Mr. Axpxnsox's Monograph of the Genus Paonia. 261 
Introduced from China in 1805 by Sir Joseph lane; This 
variety is conspicuous in its upright slender stalks, leaves more 
pale, and narrower, than those of the other two double ones, sca- 
brous, and obsoletely serrated on the margin. It flowers the latter 
end of June, the latest of all the Pæonies, of a pale rose-colour, 
giving out an agreeable scent similar to that of the rose. The cen- 
tral petals are longer than the others, and erect. | 
These varieties are hinted at by Loureiro in his Flora Cochin- 
chinensis. He states that the Peony is found both wild and cul- 
tivated over all the Chinese empire, chiefly in the northern pro- 
vinces; and concludes, “ Sunt aliæ multe varietates (fortasse 
species) quas non vidi." We may look for an increase to our ac- 
quisitions from that quarter. 
3. PioNIA ANOMALA. 
P; caule unifloro, foliolis multipartitis, laciniis lanceolatis ger- 
minibusque glabris, flore nutante. 
P. anomala. Linn. Mantiss. 247. Retz. Obs. iii. p. 36. Murray y 
in Act. Soc. Gott. v. vii. p. 90. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. ii. p. 1222. 
Hort. Kew. ed. ii. v. iii. p. 816. Bot. Rep. 514. Bot. Mag. 
P. fructibus glabris patentibus. Gmelin Sib. iv. p. 184. t, 72. 
P. laciniata. Pall. Ross. v. ii. p. 98. t. 85. sub P. sibirica. " 
Planta tota glabra. Radicis tubera fusiformia, magna, subsessilia. Caulis bi- tripedalis, 
uniflorus, angulato-cylindraceus, rubicundus. Fo/ia biternata seu ternata, pinnatifida, 
hinc dissecta laciniis angustis acutis, decurrentia ; subtus nitentia, venis prominentibus. 
Bractee foliaceæ, corollam subæquantes, calyci connexæ. Calycis foliola orbicu- 
lata, acuminata, nonnunquam bifida, apice rubentia. Corolle nutantis petala 6—8, 
inaequalia, apice erosa, emarginata, seu bifida, punicea. Germina plerumque 5, in 
stellam disposita, glabra, nitentia, aequalia, depressa, demum patentia, vix recurvata. 
Stigmata plana, erectiuscula, lunata, rubra. Calli fungosi, difformes, coronam circum 
basin germinum formant, quá nota optime species distinguitur, Semina nigra, ovata, 
levia, splendentia. Floret ad finem Maii, sai 
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