authority to say that such is his opinion; and this, in the 
genus Pony, must have great weight. 
From the observations of the same gentleman, we learn 
that the characters which can be certainly depended upon 
in distinguishing P. hybrida from P. tenuifolia, are, firstly, 
the nodding flower of the former, as contrasted with the 
erect flower of the latter; secondly, the greater length of 
the peduncle, by which the flower of P. hybrida is ele- 
vated distinctly above the leaves, while that of P. tenui- 
folia is always overtopped by them; and, lastly, in 
the greater breadth of the leaves of P. hybrida. From 
P. anomala it is readily separated by its downy, not 
smooth, fruit. 
Pallas states, that he first observed this in the Peters- 
burgh Garden, coming up among P. tenuifolia and P. ano- 
mala, whence he inferred that it was hybrid between 
those two species. He, however, subsequently found it 
wild in Tauria; and there now appears in the opinion of 
Russian Botanists to be no ground for the notion of its 
hybrid origin. It is said, upon the authority of Dr. Fischer, 
to be wild about the Volga. 
According to Marschall von Bieberstein, it is native of : 
grassy places in the promontory of the Caucasus, espe- 
cially about Stauropolis; but it is very rare in Tauria. 
The same writer adds, that it propagates itself without 
variation from seeds; and that P. laciniata of Willdenow, 
cited to P. tenuifolia by M. Decandolle, is the same as 
P. hybrida. 
Our drawing was made in May 1828, in the Garden of 
the Horticultural Society. 4 
dg ibe 
