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P/EONIA HUMILIS. DWARF PEONY. 



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Oafs and Order. 



PoLYANDRIA DlGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 

 Cai. 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Styli o. Cap/, polyfpermse. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



P/EONIA humilis ; foliis biternatis, foliolis tripartito-laciniatis 

 fubtus fubvillofis, capfulis ere&iufculis pilofis 

 [glabriufculis S.J Retz. Obf 3. p. 35. 



P^EONIA hifpanico femine nata f. II da - Cluf. Hijl. 1. p. 279. 



P^EONIA tenuis laciniata, fubtus pubefcens flore purpureo. 

 Batth. Pin. 323. Mori/. Hifi. 3. p. 455. § 12. /. 1. 

 /. 8. 



P/EONIA femina hifpanica pumila. Park, Herb. p. 1379. 

 Lob. Ic. 683, 



The dwarf Peony differs from P. peregrina t No. 1050, 

 chiefly in having its leaves more finely divided, glaucous 

 above, and clothed with a foft pubefcence underneath ; its 

 leaflets are more acute and more incifed ; the germens are 

 nearly fmooth, having only a few thinly fcattered fhort hairs, 

 whereas in peregrina they are quite woolly. 



This fpecies feems to have been well known to the older 

 Botanifts, but was never correclly defcribed till taken up by 

 Retzius. With his ample description our plant correfponds 

 in every refpeft, except that, in his fpecific character, he has 

 cap/ulis pilojis ; in his full defcription, however, he fays the 

 capfules are but (lightly hairy (parum pilofc). 



Suppofed to be a native of Spain, and is perfectly hardy. 



Our drawing was taken from a fpecimen received from 

 Meffrs. Chandler and Buckingham, Nurierymen at Vaux- 

 hall, the latter end of April. 



