Mr. Anderson's Monograph of the Genus Pceonia. 255 



with the petals, produce a contrast of fine colours seldom to be 

 equalled in one flower. 



^. Banksii ; foliolis apice fissuris obtusis, floribus plenis, petalis 

 medio rubicundis. 



P. suffruticosa var. flo. purpureo. Bot. Repos. 448, 

 P. Moutan. Bot. Mag. 1154: BeessCycl. 



Introduced in 1789 by Sir Joseph Banks ; the first of the spe- 

 cies that appeared in Europe, and which has hitherto been found 

 the most hardy. 



The leaves of this variety are more obtuse than those of papa- 

 veracea, not so glaucous on the under surface, and darker green 

 on the upper: these, however, are only distinctions of compa- 

 rison. Calyx composed of eight or ten leaves ; corolla of twenty 

 to thirty petals, very large, nearly white in the margin, with an 

 indistinct streak of dull purple along the middle. 



y. rosea ; foliolis apice fissuris obtusissimis, floribus subplenis, 

 petalis roseis. 



P. suffruticosa. Bot. Repos. 373. 



This variety was introduced about the year 1794 by the late 

 Right Hon. Charles Greville into his garden at Paddington : it is 

 more tender than the preceding ; and has no other claim for pre- 

 ference to it, but in respect to its smell, which is very fragrant, 

 not unlike that of the rose : the flowers, when weak, are fre- 

 quently almost single; petals rose-coloured : leaves more pale; 

 leaflets broader, more obtuse, and smoother on the upper sur- 

 face than those of Banksii, and the buds push out in the spring of 

 a more ruddy hue. 



We may expect new varieties of this interesting species from 

 China. 



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