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Sfe P. M. 5 rosea Dec. The ro«/-petaled Moutan Peony. — Flowers semi- 

 double. Petals rose-coloured. Segments of leaves with very blunt 

 fissures at the apex. (Don's Mill, i. 65.) Petals large, of a very deep 

 pink. Cultivated in 1794. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 1. 65.; Don's. Mill., 1. 65. 



This variety is much esteemed, and is at present comparatively high- 

 priced. In G. M., xi. 79., a P. M. rosea Courtois is mentioned, which 

 Dr. Courtois of Belgium has stated to be distinct from the variety 

 known in Britain by that name ; and, also, that the latter is identical 

 with P. M. rubra Courtois. 



& P. M. 6 rosea semiplena. The semidouble rosjz-flowered Moutan Peony. 

 — This is described, in our Horius Britannicus, as introduced from 

 China in 1794; as attaining the height of 2 ft., and flowering from 

 April to June ; and as having red flowers. 



3fe P. M. 7 rosea plena Hort. Trans. The double-rosy-i\owered Moutan 

 Peony. — Flowers very double, of a fine deep pink, nearly scentless. 

 Petals jagged. (Don's Mill., i. p. 65.) Introduced from China in 

 1804. It flowers from April to June. (Hort. Brit.) 



Identification. Hort. Trans., 6. p. 477. 



Synonymes. P. suffruticbsa Andr. Bot. Hep. 



Engravings. Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 373. ; Bonpl. PI. Rar., t. 23. 



3fe P. M. 8 Rawes'n Hort. Trans. Rawes's Moutan Peony. — Flowers 

 single, pale, slightly tinged with pink. The foliage much resembles 

 that of a herbaceous peony. (Don's Mill., i. 65.) First cultivated 

 in 1820. 



Identification. Hort. Trans., 6. 479. ; Don Mill., 1. 65. 



Sfe P. M. 9 cdrnea plena Hort. Trans. The Jlesh-co\oured double-dowered 

 Moutan Peony. — Flowers very double, of a delicate purplish pink, 

 with a rich purple rayed spot at the top of each. It is very like 

 P. M. var. Banksii, but has not the central elongated petals of that 

 variety. (Don's Mill., i. 65., with adaptation.) 



Identification. Hort. Trans., 6. p. 481. ; Don's Mill., 1. 65. 



Sfe P. M. 10 dlbida plena Hort. Trans. The whitish double- flowered 

 Moutan Peony. — Flowers double, very pale, suffused with purple. 

 (Don's Mill., i. 65.) 



Identification. Hort Trans., vol. 6. p. 482. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 65. 

 Sk P.M. 11 Anneslex Hort. Trans. Annesley's (the family name of the 

 Earl of Mount Norris) Moutan Peony. — Flowers small, almost single, 

 of a rich purplish pink. Petals usually 9, obcordate, slightly jagged 

 at the margins, of a darker colour at their bases. (Don's Mill.,\. 65.) 



Identification. Hort. Trans., 6. p. 482. ; Don's Mill., 1. 65. 

 Engravings. Hort. Trans., 6. t. 7. 



& P. M. 12 lacera Lindl. The cz^-petaled Moutan Peony. — This very 

 beautiful variety is strikingly different from the others in the bright 

 rosy red of the petals, the innermost of which are very much cut and 

 gashed, curled up, and distinctly bordered with a narrow edge of light 

 carmine, which sets them off to great advantage, and gives the whole 

 flower a peculiarly rich and finished appearance. Raised in 1831, 

 from seed, by Mr. William Hyland, gardener to the Earl of Sand- 

 wich, at Hinchingbrook, near Huntingdon. (Bot. Reg., July, 1835; 

 Gard.Mag., vol.xi. p. 418.) 

 Engraving. Bot. Reg., 1771. 

 Expected Varieties. Those mentioned under P. M. 2 variegata, above, as 

 raised by the Earl of Mount Norris. — A yellow-flowered variety is men- 

 tioned by Mr. Main (G.M., ii. p. 423.), as having been imported by Gilbert 

 Slater Esq., in 1794, and which died. — The Chinese pretend to have a 

 black-flowered variety, and a double blue one, which is only possessed by 



