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PHZONIA ALBIFLORA. WHITE-FLOWERED 
Pony. 
Jeiinleaeieibsiiesiek debit 
Cla/s and Order. 
POLYANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Generic Character. - 
Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala5. Styli.o. Cap/. polyfperme. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
PEONIA aldifora ; foliis biternatis: foliolis ovato-lanceolatis 
integris nudis, capfulis recurvatis glabris. Willd. Sp. Pl. 
2.p.1222. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 316. 
a P/EONIA albdiffora ; foliis ternatis: foliolis lobatis nitentibus 
germinibus ternis glabris. Pall. Ro. 2. p. go. ¢. 84. 
PONIA laéteo flore, foliis utrinque viridantibus. Amman. 
Ruth. 97 RE AO 
PHONIA flore albo fimplici. A. Nat. Curiof. v. 3. p. 355+ 
8,20. ° /§ ‘ees ~ 
PAONIA fru@tibus tribus glabris. Gmel. Sid. 4. p. 184. 
PHONIA albiflora, Bot. Repof. 64. . 
8. PALONIA edulis. Salifb. Parad. Lond. 78. as 
y- PAONIA albiflora, flore pleno. Bot. Repof. 612. © 
d. flore plenorubron 
The flowers of the Pzonra albiflora are fragrant, efpecially 
in the evening; the roots are faid to be eaten in foups in 
Siberia. ‘. i a 
Several varieties of this fpecies are cultivated in the gardens, 
differing from one another in the fize of the flowers and number, 
form, and colour of the petals; fome being flefh-coloured, 
fome pure white, fome jagged at the margin, and fome quite 
entire, The piftils, from which we hoped to derive more conftant 
chara€ters, 
