LXXVIII. 
PGONIA EDULIS. 
Esculent Peonta. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Ranunculacee. Juss. Gen. p. 231- 
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Sect. 11. Pericarpia polysperma, follicularia, rostrata, latere superiore dehiscentia. — 
Calyx 5-6-phyllus : foliolis or tig plus minus foliaceis: persistens. Petala een 2g de- 
i tubercularia, bast 
Filamenta numeros: . Nectaria 3-20, intra filamenta margine tori t 
oe 2doba. Pen soe 2-9, “seein, glomerata, coriacea. Semina primum succulenta et colo- 
rata, demum nigres a. Herbe Suffruticesve. Radix e tuberibus cyl Caules crassi. 
Stipule 2-3, ae, >, persistenter Folia alterna, i. 2-pinnatifidave, nune 
ciniata. Flores albi rosei puniceive, etiam flavi; Paniculis 1-5 floris, terminalibus. Bractea una 
shir jucta calycem. 
* Herbacea. 
P. Vases —. een obovato-lanceolatis seepius us integris basique confluentibus, a acuminulatis, 
ra preter nervos marginemq que cai subtus lucidis: se 8-10, interioribus angustis : 
Saricsagl pains: - 
Variat a: Petala atc cum rubore aliquo extus 
— Kenn. in Bot. Rep. p- am Je. Pir Pal Ran.» 
t..84. P. lacteo fore, Sc, Amn. PLE h. p J 
Bp. Petala pallide rosea 
y. Petala rosea. iis sat 
Sponte nascentem trans Lacum Baical, convallibus herbi, legit J. G, GmELin. 
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Floret medio Junit, apud nos jnitio mensis. 
In that golden legacy, ‘de Philosophia Bowne Livi ri said, “ Botanicus verus observa 
tionibus plantas reps A is = vago nomine acqutescs if ” and most authors agr fe ary win, nm 
from col ee is ie a ers 
om colour ought rare. mitted, especially abitants of y where it grows wild, 
Paonia, which I have daa Pe called Redatis 
as Patras informs us, eat the root boiled in Pa 
“ cape = and WEL say t 
to mix with tea. Both probably communicate sing of the flavour of bitter ce hy ~ soe 
Lacnald is in still greater request there. Our Mee was communicated ’ 
- who has all the varieties above enumerated ; and I raised seeds 0 f the las in the year 1794, 
pa from S speatgiot gt with econ of Mor sol P 
arcely so thie ck as le caunue high, somewhat 
a ign oe * pe henge linear, thicker at the base, half 
nating in a little point. 
E ae oa gathers, © erect. 
if ere 
: - rower. Filaments about half an inch ag 
- . Nectaries only 2 or 3, and 
PS rudiment of a fourth in the center, 
