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to 6 to a stem, dull green and glabrous above, pale green and pilose beneath, 

 the lower with 15 to 20 oblong acute segments i to lYz inches broad, the 

 longest 3 to 4 inches long; peduncle short, inner sepals orbicular, ^ to i inch 

 long, outer with leafy points ; petals S to 10, bright crimson, 2 inches long, 

 ij4 to 2 inches broad; carpels 2 to 3, tomentose, erect arcuate, i inch long, 

 ^ inch in diameter ; stigmas crimson, folded together and hooked, % inch 

 long. 



15. P. paradoxa, Anders. 



Anders. Monog. No. 12; DC. Prodr. i, 66; Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard., T. 19. 



Stem I to 1^2 feet long, hairy in the upper part, with never more than 

 a single flower. Leaves 5 to 6 to a stem, green and glabrous above, glaucous 

 and pilose beneath, the lower cut up into 30 to 40 acute, confluent segments 

 J/2 to ^ inch broad, the largest not more than ij^ to 2 inches long; peduncle 

 so short that the flower is amongst the upper leaves ; calyx and corolla just 

 like those of officinalis and peregrina; carpels 2 to 3, ovoid, tomentose, erect- 

 arcuate. 



16. P. mollis, Anders. 



Anders. Monog. No. 13; DC. Prod, i, 66; Lodd., Bot. Cab., T. 1263; Sabine 

 in Bot. Reg., T. 474. 



Stem about one foot long, one-headed, densely pilose ; leaves 5 to 6, 

 crowded, dull green above, glaucous and densely pubescent beneath, cut 

 into 30 to 40 oblong lanceolate segments ^ to i inch broad ; flower like those 

 of officinalis and peregrina, but smaller and duller in hue; carpels 2 to 3, 

 densely pilose, ercct-arcuate. 



17. P. corallina, Retz. 



Retz., Obs. iii, 34 ; Anders. Monogr. No. 6 ; DC. Prodr. i, 65 ; Reich., Ic. 

 Germ., Tab. 128, Fig. 4745; Engl, Bot. Tab. 1513, 3rd Dd., T. 50. P. mascula 

 Miller, Gard. Diet., Edit., VI, No. i. 



Tubers of the root fusiform; stem 2 to 3 feet long, glabrous, never more 

 than one-headed ; leaves 5 to 6 to a stem, glabrous on both sides, moderately 

 firm in texture, dark green above, pale green beneath, the lower simply 

 biternate, with nine distinct oblong acute segments, the side ones i to ij/^ 

 inches broad, and reaching a length of 3 to 4 inches; peduncle short so that 

 the flowers do not much overtop the leaves ; outer sepals f oliaceous, lanceo- 

 late, simple; inner obtuse; petals 6 to 8, obovate or suborbicular, 2 to 3 inches 

 long, crimson or rose red; carpels 3 to 4, rarely 5, spreading from the base 

 when fully mature, decurved. densely villose, i^ inches long; stigma small, 

 scarlet, folded together, recurved. 



18. P. Russi, Bivon. 

 Bivon, Man. Sic, IV, 12; DC. Prodr., i, 66; Gren. and Godr., Fl. France. 



K 52. 



Stem I to 1J/2 feet long, always one-headed; leaves thin in texture, green 

 and glabrous above, pale green and densely pubescent beneath, the lower 

 exactly biternate, with nine ovate or oblong distinct acute segments i to 2 

 inches broad, the end one 3 to 4 inches long. Flower like that of P. coral- 

 lina; carpels 3 to 4, finely pubescent, spreading from the base when ma- 

 ture, finally i^ inches long. (Kew Index regards this as a form of 

 corallina.) 



