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Ranu ncu lace<z P&on ia . 



TRIBE V. 



Sepals imbricate. Petals large. Carpels seated on a fleshy 

 disk, many-seeded, indehiscent. 



14. PuE&NIA. 



A genus of herbaceous or shrubby plants with large alter- 

 nate lobed or dissected leaves and immense showy crimson, 

 purple, rose, pink, or white flowers. Sepals 5, not petaloid, 

 persistent. Petals 5 to 10 in the single flowers. Carpels 2 to 



Fig. 17. PjEonia Moutan. (J nat. size.) 



5, coriaceous when ripe. Species few, but widely spread, ex- 

 tending from Central Europe, through temperate Asia, to China, 



Fig. 18. Poeonia Moutan. (J nat. size.) 



and one species to North-western America. Named after Pwon, 

 a physician. The enormous flowers of some of the double 



