did. n. 1. : 
_ PAONIA peregrina flore fature rubente.: Baub. Pin. 324. 
| Rati Hift. 696. Morif. Hift. 3. p. 455. J: 12. te 1 
Fitts 
_ PAONIA byzantina, Clu/: Hi. 279. Ger. Emac. 982. f. 7. 
_ PAZONIA feemina byzantina. Park. Parad. 342. 1.6. t. 343. 
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PAONIA peregrina flore coccineo. Bef. Hort. Ey, Ord. 6. 
LEfliv. te Qe 
It is upon the authority of the Bankfian Herbarium that we 
give this as the Ponta peregrina of Miter: andif Rerzius 
has done well in confidering certain of the Linnean varieties 
as diftin@ fpecies, this has alfo an equal right; the number 
and form of its capfules, combined with the foliage, affording 
a fufficient diftinftion. The bright crimfon colour of the 
flowers, not at all inclined to purple, was noticed by the 
older Botanifts. This is often taken for Pzonta humilis, but 
does not at all agree with Rerzius’s defcription of that fpecies, 
which has narrower and more divided leaves, and nearly 
naked germens and capfules; not at all tomentofe. 
The fynonyms quoted by Miter appear to us to be cor- 
re&; but we place more confidence in the defcriptions than 
in 
