HERBACEOUS PLANTS 



This truly lovely plant, now seldom seen in gardens, other than in choice 

 collections, requires a not too full sun and a moist, well-drained soil : it is 

 best in masses. 



OUEISIA PEAECEI, Phillip. 



PI. Mag. t. 154; Proc. E.H.S. vol. iii. p. 227; Gard Chron. 1863, p. 439. 



Introduced from the Chilian Andes through Richard Pearce, and flowered 

 in May 1863. 



In general as the better-known Ourisia coccinea, the leaves are flatter, 

 more regularly ovate and crenate ; the flowers larger, with a longer tube, 

 more spreading lip, in colour crimson, the limb streaked with the deepest 

 blood red. 



OXALIS ELEGANS, H. B. K. 



Bot. Mag. t. 4490 ; Paxt. Mag. Bot. vol. xvi. p. 258. 



A native of the Andes of Loxa in Columbia, bordering on Peru, usually 

 found at elevations of nearly 7,000 ft. First detected by Humboldt in 

 this locality, and subsequently introduced to cultivation by William 

 Lobb. 



OXALIS VALDIVIENSIS, Veitch. 



Gard. Chron. 1862, p. 550 (Notice of Exhibit) ; Regel's Gartenflora, 626. 



A charming annual from Chili, with yellow flowers streaked with red 

 on the outside, hardy during the summer months and suitable for green- 

 house culture in the winter. 



P^EONIA OBOVATA, Maxim. 



Baker in Gard. Chron. 1884, vol. xxi. p. 779. 



This fine Paeony, first discovered by the Eussian explorer, Dr. Alexander 

 Tartarinov, near Pekin, and afterwards collected by several later travellers, 

 was introduced to cultivation through Wilson, who sent seeds collected 

 in the Province of Hupeh in 1900. 



A strong-growing herbaceous Paeony, a perennial, about 2 ft. high, 

 with red-purple flowers as large as those of the common garden type 

 (Paeonia officinalis). 



PALAVA DISSECTA, Benth. 



Syns. P. fiexuosa, Mast. 

 Gard. ChroTj. 1866, p. 435; Bot. Mag. t. 5768. 



A half-hardy annual discovered in the valley of San Lorenzo, in Peru, 

 by Mr. McLean, of Lima, about the year 1810. Nothing further was 

 known until Pearce sent home seed from which plants raised flowered at 

 Chelsea in 1868. 



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