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



nis carneo-albicantibus, caulibus tripedalibus sparsis sub- 



quinquetioris. 

 P, albiflora flo. pleiio. Andreres's Repos.Gl^^ mala. 

 P. albiflora Whitleji. Sabi7ie in Hort. Tr. vol ii. p. 277. 



In regard to this and all the double-flowering herbaceous va- 

 rieties, we shall refer to an account drawn up by Mr. Sabine on 

 them, read to the Horticultural Society, and about to be pub- 

 lished in their Transactions 



This beautiful plant was imported in 1808, from China, by 

 Mr. Whitley, nurseryman, of Fulham. Stems full three feet high ; 

 leaves rugose and less shining than is usual in the species; flow- 

 ers full double, having the outside petals reddish, and the inside 

 petals pale straw-coloured, the whole becoming nearly white be- 

 fore they drop ofl^, emitting a scent somewhat like that of elder- 

 flowers. It flowers about the middle of June. 



9-. Humei; foliolis rugosioribus inaequaliter laciniatis, floribus 

 plenissimis rubentibus, caulibus 4-pedalibus sparsis 3-floris. 



P. edulis var. sinensis. Bat Mag. 176"8. 



P. albiflora Humei. Sabine in Hort. Trans, vol. ii. p. 279. 



Introduced by Sir Abraham Hume, Bart, from China, through 

 the means of Captain VVelsted, in 1810. The largest of all the 

 herbaceous Paeonies, the stems sometimes exceeding four feet in 

 heicfht; flowers extremely double, reddish in colour, somewhat 

 similar to the following, but larger and almost scentless. Cymes 

 commonly of three flowers ; leaflets broader than any other of the 

 species, much pitted and rugose. 



i. fragrans; foliis rugosioribus angustioribus pallidis, floribus 



plenis roseis, caulibus 3-pedalibus erectis 1 — 3-floris. 

 P. albiflora fragrans. Sabine in Hort. Tratis. vol. ii. p. 278. 



Introduced 



