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Some horticultural forms, with nearly single flowers of 

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

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

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



16'8. Pa!onia tenuifolia (XX). 



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-Ianceolate, 

 strongly confluent, decurrent: fls. always solitary, dark 

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

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

 stigma recurved. Southern Europe. B.i; I'n-lfi , :,^ 



P. Cretica). — There are a number of li ,'; ,i ' , i 



rieties. Eleven of these are: Andersmn , . i :ji : 



iioifeft, crimson; Critica, blush-pink: < ,.. „ /■, 



deep rich crimson ; Diogenes, bright crim>ou; Aj<./- 

 sior, brilliant rose; Matador, pure rose; yuiilitni 

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

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

 pink. 



P. Uroiert, Boiss. & Rrul IN n^l ^ :i iMn;; to white. Allied 



to P. officinalis and eor.il I ; l-.i int.— /'. co/o/Zi/m, 



Retz. Tall: lower Ivs ..,..: :,.,,,,,, iN rriinson; petals 



with very dowii.^ 



and subsessile. I ; ' ; / ■ 



siibsessile, wliiti-.-/'. l,,}. r,..,i„. Pallas 



Daurica).-P. TTAiWcj/i', Hort. Fl.'i.'s'ni- 

 be considered as a variety of P. alliitL.T 

 mnniAna, Stev. Beautiful pale yellow 

 B.M. 6645. 



FAINTED CUP. CastUleia: 



FAINTED LEAF. Euphorbia heterophylla 

 PALAF6XIA Hookenana. Su Poh/pteris. 



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

 Native of Europe. 



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

 tal, diiiiiiiishiiig to the t"i' ; Itt-;. oblong-obtuse : fls. 

 rather small: petal- f. u . -miil. nnrow: peduncle long: 

 foUii-les hairy, lai-' . itotn the base when 

 mature. S. Eu. 'I'l' ■ 'i- are: Gerlrude Je- 

 A-i///, rich crimson; J/-, . ',-,-, j. ink. 



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



Var. el&tior, 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. peregrrlna, Mill. Stems about 1 5-^-2 ft. high: lvs. 

 5-6 on a stem, deep srreeu and irlabrous above, pale 

 green and pilose beneatli; cth.iwise the lvs. and fls. 

 are much like those .i( /'. ,,fi,,-, ,i<ilis. Europe. Two 

 beautiful garden t'onns wiili .l.nil.le fls. are: amaran- 



thr's 



ohe'r 



.the 



itter dif • 



plant dwarf and bushy: fls. crimson: £x(iiiisUe, soft 

 satinv pink ; Puby Queen, bright ruby red ; Seraph, 

 bright pink. 



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

 in a dense tuft: Ift-. IMcI.ed and incised: fls. purple- 

 reil: carpels ].res-e,l rl.i-.ly to-etlier. Trieste. -Dif- 

 fers from /*. in ,-^>inn'r i.y snialler ovate and more glau- 

 c<nis leaves, leatlets more ilividi-d and crowded. Var. 

 fimbri4ta, Hort. Double purple tls.. with projecting 

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

 America. 



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1619. Paeonia officinalis (X %). 



Also written Palara. MalvAcea:. P. flemosa is a half- 

 hardy annual, with prettily cut foliage and 5-petaled 

 pale rose fls. about IK 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: lvs. usually lobed, dis- 

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



