102 



ig. P. triicniafa, Pallas. 



Pallas, Nov. Act. Petrop., X, 312; DC. Prodr., i, 65; Ledeb., Fl. Ross., 1, 

 7S- P- corallina var. triternata, Boiss., Fl. Orient, i, 97. P. daurica, Ander., 

 Bot. Rep., T. 486; Bot. Mag., T. 1441 ; Anders. Monogr., No. 7. 



Root-tubers thick; stem i^ to 2 feet long, glabrous, never more than 

 crie-flowered; leaves 5 to 6 to a stem, glabrous, pale green above, glaucous 

 beneath, with broad oblong or obovate leaflets, obtusely rounded at the apex, 

 with a small cusp, not confluent at the base, the side ones often 2 inches 

 broad, and the end one obovate or orbicular, 3 to 4 inches long and broad; 

 outer sepals foliaceous ; inner obtuse; petals 6 to 8, obovate, rose-red, 2 to 

 214 inches long; carpels 2 to 4, densely tomentose, spreading from the base 

 when mature; stigmas small, ovate, folded together, recurved. 



20. P. arietina, Anders. 



Anders. Monogr., No. 10, DC Prodr., i, 66. P. iartarica. Miller, Gard. 

 Diet., Edit. VI, No. 5 (Icones, T. 199), P. Cretica (Clusius) Sabine; Lindle., 

 in Bot. Reg., T. 819, P. lobato, Reich, Ic. Germ., T. 123, Fig. 4741 a, non 

 Desf. 



Stem 2 to 3 feet long, hairy upwards, with never more than a single 

 flower; leaves 5 to 6 on a stem, green and glabrous above, pale green or 

 rather glaucous and pubescent beneath, the oblong or oblong-lanceolate seg- 

 ments copiously confluent and not more than i to i^ inches broad, about 30 

 in the fully developed lower leaves; corolla dark red in the type, 4 inches 

 in diameter; carpels 3 to 4, densely tomentose, ovoid, spreading almost 

 horizontally from the base, when mature i inch long, i/4 inch in diameter; 

 Stigma small, dark red, recurved. (Kew Index regards this as a form of 

 peregrina.) 



21. P. decora, Anders. 



Anders. Monogr., No. 9; DC. Prodr., i, 65; Boiss., Fl. Orient, i, 98. 



Stem 2 to 3 feet long, glabrous, not bearing more than a single flower; 

 leaves 5 to 6 to a stem, pale green or slightly pilose beneath, the segments 

 numerous and very confluent, 30 to 40 to the fully developed leaves; outer 

 sepals broad and foliaceous; petals 6 to 8, crimson, ij/^ to 2 inches long, and 

 not more than an inch broad in our wild specimens ; carpels 2 to 3, tomen- 

 tose, ovoid, very thick, diverging widely when mature. 



22. P. Broteri, Boiss. 



Boiss. et Rent., Diag., 4; Willk. et Lande, Fl. Hisp., iii, 975. P. lusitanica, 

 Miller, Gard. Diet., Edit, ii. No. 6(?) ; P. officinalis, Broters. Fl. Lusit., ii, 299. 



Stems glabrous, one-flowered, i to 2 feet long; leaves 6 to 8 to a stem, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, bright green above, glaucescent beneath, the 

 terminal oblong, acute segment i to ij/^ inches broad at the middle, the 

 fully developed lower leaves with about 20 segments, scarcely at all con- 

 fluent at the base, but those on the upper side cuneately decurrent on the 

 rachis ; outer sepals very foliaceous ; petals 6 to 8 obovate cuneate, about 

 2 inches long, crimson or rose red, rarely white; carpels 2 to 4 densely pilose, 

 1J/2 inches long, spreading horizontally from the base when mature. (Kew 

 Index considers this a form of P. Corallina.) 



