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limits of perpetual snow on the subalpine range of Mount Hood. 

 Flowers purplish-red. 



Brown's Paeony. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



2. Leaves puberulous on the under surface. 



13 P. Ru'ssi (Biv. mant. sic. 4. p. 12.) carpels hairy; seg- 

 ments of leaves elliptical, entire, hardly puberulous underneath. 

 i; . H. Native of Sicily in the mountains about Panorma. Sweet, 

 brit. fl. gard. t. 122. Root fusiform. Flowers crimson. Very 

 like P. humilis. 



Russ's Paeony. Fl. May, June. Clt. ? PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



14 P. HD'MIUS (Rets. obs. 3. p. 35.) carpels tomentose, 

 erectish ; segments of leaves multifid or 3-5-parted, villous under- 

 neath, with narrow lanceolate lobes. If. . H. Native of Spain. 

 Sims, bot. mag. 1422 Lob. icon. C83. f. 1. Mor. hist. 3. p. 

 455. sect. 12. t. 1. f. 8. Flowers of a purplish-blood-colour. 

 Petals a little jagged. Stigmas erect. Lobes of leaves chan- 

 nelled. 



Humble Pseony. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1633. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



15 P. DECO'RA (Anders, in Lin. trans. 11. p. 273.) carpels 

 pubescent, spreading ; segments of leaves 3-parted-jagged, ob- 

 long, blunt, hairy underneath. I/ . H. Native of Turkey about 

 Constantinople. P. Bysantina prior, Clus. hist. p. 279. Park, 

 par. p. 342 and 343. t. 2. ? Flowers deep-crimson. Petals 

 small, narrow, with curled margins. Stigma lunate, pale-red, 

 recurved. 



Var. a, Pallasii (Anders. 1. c.) leaflets narrow, oblong. Native 

 of the Crimea. 



Var. ft, elatior (Anders. 1. c.) leaflets broad, oblong. 

 Comely Paeony. Fl. May, June. Clt. ? PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



16 P. ARIETI'NA (Anders. 1. c. p. 275.) carpels downy, arched, 

 spreading ; segments of leaves, 3-lobed and pinnatifid, decurrent, 

 oval-oblong, flattish, hairy underneath. 7/ H. Native of the 

 Levant. 



Var. a, Andersbnii (Anders. 1. c.) flowers of a deep rose- 

 colour ; petals a little curled. J. Bauh. hist. 3. p. 493. 



Var. ft, Oxoniensis (Anders. 1. c. p. 276.) flowers flesh- 

 coloured; petals jagged-curled. P. arietina carnea, D. C. prod. 

 1. p. 66. Mor. hist. 2. p. 454. 



R am's-horn capsuled Pseony. Fl. May, June. Clt. ? PI. 2 ft. 



17 P. PEREGRINA (Mill. diet. no. 3.) carpels downy, 

 straight ; segments of leaves unequally jagged, with entire ovate- 

 lanceolate wrinkled lobes, hairy and glaucous underneath. I/ . 

 H. Native of the south of Europe in mountain meadows. 

 Sims, bot. mag. t. 1050. P. peregrina y, D. C. syst. 1. p. 390. 

 P. promiscua, Lobel. icon. 683. Tausch. 1. c. Flowers crimson, 

 with erose petals. 



Var. ft, Grevillei (Anders. 1. c. p. 280.) leaflets deeply jagged 

 and undulated, sometimes twisted, narrow, acute, wrinkled, 

 glaucous, particularly beneath, with reddish margins ; calyx 

 smooth. 



Var. y, compdcta (Anders. 1. c. p. 279.) leaflets dark green, 

 broad-ovate, flat, not waved nor jagged, with very blunt seg- 

 ments ; lateral leaflets 3-lobed or ternate, crowded so as to over- 

 lap each other ; calyx hairy at the base ; carpels generally two. 



Var. S, multiplex ; flowers double, purplish ; lobes of leaves 

 elongated, rather hairy. P. hirsuta, Mill. diet. no. 4. Mor. hist. 

 3. p. 455. sect. 12. t. 1. f. 17. 



Foreign Paeony. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1629. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



18 P. OFFiciNA'tis (Lin. spec. 747. var. a faemina,) carpels 

 recurved, tomentose ; segments of leaves unequally jagged, with 

 the divisions oblong-lanceolate, smooth, glaucous, and somewhat 

 pilose beneath. }/ . H. Native of Europe in shady places on 

 mountains. Lobel. icon. 682. Besl. eyst. vern. ord. 6. p. 15. 



f. 1. Mor. hist. 3. sect. 12. t. 1. f. 7. P. Tatarica, Mill. diet, 

 no. 5. D. C. syst. 1. p. 392. P. peregrina var. ft, D. C. syst. 



