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Sub -genus Pceon. 



Herbaceous. Petals not leathery, large and expanding, much 

 exceeding the sepals. 



A. Leaves pinnatisect, with numerous narrow divisions, glabrous. 

 (See fig. 26.) 



Fig. 26. 



3. P. tenuifolia, L., Bot. Mag., t. 926. — Stoloniferous. 

 Leaves ten to twelve, the longest about one-third the length of 

 stem, not longest below ; segments linear. Flowers seated on the 

 upper leaves. Petals dark crimson. Transylvania to the Crimea, 

 Caucasus, and Armenia. 



4. P. liybrida,¥dl\.,Bot. Pe<7.,xiv.,t.l208. — Not stoloniferous. 

 Leaves about six, the lower long, about half the length of stem ; 

 segments linear-lanceolate. Flowers stalked above the leaves ; 

 petals dark crimson. Not a hybrid. Native of grassy places in 

 the promontory of the Caucasus, especially near Stauropolis ; 

 rare in Tauria. P. laciniata, Willd., according to Bieberstein. 



5. P. anomala, L., Pall. Fl. Boss., t. 85 (P. sibirica), 

 described as P. laciniata at p. 93 ; Bot. Mag., t. 1754. — 

 The type alone is figured ; it has glabrous carpels, with other 

 marks of distinction, and may not be in cultivation — though 

 P. sibirica from Canon Ellacombe, called anomala in the Kew 



