( 2888 ) 
Ponta ALBIFLORA, x. rosea. DovusLe 
Wuite Cuinese Paony, with Rose 
coloured Flowers. 
Class and Order. 
Potyanpria Dieynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Paontacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
_ Cal. 5-sepalus, foliaceus, inequalis. Pet. 5—10, subor- 
biculata. Stam. plurima. Discus carnosus, ovaria cingens. 
Carpella 2—5, grossa, stigmatibus bilamellatis crassis in- 
structa, in folliculos capsulares conversa. Semina subglo- 
bosa, nitida. D.C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Paonta * albiflora; herbacea, carpellis glabris recurvatis 
foliorum segmentis glabris nitidis tripartitus, lobis ova- 
3 to-lanceolatis. D.C. . “ 
Paonia albiflora. Pall. Fl. Ross. v. 2. t. 84. De Cand. 
% oe v. 1. p. 392. Prodr.v. 1. p. 66. Bot. Mag. t. 
(x) rosea ; flore plenissimo, petalis roseis, t. 2888. 
=e 
Communicated by Joseru Sanrne, Esq. from the garden 
of the Hortisaitural Society, as a rare and new kind of 
Paony from China, and well deserving a place in the works 
which treat of plants that are cultivated in our gardens. ’ 
: i 
* After Paxon, a physician whe cured the wounds which the Gods received 
during the Trojan war. 
