Mr. Anderson's Moiwgraph of the Genus Paoniu. ^75 



plant altogether more robust and rather more pubescent; un- 

 questionably a mere variety. 



10. PiEONIA ARIETINA. 



P. foliolis trilobatis pinnatifidisque decurrentibus ovali-oblongis 

 planiusculis subtus pilosis, folliculis tomentosis arcuato-pa- 

 tentibiis. 



Radicis tulera lit in piaecedente. Caulis 2 — 2i-pedalis,suberectus, pilosiusculus. Pelioli 

 foliolis subaequalibus axillis pilosis. Folia pedalia, sub-biternata seu ternata, pinnatifi- 

 da; foliolasparsim lobata, basi decurrentia, tunc inciso-dentata, integraque, ovata, ob- 

 tusiuscula, rugosa, supra glabra, subtus glauco-pilosa. Bractece foliosae, acutae. Cabjx 

 basi pilosus; foliola duo exteiiora acuminata, reliqua orbiculata, cava, obtusa. Petala 

 mediocritcr crispa, vix iaceia. Germina 2—3, magna, tomentosa, primo patentia, de- 

 mum arcuata, parum recurvata. Sligtnaia compressa, lunata, brevia, rubicunda. 

 Semiiia ovata, nigra, rugosa. Floret a medio ad finem Mali. 



This species is by much the largest among those of the present 

 division. Its distinguishing characters consist in the leaflets being 

 decurrent, often even confluent, and in the germens being arched 

 and frequently recurved, suggesting a resemblance to rams'-horns : 

 it seems to have been well known to the old authors, as will ap- 

 pear in describing the varieties. 



a. Andersonii ; floribus saturate roseis, petalis minus crispis. 



P. promiscua Vormarii folio latiore. J. Bauh. Hist. v. iii. p, 493. 



Rail Hist. v. i. p. 695. Moris. Hist. v. ii. p. 454. 

 P. byzantina major. Besler Eyst. Vein, orclo vi. p. 14 ? 



This plant, to which Mr. Sabine gave the cognomen, owing 

 to his having obtained it from me several years ago, though not 

 common about London, probably having been banished with 

 contempt for its single flower, is nevertheless still to be seen in 

 remote parts of the country in the gardens of old baronial man- 

 sions: in such situations we knew it many years ago in Aber- 

 " ■ 2 N 2 deenshire. 



