Mr. Axvenson’s Monograph of the Genus Paonia. 269 
P. corallina. Retz. Obs. iii. p: 84. Willd. Sp. PE v. ii. p. 1921. 
Engl. Bot. 1513. Hort. Kew. ed. ii. v. iii. p. 515. De Cand. Fl. 
Fr. v. v. p.643. Smith Flore Grece Prod. v. i. p- $70: rd 
P. Mas. Matthioli Comment. lib. ii. c. 151. | Dod. Pempt. p. 194. 
Lob. Ic. 684... Tabernem. Ic. t. 784. J. Bauh. v. iii. p. 492. 
Ger. Em. p. 980... Park. Par. p. 3841 & 343. f. 1. Raüi Hist. 
v.d. p. 693+ Blackwell Herb. t. 245. i 
. P. Mas flore purpureo. Besler Eyst. Vern. ord. vi. fol. 10. 1. 
P. officinalis, var. 8 mascula. Linn. Sp. Pl. 747. 
P. officinalis. Mil. Illustr. T 
P. mascula. | Miller's Dict. ed. viii. 1. 
P. folio nigricante splendido, quae Mas. - C. Bauh. dizia, ou. 
. Idem, Pinaa, p.933. Tournef. Inst. p. 273. t. 146. 
P. simplex latiore folio. Moris: Ozon. v. ii. p. 454. 1 
P. integra. Murray in Commentat. Soc. Gott. 1784 & 1785, v. vii. 
Radicis tubera numerosa, fusiformia, aggregata. Caulis bipedalis et altior, simplex, glaber, 
. teretiusculus, rubicundus. | Pe/ioli communes longi, rubicundi ut in caule... Folia bi- - 
triternata, vel ternata, pinnata, glabra.  Foliola omnia distincta, nec confluentia ; 
lateralia integra; intermedium szepius bilobum, raro tripartitum, nonnunquam inte- 
grum ; lato-ovata, planiuscula, subinde subundulata, plus minus reticulata, acutius- 
cula, supra saturate viridia, venis rubicundis, subtus pallidiora. Calycis foliola glabra, 
exteriora lanceolata, reliqua rotunda. . Petala 5—6, integriuscula, ovata, concava, ex- 
+ pansa; kermesina seu saturate rosea, venis coloris profundioris notata. Germina 3—4 
raro 5, mollissime omnium tomentosa, primum. rectiuscula, patentia, demum valde 
. recurvata. — Follicula matura. aperta, longitudinaliter. revoluta, seminibus atro- mr; 
` pureis, plurimis abortivis phœniceis intermixtis, pulcherrime bullata. Stigmata re- 
: voluta; compressa, rubra, — Dm. -—— ilis F P. zali. minora, pove afine 
ez f 
Maii ad initium Junii. > + — i sé id 4 ee: 
This i is SE P. mas of Pliny ai and other ancient writers : 
upon. what. was; it obtained this. title we cannot conjecture. 
It retained it, however, till Retzius, describing it for the first time 
scientifically, gave it that which it now bears. It is ie that 
Linné, who must have seen both plants, should persist i in: consi- 
dering 
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