By Joseph Sabine, Esq. 475 



published in the Flora Conspicua, tab. 13 ; but the details 

 which accompany the figure, are in parts not perfectly correct. 

 This Moutan was introduced from England into France in 

 1801, by Mr. Boursault ; and in 1803 it was in the garden 

 of the Empress Josephine, at Malmaison, from whence, some 

 years after, it was figured and described by M. Bonpland in 

 his Plantes Rares, tab. 1, page 1. This representation is very 

 indifferent, and in the description, the Banksii is evidently 

 confounded with the Rosea, of which an account and plate are 

 subsequently given in the same work. 



3. P<Eonia Moutan Humei. Among the various plants 

 brought from China, which have been considered identical 

 with the variety last described, a slight difference in the flowers 

 of some may be observable, but they have not been, how- 

 ever, as yet treated of as distinct varieties. Of these, I have 

 particularly to notice a plant which was imported in 1817, by 

 Captain George Welstead, in the General Harris East 

 Indiaman, and by him presented to Sir Abraham Hume. 

 From a blossom of it, a figure was published by Mr. Bel- 

 lenden Ker, in the Botanical Register, tab. 379, in 1819, 

 and it is there called Sir Abraham Hume's Tree Pasony. 

 From the sample shewn to me in that year, I was of opinion 

 that it was the same as the Banksii, and Mr. Ker has re- 

 corded that opinion. In the present season, however, I have 

 received more perfect specimens from Sir Abraham Hume 

 of it; and though I cannot but still consider it very near to 

 the Banksii, yet there seem to be some differences which are 

 worthy of notice ; the peduncles are thicker and longer ; the 

 blossoms open about a fortnight sooner, in similar situations, 

 and they are somewhat larger; they are uniformly more 

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