P.EONIA 



Some horticultural forms, with nearly single flowers of 

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

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

 crimson stamens, edged with yellow. A.G. 17:663. Gn. 



PAL^UA 



1191 



1618. Pseonia tenuifolia (X 



31:599; blanda, pale pink; lobata, Ivs. distintly lobed: fls. 

 cerise-salmon, a very unusual color; Otto Froebel, deep 

 salmon-red; rdsea, rich deep rose; Sablni, rich deep 

 crimson petals and yellow stamens. L.B.C. 11:1075; 

 Sunbeam, rich cerise-salmon. Some of the largest flow- 

 ered Peonies, with double flowers, are : atrorubens 

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

 Double Anemone-flowered Rose; Old Double Red; Old 

 Double Rose; Old Double Flesh-White. 



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

 Native of Europe. 



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

 tal, diminishing to the top ; Ifts. oblong-obtuse : fls. 

 rather small: petals few, small, narrow: peduncle long: 

 follicles hairy, large, spreading from the base when 

 mature. S. Eu. Two garden forms are: Gertrude Je- 

 kyll, rich crimson; Monte Gear, pink. 



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

 crimson. 



Var. elatior, 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. peregrrina, Mill. Stems about 1K-2 ft. high: Ivs. 

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

 green and pilose beneath; otherwise the Ivs. and fls. 

 are much like those of P. officinalis. Europe. Two 

 beautiful garden forms with double fls. are: amaran- 

 the'scens sphSrica and pulchSrrima plena, the latter dif- 

 fering from the former in the purple shade of crim- 

 son fls. The 7 following have recently been imported 

 from England. They have fls. with usually a single 

 whorl of petals: Blushing Maid, blush pink; Brilliant, 

 bright purple-crimson; Byzantina, crimson; compdcta, 

 plant dwarf and bushy: fls. crimson; JSxquisite, soft 

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

 bright pink. 



9. parad6xa, Anders. Plant one of the dwarfest: Ivs. 

 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. 

 fimbriata, Hort. Double purple fls., with projecting 

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

 America. 



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

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

 cent beneath ; segments oblong to oblong-lanceolate 

 strongly confluent, decurrent: fls. always solitary dark 

 red, large : follicles 3-4, densely tomentose, ovoid, 

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

 stigma recurved. Southern Europe. B.R. 10:819 (as 

 P. Cretica). There are a number of horticultural va- 

 rieties. Eleven of these are: Andersonii, bright rose; 

 Bdxteri, crimson; Cretica, blush-pink; Crown Prince, 

 deep rich crimson ; Diogenes, bright crimson; Excel- 

 sior, brilliant rose; Matador, pure rose; Northern 

 Glory, large, soft rose-pink; Penelope, bright rose; 

 Purple Emperor, crimson-purple ; Rosy Gem, rose- 

 pink. 



P. Brbteri, Boiss. & Reut. Fls. red, varying to white. Allied 

 to P. officinalis and corallina in Ivs. and habit. P. coralllna, 

 Retz. Tall: lower Ivs. only biternate: fls. crimson; petals 

 rounded: follicles ornamental. P. coriacea, Boiss. Allied to 

 P. albiflora: Ifts. very broad: fls. bright crimson ; stigma 

 purple: follicles glabrous. P. Corsica, Sieber. Much like the 

 preceding. P. Embdi, Wall. Closely related to and sometimes 

 called a synonym of P. anomala. B.M. 5719. Gn. 45:946. P. 

 humilis, Retz. Rather low: fls. bright red: carpels glabrous 

 B.M. 1422. P. microcdrpa, Boiss. & Reut. Allied to the pre- 

 ceding, but dwarf er. Var. Jonathan Gibson is a garden form, 

 with very downy Ivs. P. mollis, Anders. Low: fls. deep red 

 and subsessile. L.B.C. 13:1263. P. obovata, Maxim. Lower 

 Ivs. not more than twice ternate: fls. large, red-purple: folli- 

 cles glabrous. P. pubens, Sims. Allied to P. arietina: Ivs. 

 hairy below, margins red. B.M. 2264. P. Rdssi, Bivon. Allied 

 to P. corallina, but with the Ivs. decidedly hairy below. P. 

 sessiliflora, Sims. Nearly related to P. mollis ; very low: fls. 

 subsessile, white. P. triterndta, Pallas. Differs from P. coral- 

 lina in its rounded Ivs., green stem, and rose fls. B.M. 1441 (P. 

 Daurica). P. Whitleyi, Hort. Fls. single, white, large; should 

 be considered as a variety of P. albiflora. Gn. 36:708. P. Witt- 

 manidna, Stev. Beautiful pale yellow fls.: follicles glabrous. 

 B - M - 6645- K. C. DAVIS. 



PAINTED CUP. Castilleia." 



PAINTED LEAF. Euphorbia heterophylla. 

 PALAF6XIA Hookeriana. See Polypteris. 



1619. Paeonia officinalis (X %). 



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

 any at Madrid the latter half of the eighteenth century). 

 Also written Palava. Malvaceae. P. flexuosa is a half- 

 hardy annual, with prettily cut foliage and 5-petaled 

 pale rose fls. about 1% in. across, borne in summer and 

 fall. Palaua is a genus of 5 species, 4 from Peru and 1 

 from Burma. They are annual or perennial herbs, to- 

 mentose or somewhat glabrous: Ivs. usually lobed, dis- 

 sected or sinuate: bractlets 0: fls. axillary, peduncled, 



