late Mr. Malcolm of the Kensington Nursery in 1765. That,
although extremely elegant, is surpassed hy the double-
flowered variety in the size and splendour of its blossoms.
The P . tenuifolia is a very general plant throughout the
southern provinces of Russia, abounding on the banks of the
Don, Volga, Terek, and other rivers, and also in the Crimea
in the open plains and dry hills.
The genus Pceonia, along with some others, differs from
the rest of the Ranunculacece in the anthers fronting the axis
of the flower, instead of being turned from it, and they
appear to form a connecting link between that family and
DilleniacecB, the latter being chiefly distinguished by their
woody axis and undivided leaves. The genus is^ confined to
the south of Europe and northern and central Asia, with the
exception of one discovered by the late Mr. Douglas in
California, and named by him Pceonia Brownii, after the
illustrious author of the Prodromus Flora Nova Ftollandia.
The P . emodi of Wallich from the Himalaya has the pistillum
reduced to a single carpel.
Our drawing was taken from a plant in the collection
of Robert Henry Jenkinson, Esq., at Norbiton Hall, near
Kingston, in May last. The plant should be grown in a
light loamy soil.
The generic name is already explained at fol. 288. Z>. Don.