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finely pubescent, strongly reflexed when mature. Corsica, 

 Sicily, Sardinia, and Algeria. 



C. Flowers more than one on each stem. All divisions of the 

 leaf beyond the three primary ones strongly decurrent, 

 Glabrous. (See fig. 28.) 



12. P. albiflora, Pallas, Pall. Fl. Boss., t. 84 ; Andr. Bepos., 

 t. 64; Bot. Beg., t. 42; Bot. Mag., tt. 1756, 1768.— Common 

 and well known. Comes out of the ground in spring with 

 strikingly bright red, long, and slender buds. Leaves at first 

 reddish, then of ruddy green. Sepals with strongly secreting 

 glands, very attractive to ants. Single and double garden 

 varieties vary from white to red. Carpels three to four, glabrous, 

 though sometimes pubescent in bud. Siberia. 



13. P. Emodi, Wall., Bot Mag., t. 5719 (good).— Leaves 

 deep green, not ruddy as in P. albiflora. Flowers white from 

 the axils of upper simple leaves. Carpels one, rarely two ; 

 tomentose. Western Hemisphere, Himalayas, 



D. Leaves of deep green colour, light green below, and not 

 glaucous, rarely slightly pubescent ; leaflets broad, cut 

 and fissured. Sepals glandular, but not with secretion so 

 copious as in P. albiflora. Corolla large and handsome. 

 (See fig. 29.) 



Fig. 29. 



14. P. officinalis, Ketz., Bot. Mag., 1. 1784 —As above* The 



