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Paeonia Obovata, Maxim. A little known species, 

 with ^%wer leaves not more than twice ternate; flow- 

 ers large, red-purple, and glabrons seed vessels." 



Paeonia Pnbens, Sims. Allied to Paeonia Arietina. 

 Leaves hairy below, margins red. 



Paeonia Riissi, Bivo^^i. A Sicilian and French 

 species varying from Paeonia Corallina in decidedly 

 hairy undersnrface of foliage. 



Paeonia Sessiliflora, Sims. Nearly related to Pae- 

 onia Mollis; very low; flowers short-stemmed, pure 

 white. 



Paeonia Triternata (Daurica) Pallas. Three feet. 

 Differs only from Paeonia Corallina in the rounded 

 leaves, greener stems and rose-colored flowers. A na- 

 tive of Caucasus. 



Paeonia Sibrica. A little known species in the Glas- 

 nevin Ex)yal Botanic Garden list. 



Paeonia Tenuifolia, Lixx. (Abbreviation of Lin- 

 neus.) A Caucasus species eighteen inches high, with 

 light, soft green, very finely divided foliage, and dark 

 crimson, yellow anthered flowers and spirally recurved 

 stigma. The earliest blooming species. There are 

 double and semi-double types of this. 



Paeonia Wittmanniana, Stev. A Caucasian and 

 north Persian species about two feet high, with coarse- 

 ly divided, dark green foliage, downy beneath and bear- 

 ing showy, incurved, pale yellow flowers, one to a stem. 

 Rare. 



