Mr. Anderson's ISIonograph of the Genus Pu-oiiia. 2RI 



nut trifiilje, fissiiris brevihin, obtusis, coiifiTtse, imbricata, plaiiiuscului;, tamcn siil>- 

 uiululntae, niargiiie riibiciinda; ; supra glabrae, rugosae, saturate virides ; subtus cisio- 

 pilossB, Foliolum iutcrinediiim f]uaii(loc[Ue dpciiriens ; lateialia Ijasi obtusis^iina, lo- 

 tmidata. Fclioli gl.ibri. Biaclcce Integra", lanceolate^, tiiiit incisee, scu biloboe. Calys; 

 glaber, fciliulis tribus extcrioiibus foliaceis, aciitis, iclitjuis orbieulatis [lanim retu>.is. 

 Pelula $, obovata, laccra, interdiim bifida, patcntia, violaceo-kcrnicsiiia. Gcrmina 

 ))icruni(|ue dun, raiius tiia, eiecta, adpiessa: foUiculi maturi tamen patentiiisculi. 

 Styli nngusti, baniato-reflcxi. Scmina nigia, splieiico-ovata, cxigua, isevia, splendeii- 

 tla. Floret initio Junii. 



rroii) a general coincidence we conclnde this to be the F. promis- 

 cua of the okl authors. Both tlie varieties we believe came ori- 

 ginally from Holland at some eaily period. It appears to be a 

 native of the Levant. 



This is the latest in coming into flower of all Piponies, excepting 

 aUnflora ; its llowers seldom expand before the latter end of May : 

 it forms a dense tuft of leaves and flowers, more dwarf than hiimiiu, 

 and is the lowest in stature of all the species cxceptincr mollis. 



From pcregrhia it differs in tlic leaves being small, ovate, and 

 more glaucous; the leaflets more divi(le<l, crowded, and imbri- 

 cated ; the ultimate fissures shallow and obtuse; in the "ermens 

 being close pressed together, and very little separated even in 

 the ripe follicles. 



1 hcse considerations, together with the uniformity of character 

 in the two varieties, which both flower a fortnight later, have in- 

 • duced us to remove them from pertgrina: future observation may 

 decide whether our judgemoit be correct. Our learned Presi- 

 dent, wlio must have had this plant before liim in describiu'T 

 V. pcregrhia in Kecs's Ct/clopadia, observes with his usual correct- 

 ness, that it does not accord with P.pcrcgriiiajlo. coccinto of Besler, 

 the figure of which is that of our pcrcgrina; nor with byzant'uia 

 of Gerard and Paikinson, which is our decora. 



a. shnpUciJlora ; caule omnino glabro, lloribus 8-petalis. 



To be found in most of the nurseries, under the mistaken name 

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