99 



ments, % to ^ inch broad. Peduncle short, and the outer sepals often leaf- 

 like and compound. Corolla globose, not more than i inch in diameter; or- 

 bicular petals, not much larger than the sepals, dull red, brighter red toward 

 the edges. Carpels 4 to 5, nearly straight, oblong, very leathery, glabrous, 

 I inch long. 



6. HuiniUs, Retz. 



Retz., Obs., 35; Anders. Monogr., No. 8; Bot. Mag., T. 1422; DC. Prodr. 



i, 66 



Stems ly-A to 2 feet long, one-headed, hairy toward the top; leaves 5 to 6 

 to a stem, the lower with 20 to 30 oblong acute, copiously confluent segments 

 /4 to J/2 inch broad, dark green and glabrous above, pale and pubescent 

 beneath. Peduncle short, and calyx with often one to three very compound 

 leaves from its base. Petals orbicular, bright red, 2 inches long, 5/2 inch in 

 diameter ; stigmas small, reflexed. 



7. P. micrccarpa, Boiss and Rent. 



Boiss and Reut., Pungillus, p. 3 ; P. peregrina var. leiocarpa. Cosson, PI. 

 Grit., p. 93 ; Willk. et Lange, Fl. Hisp., iii, 975. 



Stems I to i^^ feet long; one-headed; lower leaves with about 30 oblong 

 acute confluent segments ^^4 to 54 inch broad, very pubescent beneath. Flower 

 solitary, the outer sepals not so compound as in humilis; petals bright crim- 

 son ; carpels 2, glabrous, very spreading, smaller than humilis. (The Kew 

 Index regards this as a form of ofiicinalis.) The variety Jonathan Gibson is 

 a garden form with very downy leaves. 



8. P. coriacea, Boiss. 



Boiss., Voy. Esp., XIV, T. 3 ; Willk. et Lange, Fl. Hisp., iii, 976. 



Stems glabrous, one-headed, i^ to 2 feet long; lowest leaves with not 

 more than 9 to 13 leaflets, which are broad, oblong, acute, sometimes 2 or 

 even 3 inches broad, firm in texture when mature, more or less glabrous on 

 both surfaces. Calyx often with from i to 2 large compound leaves from its 

 base, corolla large, bright crimson ; carpels 2 to 3, glabrous, very spreading, 

 above an inch long when mature ; stigmas purple, falcate. 



9. P. Corsica, Sieb. 



Sieber Exsic. 



Stems glabrous, one-headed; lower leaves with not more than 9 thin, 

 oblong, acute leaflets, which are i5^ to 2 inches broad, green and glabrous on 

 both surfaces; calyx with 2 to 3 large, foliaceous, simple outer sepals"; petals 

 large, orbicular, bright crimson; carpels glabrous. (The Kew Index re- 

 gards this as a synonym of P. corallina.) 



10. P. tenuifolia, Linn. 



Linn., DC. Prodr.; i, 66; Anders. Mon., No. 4; Bot. Mag. T. 926; Rchb., 

 Icon., fig. 4740; Boiss., Fl. Orient., i, 98. 



Root-tubers fasciated, with creeping stolons; stems one-headed, glabrous 

 throughout, i to i^ feet long, densely leafy up to the flower; leaves 10 to 12, 

 cut up into very numerous linear one-nerved confluent segments under a line 

 broad. Flower solitary, erect, surrounded by the crowded, reduced upper 



