All;
the base, and pale upwards, inserted in the base of
the anthers. Germens 2 or 3, erect, ox slightly curved
inwards, thickly clothed with a shining white silky
tomentum. Stigmas red, crested, undulate.
Our drawing of this handsome species of Pseony
was taken at the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames,
and Milne, last summer; they had imported it from
France, as the P. lobata of M. Decandolle, which we
think there is no doubt but it really is, though some
people think otherwise, the leaves being slightly hairy,
whereas he describes them as smooth; in the specimens
that we examined, the young leaves were slightly
hairy, but the older ones were quite smooth ; in every
other respect it agreed exactly with the description in
his Prodomus, where he has divided from it the
P. Russi, which, in his former work, he had given as a
synonym ; this is now ranked with the pubescent
species, and we believe it to be the plant received from
the Botanical Garden at Liverpool as a variety of
P. arietina, with which it agrees in the character of
its recurved germens.
The present plant is at present very scarce in the
collections about London, and is consequently rather
expensive; it is as hardy as any of the common sorts,
and grows freely in the common garden soil. It may
be increased by dividing at the root.
1. Segment of one of the lower leaves, showing its lobed point. 2. Stamens
detached, showing the red base of the filaments. 3. Germens, showing their
dense silky down, terminated with their red crested stigmas.