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P.EONIA 



P.EONIA 



concave; stamens very numerous, the filaments twice 

 as long as anthers : carpels 3, oblong, whitish tomentose, 

 the stigmas subsessile and purple. Caucasus; discovered 

 by Mlokosewitsch and only recently intro.; said to be 

 the most handsome of the yellow-fld. species. B.M. 

 8173. G.C. III. 44, suppl. July 25 (1908). R.H. 1911, 

 pp. 432, 433. 



3. Wittmanniana, Stev. Herbaceous perennial, 2-3 

 ft., green, glabrous and smooth: Ivs. 4-8 in. long, 2-ter- 

 nate; Ifts. variable, usually ovate to ovate-cordate and 

 the lateral ones often oblique at base, glabrous above, 

 rather glaucous and lax-hairy beneath: fls. 4 in. across, 

 solitary, pale or whitish, yellow or greenish; sepals irreg- 

 ular, green, concave; petals about 7, broad-elliptic- 

 obovate, membranaceous, concave; stamens with 

 orange-yellow anthers and slender red filaments: carpels 

 2 or 3, oblong-ovoid, glabrous, the stigmas recurved. 

 Caucasus region. B.M. 6645. B.R. 32:9. R.H. 1906, pp. 

 348, 349. G. 27 : 135. The first intro. of the yellow peo- 

 nies, although not strongly yellow; intro. to gardens of 



2722. Pseonia albiflora. 



Royal Hort. Society (England) in 1842. Light and not 

 pronounced in color, and apparently not of great promise. 



AA. Fls. white, in shades of red or purple (exceptions 



sometimes in No. 11). 

 B. Petals scarcely longer than the sepals. 



4. Brdwnii, Douglas (P. calif arnica, Torr. & Gray). 

 Low and somewhat fleshy, about 1 ft. : Ivs. glaucous or 

 pale, lobes obovate to nearly linear: fls. dull brownish 

 red; petals 5 or 6, thickish, little if any longer than the 

 concave sepals; outer sepals often leaf like and com- 

 pound; fl.-sts. reclining or recurved; disk many-lobed: 

 follicles 4-5, nearly straight, glabrous, the fr. finally 

 resting on the ground from the bending over of the st.; 

 seeds oblong. Early spring or summer. Calif, to Wash, 

 and northward, and in Nev. and Utah. B.R. 25:30. 



BB. Petals much exceeding the sepals. 



c. Disk expanded and involving or enveloping the carpels: 



plants woody. 



5. suffrutic&sa, Andr. (P. Moutdn, Sims. P. arbdrea, 

 Donn). TREE PEONY. St. 3-6 ft. or even higher much 

 branched, distinctly shrubby: Ivs. glabrous; Ifts. more 

 often entire at the base of the plant than above: fls. 



large, various in color, as rose, red, to white: follicles 

 numerous, very hairy, rather small. May, June. N. W. 

 China. Long cult, in the Orient, where varieties are 

 numbered by the hundreds. The following varietal 

 names have been transferred from combination with P. 

 Moutan, now making new combinations: Var. rilbro- 

 plena, Bailey. Rose-colored, almost single. Var. rdseo- 

 superba, Bailey. Fls. much more doubled. Gn. 31:76 

 (as Reine Elizabeth). F.S. 14:1395, 1396 (asTriomphe 

 de Grand). Var. vittata. Bailey. Fls. single white, rose 

 and flesh-color, striped, fragrant. F.S. 7:747. Var. papa- 

 veracea, Bailey. Petals thin and poppy-like, white, with 

 red at center of fl. B.M. 2175. L.B.C. 6:547. Gn. 38: 

 370; 52:325, and pp. 324, 325. Var. Banksii, Bailey. 

 Fls. much doubled, rose-colored, and large. B.M. 1154. 

 Var. Humei, Bailey. Fls. semi-double, whitish or blush 

 with darker center. B.R. 379. Var. rosea, Bailey. Fls. 

 bright rose-colored, fragrant, more or less double. 

 L.B.C. 11:1035. 



6. Delavayi, Franch. Woody or subshrubby, branch- 

 ing, glabrous, 3 ft., more or less stolonif erous : Ivs. 

 ternate, somewhat glaucous beneath, 1 ft. long; segms. 

 lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 2-4 in. long, cuneate, 

 decurrent and confluent at base: fls. small (about 2 in. 

 across), dark purple or velvety crimson; petals sub- 

 orbicular, 5-9, remarkable for their firm substance; 

 stamens yellow: carpels 5, glabrous, spreading. July. 

 China, at high altitudes. Var. angustiloba, Rehd. & 

 Wils., has more finely divided Ivs., the Ifts. being nar- 

 row-lanceolate. G.C. III. 53:403 (as P. Delavayi) .In 

 Ireland P. Delavayi is said to be cut to the ground 

 sometimes by the winter but it throws up new shoots 

 in spring. Somewhat like P. lutea except in color of fls. 



CC. Disk little if at all expanded and not enveloping base 

 of carpels: plants herbaceous. 

 D. Blooms several on one st. 



7. Veitchii, Lynch. Herbaceous, 2 ft., with 6 or 7 

 Ivs. on st.: Ivs. shining, light green, with many (about 

 15) very acute lance-oblong segms. which are about 

 Hin. broad; petiole of lowest If. about 4-8 in. long: fls. 

 several on the st. rather than solitary, nearly 4 in. 

 across, often nodding and sometimes becoming flat, 

 purplish crimson. W. China. G.C. III. 46:2. Gn. 73, 

 p. 539. R.H. 1914, pp. 196, 197. A recently described 

 species; a compact, attractive plant. 



DD. Blooms mostly solitary or single on each st. (partial 



exception in No. 8 and others under cult.). 

 E. Lfts. all entire, sometimes confluent at base. 



8. albifldra, Pallas (P. edulis, Salisb.). Fig. 2722. 

 Root of fusiform parts or tubers: st. 2-3 ft., often 

 branching and bearing from 2-5 fls. : lower Ivs. biter- 

 nate; parts petiolulate or the lateral ones sessile, the 

 Ifts. (secondary Ifts.) 3-4 in. long, oblong, lanceolate or 

 elliptic, veining red: peduncle long, often with a large 

 entire or lobed bract; outer sepals large, leaf like; petals 

 large, various in color, usually white or pink, 8 or more; 

 stamens golden yellow: follicles 3-5, ovoid, recurved- 

 spreading, with spiral or reflexed stigmas. June. Siberia, 

 China, Japan. B.M. 1756. F.S. 8:812. Gn. 30:588 (var. 

 Adrian); 50, p. 170; 51:448. J.H. III. 58:493. Gt.7: 

 362 (forms). A.G. 23:643; 25:203. 



Var. Reevesiana, Loud. (P. Reevesii, Hort.). A 

 double form, with deep red petals. P.M. 1:197. 



Var. sinensis, Steud. (P. chinensis, Vilm.). A tall 

 Chinese variety, with large, double, crimson fls. One 

 of the commonest forms in gardens. B.M. 1768. 



Var. festiva, Planch. Fls. double, white, with a few 

 marks of carmine in the center. F.S. 8:790-91. 



Var. Whitleyi, Hort. (not var. Whitleyi, Anders., 

 which has double pinkish fls.). Fls. single, large, white. 

 Gn. 36:8; 63, p. 352. 



9. obovata, Maxim. (P. oreogeton, S. Moore). Root 

 or rhizome of elongated cylindrical tubers: st. 2 ft. high: 



