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PLATE LXIV. ; 
-PEHEONIA ALBIFLORA. 
White Peony. 
CLASS XIII. 
ORDER II. 
POLYANDRIA DIGYNIA. Many Chives. Two Pointals. 
GENERIC CHARACTER, 
Catyx. Perianthium pentaphyllum, parvum, 
| 3 foliolis fubrotundis, concavis, 
reflexis, inequalibus magnitudine et fitu. 
Corotra. Petala quinque, fubrotunda, con- 
cava, bafi anguftiora, patentia, maxima. 
Stamina. Filamenta numerofa, capillaria. An- 
ther oblonge, quadrangule, erect, qua- 
riloculares, magne. 
Pistittum. Germina duo, ovata, ereGta, tomen- 
tofa. Styli nulli. Stigmata compreffa, ob- 
tafa, colorata. 
Pericarerum. Capfule oblonge, acuminate, 
reflexo-patentes, tomentofe, uniloculares, 
univalves, longitudinaliter introrfum dehi- 
fcentes. 
Semrna plura, ovalia, nitida, colorata, faturee 
dehifcenti affixa. 
EMPALEMENT. Cup five-leaved, fmall, and re- 
maining; leaves roundifh, concave, bent 
back, and unequal both in fize and fituation. 
Biossom. Petals five, roundifh, concave, fmaller 
at the bafe, {preading, and very large. 
Cuives. Threads numerous, and hair-like. Tips 
oblong, four-fided, upright, with four cells, 
and large 
PornTaL. Seed-buds two, egg-fhaped, upright, 
and downy. Shaft none. Summits flattened, 
oblong, blunt, and coloured. 
Sgrp-vesseLt. Capfules oblong, tapered, bent 
back, and fpreading, downy, of one cell, 
and one valve, fplitting lengthways from 
the inner part. 
Sreps many, oval, fhining, coloured, and fixed 
to the future where it fplits. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. \ 
Pzonia foliis lobatis, nitentibus; corollis albidis ; 
_ germinibus ternis, vel quaternis. 
Pzony with leaves divided into lobes, and fhin- 
ing; bloffoms white; feed-buds three, or 
four. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1, The Empalement, Chives, and Pointals. 
2. A Thread and its Tip (magnified). 
3. The Seed-veflels, 
4. A Seed. 
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Tus new {pecies of Pony is a native of Mongol Tartary, and the parts adjacent; of courfe, is futfi- 
ciently hardy to endure our fevereft winters. It has been defcribed by Gmelin, in his Flora Sibirica ; 
and figured by Dr. Pallas, in his Flora Roffica, under the fpecific title it here bears. J. Bell, Efq. of 
Ifleworth, procured fome plants of it from St. Peterfburg, about the year 1791; where it had been 
introduced by Dr. Pallas fome time before, when on his travels through Tartary. It forms a hand- 
fome, up ight growing, herbaceous plant; the flowers fianding much above the foliage, are much 
= handfomer before they are expanded, than when fully fo; as the under part of the petals are tinged 
re _ with red, which contrafted with the purity of the white of the other parts, renders them at that period 
Se . ely beautiful. The figure was taken at the nurfery of Mefirs. Lee and Kennedy, this year, in 
the month of June, during which month it is in perfeGtion. Like the reft of the Ponies, it is eafily 
by the root; requiring little attention in its cultivation, as it will liye in almoft any 
