PLATE DCXII. 



P^ONIA ALBIFLORA, Jiore pleno. 

 Tartarian Pceony, double^ftowered variety. 



CLASS XIIL ORDER IL— V. 



POLYANDRIA DIGYNIA ad P ENTAGYNIAM. Many Chives. Two to 



Five Pointals. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Styli 0. Capsulae 11 Cup five-leaved. Petals 5. Shafts none. Cap- 

 polyspermae. " sules many-seeded. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



P^EONiA foliis biternatis, folLolis ovato-lanceolatis integris nudis, capsulis recurvatis glabris. Willd. Sp. 

 PL vol. 2. p. 1222. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 

 1 . The empalement and pointals. 



The single-flowered Paeonia albiflora we have already figured in our first volume (Plate 64.), but never 

 heard of the double variety until we found it in the nursery of Mr. Whitley, who informs us that he 

 raised the plant from seeds received from Mr. Livingstone, surgeon, (in 1808,) who brought them from 

 China under the title of the yellow Paeony. It bloomed last year with only three flowers, but has this 

 year produced five elegant blossoms. Its great beauty certainly entitles it to a place in every flower- 

 garden and curious collection. We shall only add to our former account of this fine species of Paeony 

 above referred to, that Professor Pallas mentions in his Flora Rossica that the roots are used as food in 

 Mongolia, where the plant grows naturally wild, being boiled and eaten by the Tartars, who also powder 

 the seeds to mix with their tea. 



