Some horticultural forms, with nearly single flowers of 

 recent importation and not yet much used, are: anem- 

 onsefldra, crimson, globular fls., with a mass of twisted 

 crimson stamens, edged with yellow. A.W. 17:663. (in. 



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PALAUA 1191 



10. arietlna, Anders. Stem 2-3 ft. high, hairy toward 

 the top: Ivs. 5-6 i.ii si stc-ui, rather glaucous and pubes- 

 cent beneath ; siL-nnnt^ ..I.Imiiij- t,-, ,-,l,I,,ii;. 1; rolate, 



strongly confliMi:' i ;: ' ■ , dark 



red, large: t"lli i ,. . in, , ovoid, 



spreading widrl> . i :,.,;.^ I .:; i, ;■ i. imlied; 

 stigma recurvuil. -^'juLlKiii i.ui' 11; ;■ -i:i (as 

 P. Cretica). — There arc a numl.. i ■ i L. > mini va- 

 rieties. Eleven of these are: .1 /" i i-ose; 

 Bdxteri, crimson; CrUiea, blush i > frince, 

 deep rich crimson ; Diogenes, \)nj]ii .iim^.n; lisvel- 

 sior, brilliant rose; Miitador, pure ruse; JS'viihem 

 Olory, large, sof 

 Purple jL'mperor 

 pink. 



P.Hirjl.ri. V..n<- 

 to p. ot1i.-i,,:,l,. ,,i ; 

 Retz. T;ili: U.V.. I 



p. all'i'il'M ',' lii 



caUed a 



B.M.' U- r ,,' : 



and subsessile. 



linison: petals 

 iiss. Allied to 

 nison ; stigma 

 .Much like the 

 itnd sometimes 

 in. 45:946.— P. 

 T-pels glabrous. 



1618. Paeonia tenuifolia (X K). 



31:599; blanda, pale pin I: ■ /'..■'.•, !■ - ,i;«ti„th- Inhed: fls. 



cerise-salmon, a very uium i ,..i... ,<, ,, / /.. 7, dci-p 



salmon-red; rdsea. ip ^ 1 1 'h dcip 



crimson petals and }- : i ! ' , |i:107.'i; 



..S'»)»6eam,rich cerisc-s.-iii ^.m. .■( i\<>- l:ir^ist How- 



ered Peonies, with doubli- Howi-rs, arc : tili-ornbens 

 plena, deep blood-red; Double Anemone-flowered Bed; 

 Double Anemone-flowered Nose: Old Double JSed; Old 

 Double Hose; Old Double Plesh-Wliite. 



Var. festiva, Tausch. Fls. white, with red centers. 

 Native of Europe. 



7. decora, Anders. Stems 2-3 ft. high: Ivs. horizon- 

 tal, diminishing to tlie tnp ; Ifts. oblong-obtuse : fls. 

 rather small: petals fiw. ^inall. narrow: peduncle long: 

 follicles hairy, larsc s|.i. ailm- tinm the base when 

 mature. S. En. Tk>: -avA. u inr<„< -.u-e: Gertrude Je- 

 kijll, rich crimson; J/"»/< (;,,ir, pink. 



Var. P4UaBii, Anders. Lvs. narrow-oblong: fls. rich 



Var. elitior, Anders. Lvs. broadly oblong: fls. rich 

 crimson, very large: receptacle with few processes, and 

 a connection between the carpels at their base of similar 

 surface and appearance to that of the carpels. 



8. peregrlna, Mill. Stems about lK-2 ft. high: lvs. 

 5-6 on a stem, deep green and glabrous above, pale 

 green and pilose beneath; otln mi-.- iln- lvs. and fls. 

 are much like those of P. offf ■,>"'■.■ . i:uio|n. Two 

 beautiful garden forms with .I.imI. il- ir. : nmaran- 

 Ih^scens spMrioa and pnlrhri-rt um ,-/, ,,,(, il,r latter dif- 

 fering from the fornn r in tl ■ : . ' i'. it crim- 

 son fls. TheTfollowi. - mi ... i , . . i,„,„,ri.il 

 from England. Tin n ' . ' : ,: a .in-lo 

 whorl of petals: -B/k.-/ . i.' :. ;. ., l:,.,l,<i„t. 

 bright purple-crimson; V.// .'.. ...i. ..inn .m; ■,■„< iidcln , 

 plant dwarf and busby: tls. crintson ; Kjijiiixite, sftft 

 satiny pink ; liuby Queen, bright ruby red ; Seraph, 

 bright pink. 



9. paraddxa, Anders. Plant one of the dwarf est: lvs. 

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

 red: carpels pressed closely together. Trieste.— Dif- 

 fers from P. peregrina by smaller ovate and more glau- 

 cous leaves, leaflets more divided and crowded. Var. 

 fimbri&ta, Hort. Double purple fls.. with projecting 

 purple stamens ; very pretty, but not much cult, in 



to P. coriillina. l.m av.-P. 



sessilifldra, Simx. \ : i ..iv;fl8. 



subsessile, whit'. / ' ! h I ' mral- 



linain itsrounili-.l r. - -i-.n-i ii ;i-. 1;M 1111 (P. 



Daurica).— P. WfiiUnii, Hort. I'ls, sijisle, ivhitp, lart-e; should 

 be considered as a variety of P. albitiora. Gn. 36:708.- P. Wilt- 

 mani&na. Stev. Beautiful pale yellow fls.: follicles glabrous. 

 B.M. 6645. K. C. Davis. 



PAINTED CUP. Cas 



PAINTED LEAF. Euphorbia heterophylla 

 PALAF6XIA Hookeriana. See Pohjpteris. 



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1619. Paonia officinalis (X %). 



PAIA&A (after A. Palau y Verdera, professor of bot- 

 anv at Madrid the latter half of the eighteenth centurv). 

 Alsownii.ii /•.,;.,..., 1/..,..,..,/. P. WexHosa is a half- 

 hardy III : || .11 foliage and 5-petaled 

 pale ro-. -, borne in summer and 

 fall, ralaii I I- :i _, ,,u ,,i :. -|...i-ies, 4 from Peru and 1 

 from Biiniia. Fh. V ;ir.. annual or perennial herbs, to- 

 mentos.. ..r -.no .,■, hat L;lalirous: lvs. usually lobed, dis- 

 sected <.r sjini;iti.; Iir;ictlets 0: fls. axillary, peduncled. 



