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lanceolate leaflets, 1 inch or more broad; outer sepals leaf- like; petals 

 (lark crimson H-2 inch broad, obovate; follicles 2-3, becoming 1 inch 

 long; stigmas crimson, recurved. May- June. Euroi)e. One of the 

 commonest in gwdens. Bot. Mag. 1784, and 2264 (as Rubens, Sims.) 



]^'//\ anemoneflora Hort. (var. ruljm-phiKi, Hort.) Flowers like 

 the type but much doubled. 



Var. alba-plena Hort. Flowers double, white, tinged with red. 

 On. 265. Garden forms are given trade names, as: r<>f<ea-riiaxima^ 

 rosm-jxdUda, ruhra, and many others. These vary in color from 

 nearly pure white to pink and beautiful shades of red. Var. /estiva 

 Tausch. in Fl. 11:84, 1828. Flowers white with red centers. Native 

 of Europe. 



P. peregrina Mill. Gard. Diet. 8 ed., No. 3, 1768. 1\ paradoxa 

 Anders. F. Cretica Sabine. P. Baxteri Sabine. P. arietina Anders. 

 P. lohata Reichb. P. maltifida Salm-Dyck. P. splendens Sabine. 

 P. villosa Desf. P. tatarica Mill. 



Stems 1^-2 feet high; leaves 5-6 on a stem, deep green and glab- 

 rous above, pale green and pilose beneath; otherwise the leaves and 

 flowers are much like those of P. officinalis. Europe. Two beautiful 

 garden forms with double flowers are varieties amaranthescens-sph erica 

 Hort., and pulcherrima-plena Hort., the latter differing from the 

 former in the purple shade of crimson flowers.* 



KEY TO SPECIES. 



A. Shrubby: disk enveloping the base of the carpels. — P. Moutan. 

 A A. Herbaceous; disk not produced to envelop the base of the 



carpels. 



B. Petals short and leathery, scarcely exceeding the sepals. — 



P. Bvoirnii. 

 BB. Petals not leathery, large and expanding, much exceeding 

 the sepals. 



('. Follicles and plant (juite glabrous. — J\ alhijJora. 



CC. Follicles tomentose, erect or slightly sjireading. 



D. Leaves and stem glabrous throughout. 



E. Leaflets flnely dissected. — 1*. tenuifolia. 

 EE. Leaflets not so flnely divided. — P. officinalis. 

 DD. Leaves and stem pubescent in the upper part. — 



P. peregrin a. 



*I shall be glad to know the names of any species in American gardens which 

 may be omitted from the above list. — Author. 



