PLATE LXIV. 



P^ONIA ALBIFLORA. 



White Pceony. 



CLASS XIII. 

 POLYANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



GENERIC CH 



Calyx. Perianthium pentapbyllum, parvum, 



perfiftens; foliolis fubrotundis, concavis, 

 reflexis, inequalibus mngnitudinc et fitu. 



Corolla. Petala quinque, fubrotunda, con- 

 cava, bafi anguftiora, patentia, maxima. 



Stamina. Filaments numerofa, capillaria. An- 

 thers oblongre, quadrangulse, eredbe, qua- 

 driloculares, magnae. 



Tistillum. Germina duo, ovata, erefta, tomen- 

 tofa. Styli nulli. Sligmata compreffa, ob- 

 tufa, colorata. 



Pericarpium. Capfulae oblonga:, acuminata, 

 reflexo-patentes, tomentofae, uniloculars, 

 univalves, longitudinaliter introrfum dehi- 

 fcentes. 



Semina plura, ovalia, nitida, colorata, faturoe 

 dehifcenti afrixa. 



SPECIFIC < 

 Pa'onia foliis lobatis, nitentibus; corollis albidis; 

 germinibus tevnis, vel quaternis. 



ORDER II. 



Many Chives. Two Pointals. 



ARACTER. 



Emtalemrnt. Cup five-leaved, fmall, and re- 

 maining; leaves roundifh, concave, bent 

 back, and unequal both in fize and fituation. 



Blossom. Petals five, roundifh, concave, fmallcr 

 at the bate, fpreading, and very large. 



Chives. Threads numerous, and hair-like. Tips 

 oblong, four-fided, upright, with four cells, 

 and large. 



Pointal. Seed-buds two, egg-fhaped, upright, 

 and downy. Shaft none. Summits flattened, 

 oblong, blunt, and coloured. 



Seed-vessel. Capfules oblong, tapered, bent 

 back, and fpreading, downy, of one cell, 

 and one valve, fplitting lengthways from 

 the inner part. 



Seeds many, ova!, mining, coloured, and fixed 

 to the future where it fplits. 



[ARACTER. 

 Paeony with leaves divided into lobes, and finn- 

 ing; blotlbms white; feed-buds three, or 

 four. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Empalement, Chives, and Pointals. 



2. A Thread and its Tip (magnified). 



3. The Seed-veflels. 



4. A Seed. 



This new lpecies of Paeony is a native of Mongol Tartary, and the parts adjacent; of courfc, is fniTi . 

 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 

 Iflewortb, procured fome plants of it from St. Peterlburg, about the year l/pl ; where it had been 

 introduced by Dr. Tallas fome time before, when on his travels through Tartary. It forms a hand- 

 fome, upright growing, herbaceous plant ; the flowers Handing much above the foliage, are much 

 handfomer before they are expanded, than when fully lb; as the under part of the petals are tinged 

 \\ ith red, which contraftcd with the purity of the white of the other parts, renders them at that period 

 extremely beautiful. The figure was taken at the nurfery of Mcffrs. Lee and Kennedr, this year, in 

 the month of June, during which month it is in perfection. Like the reft of the Paeonies, it is eafily 

 propagated by the root; requiring little attention in its cultivation, as it will live in almoft any foil 

 or fituation. 



