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% P. M. 5 rosea Dec. The rosy-petaled Moutan Peony. — Flowers semi- 
double. Petals rose-coloured. Segments of leaves with very blunt 
fissures at the apex. (Don’s Mill.,i.65.) Petals large, of a very deep 
pink. Cultivated in 1794. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 1. 65.; Don’s. Mill., 1. 65. 
This variety is much esteemed, and is at present comparatively high- 
priced. In G. M.,xi. 79.,a P. M. rosea Courtois is mentioned, which 
Dr. Courtois of Belgium has stated to be distinct from the variety 
known in Britain by that name ; and, also, that the latter is identical 
with P. M, ribra Courtois. 
% P. M.6 rosea semipléena. The semidouble rosy-flowered Moutan Peony. 
— This is described, in our Hortus Britannicus, as introduced from 
China in 1794; as attaining the height of 2ft., and flowering from 
April to June ; and as having red flowers. 
2 P.M. 7 rosea pltna Hort.Trans. The double-rosy-flowered Moutan 
Peony.— Flowers very double, of a fine deep pink, nearly scentless. 
Petals jagged. (Don’s Mill., i. p.65.) Introduced from China in 
1804. It flowers from April to June. (Hort. Brit.) 
Identification. Hort. Trans., 6. p. 477. 
Synonymes. P. suffruticdsa Andr. Bot. Rep. 
Engravings. Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 373.; Bonpl. Pl. Rar., t. 23. 
& P.M. 8 Rawésii Hort. Trans. Rawes’s Moutan Peony.— Flowers 
single, pale, slightly tinged with pink. The foliage much resembles 
that of a herbaceous peony. (Don’s Mill.,i.65.) First cultivated 
in 1820. 
Identification. Hort. Trans.,6. 479.; Don Mill, 1. 65. 
& P.M. 9 carnea pitna Hort. Trans. The flesh-coloured doubdle-flowered 
Moutan Peony. — Flowers very double, of a delicate purplish pink, 
with a rich purple rayed spot at the top of each. It is very like 
P. M. var. Banksii, but has not the central elongated petals of that 
variety. (Don’s Mill., i. 65., with adaptation.) 
Identification. Hort. Trans., 6. p. 481.; Don’s Mill., 1. 65. 
% P.M. 10 aibida pléna Hort. Trans. The whitish double-flowered 
Moutan Peony.— Flowers double, very pale, suffused with purple. 
(Don’s Mill., i. 65.) 
Identification. Wort Trans., vol. 6. p. 482.; Don’s Mill, 1. p. 65. 
% P.M.11 Anneslei Hort. Trans. Annesley’s (the family name of the 
Earl of Mount Norris) Moutan Peony.—Flowers small, almost single, 
of a rich purplish pink. Petals usually 9, obcordate, slightly jagged 
at the margins, of a darker colour at their bases. (Don’s Mill.,i. 65.) 
Identification. ort. Trans., 6. p. 482.; Don’s Mill, 1. 65. 
Engravings. Hort. Trans., 6. t. 7. 
& P.M. 12 /écera Lindl. The cut-petaled Moutan Peony. — This very 
beautiful variety is strikingly different from the others in the bright 
rosy red of the petals, the innermost of which are very much cut and 
gashed, curled up, and distinctly bordered with a narrow edge of light 
carmine, which sets them off to great advantage, and gives the whole 
flower a peculiarly rich and finished appearance. Raised in 1831, 
from seed, by Mr. William Hyland, gardener to the Earl of Sand- 
wich, at Hinchingbrook, near Huntingdon. (Bot. Reg., July, 1835; 
Gard. Mag., vol. xi. p. 418.) 
Engraving. Bot. Reg., 1771. 
Expected Varieties. Those mentioned under P. M. 2 variegata, above, as 
raised by the Earl of Mount Norris. —A yellow-flowered variety is men- 
tioned by Mr. Main (G.MZ,, ii. p. 423.), as having been imported by Gilbert 
Slater Esq., in 1794, and which died. — The Chinese pretend to have a 
black-flowered variety, and a double blue one, which is only possessed by 
