A7 4. 
_PASONIA mollis. 
Downy-leaved Peony. 
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POLYANDRIA DIGYNIA (v. potits PENTAGYNIA). 
Nat. ord. RANUNCULACER. Decand. syst. nat. 1.127. Div. I. Ra- 
punculacex spuria, Nempé antheris introrsis donate. 
PAIONIA, Supra vol. 5, fol. 379. 
P. mollis, foliolis ovali-lanceolatis planis lobatis imbricatis subtis cesiopilosis, 
lateralibus subsessilibus, germinibus tomentosis rectis. Anderson in trans. 
linn. soc. 12, 282, 
Peonia mollis. Sweet hort. sub. lond. 124. ee 
Peonia villosa, Desfont. cat. h. par. ed. 1.1262; (si ita sit male 2 Decan- 
dolleo ad PHONIAM humilem relata. ) 
Radicis fibre longe, tuberibus longis terminate. Caulis pedalis et ultra, 
rigidus, strictus, pilosiusculus, dense foliosus. Petioli breves, supra glabri, 
subtius pilosiusculi; partiales undique pilosi. Folia dodrantalia, inequaliter 
subtriternata, complanata, horizontalia, saturate ceruleo-viridia. Foliola 
lateralia, subsessilia, extis decurrentia, profunde lobata, lato-lanceolata, 
plana, obtusa, imbricato-congregata venis fuscis parallelis, subtis dense plosa, 
lauca; supra glabra, nitidiuscula. Bracter foliacee, integre v. incise. 
Calycis foliola obtusa, exteriora pubescentia, integra. Germina 2-3 rectius- 
cula, adpressa, apice distantia, mollitér pubescentia pilis ferrugineis. 
Semina equalitér ovata rugosiuscula, nitida. Anderson in loco citato. 
“ Although the Peony here given is perhaps the least 
beautiful of that splendid genus, yet as it has not been any 
where described except in the place referred to, nor been 
figured in any publication, we feel ourselves authorized to 
lay it before our readers.” 
“Mr. Sabine, from whose collection the plant was de- 
scribed by the late Mr. George Anderson, procured it from 
Messrs. Loddiges and Sons, under the erroneous name of 
anomala (denoting a very distinct species); it had been cul- 
tivated some years in the nursery at Hackney, having been 
raised from seeds sent to the proprietors by Professor*Pallas. 
It flowers in the month of May, and is probably a native of 
the southern districts of the Russian Empire, in or bor- 
dering upon the Crimea.” 
“The Downy-leaved Peony is easily distinguished from 
its congeners by dwarf growth and rigid habit, by the pecu- 
liar crowding and overlapping of the lobes of the foliage, the 
upper surface of which is of a dark opaque green, and the 
