258 Mr. Anderson's Monograph of the Genus Fitonia. 



the name of sibirica ; but it is not the plant which generally gets 

 that name ; and it differs from the foregoing in having its leaves and 

 stalks less of a purple hue, in its disposition to have fewer flow- 

 ers on the cyine, and in the stigmas being flesh-coloured instead 

 of yellow. The plant too seems weaker. The flowers of this as 

 well as the foregoing go off" white (a florist's term) ; but this has 

 rather a greater dash of pink in its opening corolla. 



y. tatarica ; foliolis latioribus planis purpurascentibus, corolla car- 

 nea 9 — 14-petala, stigmatibus carneis, caulibus 2 — 3-floris. 



P. edulis. Paradisus Londinensis, 78. 

 P. albiflora. Botanical Register, 42. 



Mr. Sabine got this variety from Mr. Biggs, M'ho cultivated it in 

 the botanic garden of the late Mr. Swainson of Twickenham. 

 Another plant of the same was presented to him by Sir Joseph 

 Banks, whose hands are always extended to promote objects of 

 science. 'I he original, we believe, was imported by the late Mr. 

 Bell of Brentford, to whom we are indebted for the introduction of 

 several Poeonies, by means of his correspondence with Pallas. It 

 came from Tartary. Its hue, though darker, a good deal resem- 

 bles that ofvestalis ; but its flowers are larger, with a greater num- 

 ber of petals, which retain a pale pink colour till they drop. The 

 stigmas are of a pink colour, hke those of Candida. The figure 

 in the Botanical Register is from a specimen out of Mr. Sabine's 

 collection. 



3. sibirica; foliolis concavis dilute viridibus, corolla omnino nivea 

 8-petala, stigmatibus carneis, caulibus bifloris. 



Raised from seed by Messrs. Loddiges and Sons, and said to come 

 from Siberia through Pallas. Leaves yellowish-green, and flowers 

 quite white even in the bud ; is altogether divested of that purple 



tint 



