Mr. Anvernson’s Monograph of the Genus Peonia. 255 
with the petals, produce a contrast of fine colours seldom to be 
equalled in one flower. | | 
B. Banksii ; foliolis apice fissuris obtusis, floribus plenis, petalis 
medio rubicundis. | 
P. suffruticosa var. flo. purpureo. Bot. Repos. 448. 
P. Moutan. Bot. Mag. 1154. Rees's Cycl. 
Introduced in 1789 by Sir Joseph Banks ; the first of the spe- 
cies that appeared in Europe, and which has hitherto been found 
the most hardy. | 
The leaves of this variety are more obtuse than those of papa- 
veracea, not so glaucous on the under surface, and darker green 
on the upper: these, however, are only distinctions of compa- 
rison. Calyx composed of eight or ten leaves; corolla of twenty 
to thirty petals, very large, nearly white in the margin, with an 
indistinct streak of dull purple along the middle. 
y. rosea; foliolis apice fissuris obtusissimis, floribus subplenis, 
petalis roseis. — —€— 
P. suffruticosa. Bot. Repos. 313. | | 
This variety was introduced about the year 1794 by the late 
Right Hon. Charles Greville into his garden at Paddington : it is 
more tender than the preceding; and has no other claim for pre- 
ference to it, but in respect to its smell, which is very fragrant, 
not unlike that of the rose: the flowers, when weak, are fre- 
' quently almost single; petals rose-coloured ; léaves more pale ; 
leaflets broader, more obtuse, and smoother on the upper sur- 
face than those of Banksii, and the buds push out in the spring of 
a more ruddy hue. T9 nó Aint | | 
We may expect new varieties of this interesting species from | 
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