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PiEONIA albitìora; var. Pottsii.
Potts’s Chinese Paony.
Linnean Class and Order. POLYANDRIA DIGYNIA.
Natural Order. RANUNCULACEiE. Juss. gen. p. 231.
PM O N IA . Suprà fol. 238.
P. albiflora, caule subtrifloro herbáceo, foliorum segmentis ovato-lanceolatis confluentibus
incisis, ovariis glabris, floribus erectis.
Paeonia albiflora. Pall. ross. 2. p. 92. t. 84. Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 1222.
A it. hort. hew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 316. Smith in Rees cycl. in loco. Anderson
in linn, trans. 1 2 .^ . 256.
P. lácteo flore, foliis utrinque viridantibus et splendentibus. Amm. ruth. p. 77.
P. fructibus tribus glabris. Gmel. sib. 4. p. 184. _ ■ j r
K. Pottsii, foliorum segmentis lanceolatis concavis viridibus, caule tripedali
1-3-floro, flore pleno puniceo.
Pteonia albiflora; var. Pottsii. Lindl. in bot. reg. t. 1436,
The whole plant glabrous. Stems erect, 2 or 3 feet high,
angular, dark red and shining, mostly simple and singleflowered.
Leaves deeply pinnatifid, with lanceolate, acute,
mostly entire segments, dark-green above, and marked with
red veins, paler beneath. Flowers mostly solitary, erect,
double. Petals obovate, concave, lobed and toothed, of a rich
crimson. Ovaria glabrous, dark-red.
This is certainly the most splendid of the five varieties of
albiflora now cultivated in our gardens. It was introduced
by Mr. John Potts from China, in 1822, and named by
Mr. Sabine in compliment to that zealous collector who had
been sent out by the Horticultural Society, and who died
shortly after his return to this country.
Our drawing was taken from a plant which flowered in
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