270 Mr. Axpznsos's Monograph of the Genus Pæonia. 
dering this and P. officinalis as only varieties of the same species, 
no two plants in the whole genus being more distinctly separated. 
The leaves of some varieties lately brought from Holland differ 
in being less or more pitted, but do not display any disposition 
to intermingle with other species. "The leaves and stem are al- 
ways quite free from pubescence in all our examples; though 
Ray, who copies John Bauhin, says that the leaves are “ lanugine 
quadam aversa parte pubescentibus," owing possibly to the carc-- 
lessness of old writing. : 
Native of mountainous woods in the south of Europe, as in 
the neighbourhood of Alais in Languedoc ; frequent in Switzer- 
land, and on the Alps generally: also on Mount Ida and in the 
island of Zante. Our claim to it as a native of Britain is per- 
haps but slender. It grows apparently indigenous on a small 
island in the Severn frith, called the Steep Holmes: and Gerard 
` his editor Johnson unceremoniously observes that he planted it 
there himself. ci 
| 7. Pzonra DAURICA. 
P. foliolis distinctis subrotundis undulatis obliquis integriusculis 
glabris, folliculis patentibus tomentosis. j T 
P. daurica. And. Repos. 486. Bot. Mag. 1441. Hort. Kew. 
ed. ii. v. iii. p. 317. : : 
P. triternata. | Pall. Ind. Plant. Taur. in Nov. Act. Petrop. v. x. 
p.312. Georgi Deschr. des Russ. Reichs. v. iii. p. 1050? . 
Radicis tulera crassa, oblonga, sessilia, fibrisque adnata. Caulis sesqui- bipedalis, sub- 
. erectus, rigidus, flavo-virens, glaber. Folia figura praecedentis, persistentia, apice 
tandem sphacelata. Foliola inzequaliter rotunda, raro lobata, obliqua, valde undulata, 
supra flavo-virentia, subtus glauca, venis reticulata. Petioli abbreviati. Calycis foliola 
glabra, duo exteriora foliacea, reliqua orbiculata, cava. Corolla rosea, petalis eirei- 
ter octo obtusis. Germina 2—4, flavescentia, dense tomentosa, demum patentia, vix 
reflexa. Stigmata rubra, recurvata, Semina fusco-nigra, sphærica, reticulata, Floret 
a medio ad finem Maii, DEAE | 
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