16 BRITISH BOTANY. 



ries) of the petals are horizontal. Follicles oblong, glabrous, 

 diverging when young. 



By rivers in the west of England, rare. Per. ; June-July. 



Tribe IV. P^ONIEjE: The Peony Tn^e.— Leaves radical or alter- 

 nate. Petals 4-5, flat. Carpels 2-5 or solitaiy, many-seeded 

 follicles, or baccate, and not opening. 



AcT^A, Lm. — Herbaceous, glabrous plants, with doubly pin- 

 nate leaves and regular white flowers, disposed in clusters on 

 long opposite or axillary peduncles. Sepals 4, petaloid, cadu- 

 cous. Petals 4, or fewer by abortion. Carpel solitary, baccate 

 (a berry), not opening (indehiscent) . 



A. spicata, Lin. Baneberry. — e.b.918. l.b.s. 35. 

 A. 2. C. 2. Lat. 53-55°. Alt. ? Tern. ? 



Root oblique or horizontal, thick, black. Stem 1-3 feet high, 

 naked below, with 1-3 leaves above, simple, rarely branching. 

 Leaves 3-3-pinnate, with acuminate segments. Flowers small, 

 in 1-2 dense oval-oblong clusters ; the chief cluster is opposite to 

 the upper leaf, the secondary cluster axillary or abortive. Petals 

 spathidate, tapering into long claws. Fruit oblong-roundish, 

 finally becoming black. 



Limestone pavement, Tngleborough, Yorkshire. Per. ; May- 

 June. The above-mentioned station is nearly half-way up the 

 mountain, reckoning from the village of Ingleton, and the alti- 

 tude is probably half the height of Ingleborough, 390-400 yards. 



P^oNiA, Lin. — Leaves ternate or bi-ternate. Flowers large 

 and handsome. Sepals 5, persistent, unequal. Petals 5 or 

 numerous. Carpels 2-5, opening inwardly, many-seeded. 



P. corallina, Retz. Peony. — e.b. 1513. l.b.s. 34. 

 A. 1. C. 1. Lat. 51-52°. Alt. 0-50 yds. Tern. 50°. 



Stem simple, one-flowered, 1-2 feet. Lower leaves bi-ternate, 

 the upper ternate, segments ovate-elliptic, glabrous. Sepals 5, 

 unequal, concave. Petals 5-10, broadly ovate. Anthers longer 

 than the filaments. Carpels 3-5, tomentose, curved and spread- 

 ing. Stigma involute. 



Steep Holmes in the Severn. Per. ; May-June. 



BERBERACE^, Vent. The Berbery Family. 



Spinous shrubs, rarely herbaceous plants. Leaves simple or 

 compound, with spinous teeth, alternate or in tufts, with very 



