Mr. AN pEnsox's Monograph of the Genus Peonia. 271 
We believe this to be a discovery of Pallas, and that it is P. tri- 
ternata of ‘his Tour, and of Georgi’s Description of the Russian 
Empire published at Keenigsberg in 1800. The late Mr. Bell 
received. seeds of it from Pallas prior to the year 1790: it is said 
to be a native of Siberia, but its native habitat is not precisely 
known. . éd ia peN EM 
Though in general habit a good deal resembling P. corallina, it 
is nevertheless essentially distinct from that species, in having its 
leaves always rounded, partially cordate, oblique, and much un- 
dulated ; whereas those of the former are more or less pointed 
and nearly flat: the spherical, brownish-black, reticulated seeds, 
and the yellow tint of its leaves, stalks, and germens, would other- 
wise characterize it. . 
Its leaves are disposed to wither at the points and to remain 
Jonger on the stalks than those of the others. Its flower is of a 
pleasant pale rose colour. Among seedlings it is seen to vary in 
the degree of undulation of its leaves, but retains ‘its essential 
character throughout. i 
8. PEONIA HUMILIS. 
P. foliolis tripartito-compositis lanceolatis acutis canaliculatis sub- 
villosis, germinibus rectis glabriusculis, stigmatibus erectis. 
P. humilis. Retz. Obs. iii. p. 85. Bot. Mag. 1422. Smith in Recs's 
Cycl Hort. Kew. ed. ii. v. iii, p. 316. idi: 
P. hispanico semine nata. Clus. Hist. v. i. p. 279. 
P. tenuis laciniata &c. Bauh. Pin. p. 823. 4. Morison Hist. v. ii. 
Biel n Oe oie ocn | 
P. femina pumila. Ger. Em. p. 982. 6, quoad Iconem. ; 
P. foemina hispanica pumila. Park. Herb. 1379. Raii Hist. v. i. 
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