P.KoXIA 



P.EONIA 



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lower Ivs. twice ternate; Ifts. membranaceous, broadly 

 ovate or obovate, more or less pubescent, especially 

 beneath, the central one stalked: fls. not fragrant, 4-5 

 in. across, white according to G.C. III. 57:290 (usually 

 described as red-purple) ; petals about 6, obovate, con- 

 cave, very obtuse; sepals white or pale rose: carpels 

 recurved, the seeds blue-black and berry-like. June. 

 Siberia, S*. China, Japan. 



10. coriacea, Boiss. Allied to P. albiflora: glabrous, 

 the st. nearly simple and reddish: Ivs. coriaceous, 

 glaucous beneath, the lower ones biternate; Ifts. very 

 broad: fls. bright crimson: carpels 2-3, deflexed, gla- 

 brous; seeds dark purple. June. Spain, N. Afr. 



11. corallina, Retz. Tall, from carrot-form roots: 

 lower Ivs. biternate or rarely triternate; Ifts. ovate or 

 obovate, glabrous, or pubescent beneath: fls. purple 

 or rarely whitish or even yellowish: carpels about 5, 

 spreading or recurved, densely tomentose when young 

 but glabrous at ma- ^ 



turity; seeds round, 

 reddish to dark blue 

 and becoming black. 

 April, May. S. Eu. 



12. Cambessedesii, 

 Willk. Like P. cor- 

 allina, but that 

 species has glaucous- 

 green never purple 

 Ivs. and hairy car- 

 pels: herbaceous per- 

 ennial, about IK ft-, 

 simple, erect and gla- 

 brous: Ivs. ternately 

 pinnatisect, with 

 ovate - lanceolate or 

 oblong acute entire 

 glabrous segms. that 

 are deep green above 

 and purple beneath: 

 fls. deep rose-pink, 

 solitary, erect, 3K 

 in. across, the petals 

 5-10,broadly obovate 

 and crenulate; sta- 

 mens many, with pur- 

 ple filaments and yellow anthers: carpels 5-7, erect., 

 glabrous and shining, purple. Balearic Isls., Corsica. 

 B.M. 8161. 



EE. Lfts. more or less lobed. 

 F. Lrs. and st. glabrous throughout. 



13. tenuifolia, Linn. Fig. 2723. Root or rhizome 

 creeping, tuberous: st. 1-1 K ft. high, 1-fld., densely 

 leafy up to the fl. : Ivs. ternate, glabrous, cut into numer- 

 ous segms. often less than 1 line broad: fl. erect; pet- 

 als dark crimson, elliptic-cuneate, 1-1 K in. long; an- 

 thers shorter than the filaments; stigma red, spirally 

 recurved: follicles 2-3, about Kin. long. June. Cau- 

 casus region. B.M. 926. A.G. 17:658. Var. fibre- 

 plena, Hort. (Fig. 2723). Fls. double, crimson. F.S. 

 4 : 308. Var. hybrida, Hort. Fls. of a rich crimson color: 

 Ivs. very pretty. 



14. anomala, Linn. Root tuberous: st. 2-3 ft., 1-fld., 

 glabrous: Ivs. biternate, glabrous beneath, cut into 

 numerous, confluent lanceolate long-acute segms.: fl. 

 bright crimson, very large; outer sepals often produced 

 into compound leafy points; petals obovate to oblong: 

 follicles 3-5, ovoid, arcuate, tomentose or glabrous. 

 June, July. Eu. and Asia. B.M. 1754. Gn. 67, p. 375. 



Var. insignis, Lynch. The variety most cult.: st. 

 \Ys-1 ft. high: lys. about 10, the lower ones very large, 

 gradually reducing to the fl.: carpels with red pubes- 

 cence. 



Var. intermedia, C. A. Mey. Lvs. deeply lobed: fls. 

 rosy crimson. 



2723. Pseoaia tenuif olia. 



15. officinalis, Linn. (P.fulgida, Sabine). Fig. 2724. 

 St. stout, 2-3 ft. high, 1-headed: Ivs. dark above, pale 

 beneath, the lowest more divided than the others, hav- 

 ing 15-20 oblong-lanceolate Ifts., 1 in. or more broad: 

 outer sepals leaf like; petals dark crimson, lJ^-2 in. 

 broad, obovate; stigmas crimson, recurved: follicles 

 23, becoming 1 in. long. May, June. Eu. One of the 

 old forms in gardens. B.M. 1784. Gn. 53, p. 233. By 

 some combined with P. peregrina. 



Var. albo-plena, Hort. Fls. double, white tinged 

 with red. Gn. 19:14. Garden forms are given trade 

 names, as: anemonaeflora, crimson, globular fls., with a 

 mass of twisted crimson stamens, edged with yellow. 

 A.G. 17:663. Gn. 31:512; Wanda, pale pink; lobdta, 

 Ivs. distinctly lobed : fls. cerise-salmon, a very unusual 

 color. Gn. 79, p. 351; rbsea, rich deep rose; Sabini, rich 

 deep crimson petals and vellow stamens. L.B.C. 



11:1075. 



Var. f estiva, Tausch. 

 Fls. white, with red 

 centers. Native of Eu. 



FT. Lvs. and st. pubes- 

 cent, at least in the 

 upper part. 



16. peregrina, Mill. 

 Sts. about 1^-2 ft. 

 high: Ivs. 5-6 on a st., 

 deep green and gla- 

 brous above, pale green 

 and pilose beneath; 

 otherwise the Ivs. and 

 fls. are much like those 

 of P. officinalis. Eu. 

 Two garden forms with 

 double fls. are: amar- 

 anthescens spherica, 

 and pulcherrima plena, 

 the latter differing 

 from the former in the 

 purple shade of crim- 

 son fls. This species- 



officinalis. (XJfl ^ a3ne USed b y Huth . 

 to cover a number of 



the forms that by others are regarded as tenable 

 species. 



17. paraddza, G. Anders. Plant one of the dwarfest : 

 Ivs. in a dense tuft ; Ifts. 3-lobed and incised : fls. purple- 

 red: carpels pressed closely together. S. Eu. Differs 

 from P. peregrina by smaller ovate and more glaucous 

 Ivs., Ifts. more divided and crowded. Var. fimbriata, 

 Hort. Double purple fls., with projecting purple 

 stamens; very pretty, but not much cult, in Amer. The 

 species is sometimes referred to P. peregrina. 



18. arietina, G. Anders. St. 2-3 ft, high, hairy toward 

 the top: Ivs. 5-6 on a st., rather glaucous and pubes- 

 cent beneath; segms. oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 

 strongly confluent, decurrent: fls. always solitary, dark 

 red, large: follicles 34, densely tomentose, ovoid, 

 spreading widely, becoming 1 in. long, strongly arched; 

 stigma recurved. S. Eu. B.R. 819 (as P. cretica). 

 There are a number of horticultural varieties, under 

 vernacular names. Andersonii, bright rose; Bdxteri, 

 crimson; cretica, blush-pink. The species is by some 

 combined with P. peregrina. 



19. decora, G. Anders. Tubers oblong: sts. 2-3 ft. 

 high : Ivs. horizontal, diminishing to the top; Ifts. oblong- 

 obtuse: fls. rather small, deep purple; petals few, small, 

 narrow, peduncle long: follicles hairy, large, spreading 

 from the base when mature. S. Eu. Var. alba, Hort., 

 has satiny white fls., slightly tinted pink. Gn. 72, 

 p. 291. 



Var. Pallasii, G. Anders. Lvs. narrow-oblong: fls. 

 rich crimson. G. 29:225. 