1. p. 390. P. paradoxa var. y. Tatarica, D. C. prod. 1. p. 66. 

 Dioscorides celebrates this plant as useful in promoting natural 

 discharges when deficient, and restraining some of them when too 

 abundant. Flowers red or crimson. 



Var. ft, multiplex; leaves difformly lobed, pubescent. Mill. 

 icon. 2. t. 199. 



Officinal Paeony. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1548. PI. 2 feet. 



19 P. PARADO'XA (Anders. 1. c. p. 288.) carpels downy, 

 straight ; segments of leaves many-parted, blunt, and somewhat 

 waved, glaucous and hairy underneath. l/.H. Native of Spain 

 and the south of France on mountains. A. Lusitanica, Mill. diet, 

 no. 6. Tausch. Vorgel. inSitz. bot. Gesell. vol. 4. 1827. Flowers 

 of a violet crimson-colour, with obovate jagged petals, which are 

 often bifid. 



Var. a, simpliciflora (Anders. 1. c. p. 289.) stem altogether 

 smooth; flowers of 8 petals. Besl. hort. eyst. ord. 6. t. 14. 

 f. 3. 



Var. ft, fmbriata (Anders. 1. c. p. 290.) stem hardly hairy ; 

 flowers double ; petals more linear and divided than any of the 

 varieties of P. festiva. Sweet, fl. gard. t. 19. P. humilis, Willd. 

 enum. 572. Hort. Prague. Double-fringed Paeony, Hort. trans. 



2. p. 276. 



Var. y, leocdrpa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 66.) carpels quite smooth. 

 Paradoxical Paeony. Fl. June. Clt.? PI. 1 to H foot. 



20 P. MO'LLIS (Anders. 1. c. p. 282.) carpels downy, straight ; 

 segments of leaves oval-lanceolate, flat, lobed, overlapping each 

 other, clothed with greyish hairs underneath. If. H. Native 

 of Siberia ? Lod. bot. cab. 1263. Calyx pubescent on the out- 

 side. Flowers small, of a dull purplish red. 



Soft-leaved Paeony. Fl. May, June. Clt. ? PI. 1 foot. 



21 P. PU'BENS (Sims, bot. mag. 2264.) leaves biternate ; 

 leaflets lanceolate, acuminated, densely clothed with soft pubes- 

 cence beneath; ovaries clothed with whitish tomentum, each 

 crowned by a somewhat orbicular stigma ; stem, petioles, and 

 peduncles hairy. If,. H. Native of? Flowers large, dark- 

 purple ; anthers yellow. 



Downy Pseony. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. PL H foot. 



22 P. VILLO'SA (Sweet, fl. gard. t. 113.) carpels densely 

 tomentose, erect, but somewhat incurved at the apex ; leaves 

 villous, pubescent, and whitish-glaucous beneath, lower ones 

 somewhat triternate, upper ones ternate ; leaflets pinnatifid ; seg- 

 ments oblong-lanceolate, elongated, incurved at the apex. If. . 

 H. Native of France ? Flowers white. P. sessiliflora, Sims, 

 bot. mag. t. 2648. 



ratoas Paeony. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PL H foot. 



Cult. The Moutan or Tree Pceony and its numerous varieties 

 are much esteemed for the beauty of their flowers. They are 

 quite hardy, but as their blossoms are apt to be injured by the cold 

 blasts of spring ; glass-frames to answer the size of the plants 

 should be placed over them, under which they will blossom in 

 great perfection. A rich loamy soil suits them best. Cuttings 

 taken off in August or September, with a part of the wood of the 

 preceding year attached, and planted in a sheltered situation, 

 will root freely. They may be also increased by layers : the 

 shoots before they are layed down require to have a longitudinal 

 slit made on the under side ; however, in this way they are 

 longer in emitting roots than the cuttings. The hardy herba- 

 ceous species are amongst the most shewy of border-flowers. 

 They thrive best in a rich loamy soil, and are easily increased 

 by dividing the plants at the roots, taking care to leave a bud 

 to each slip, or by seeds ; by. the last method many new varieties 

 may be raised. 





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