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P L A T E LXIV.
P i E O N I A ALBIFLORA.
White Pceony.
C L A S S XIIL
POLYANDRIA DIGYNIJ.
O R D E R IL
Many Chives. Two Pointais.
G E N E R I C
CALVX. Perianthiura pentaphyllnm, parvum,
perfiftens; foliolis fubrotundi.s, concavis,
reflexis, inequalibus magnitudine et fitu.
C O R O L L A . Pétala quinqué, fubrotunda, concava,
bali anguiìiora, patentia, maxima.
STAMINA. Filamenta numeroft, capillaria. ANtherae
oblonga;, quadrangulae, ere6l.-i;, quadriloculares,
magnae.
P I S T I L L U M . Germina duo, ovata, ereaa, tomentofa.
Styli nulli. Stigmata comprefla, obtufa,
colorata.
PEKICAKPIUM. Capfulse oblongae, acuminatEe,
reflexo-patentes, tomentofae, iiniloculares,
univalves, longitudinaliter introrfum dehifcentes.
SEMINA plura, ovalia, nitida, colorata, faturs
deliilcenti affixa.
S P E C I F I C
Paeonia foliis lobatis, nitentibus; corollis albidls;
germinibus ternis, vai quaternis.
C H A R A C T E E .
EMPALEMENT. Cup five-leaved, fmall, and remaining;
leaves roundifli, concave, bent
back, and unequal both in fize and fituation.
BLOSSOM. Petals five, roundifli, concave, finaller
at the bafe, fpreading, and very large.
CHIVES. Threads numerous, and hair-like. Tips
oblong, four-fided, upright, with four cells,
and large.
P O I N T A L . Seed-buds two, egg-fliaped, upright,
and downy. Shaft none. Summits flattened,
oblong, blunt, and coloured.
SEED-VESSEL. Capfules oblong, tapered, bent
back, and fpreading, downy, of one cell,
and one valve, fplitting lengthways from
the inner part.
SEEDS many, oval^ fliining, coloured, and fixed
to the future where it fplits.
C H A R A C T E E .
Pasony with leaves divided into lobes, and fliining;
bloflToms white; feed-buds three, or
four.
E E P E E E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement, Chives, and Pointals.
2. A Thread and its Tip (magnified).
3. The Seed-vefl'els.
4. A Seed.
1 HIS new fpecies of Paeony is a native of Mongol Tartary, and the parts adjacent; of courfe, is fafii.
ciently hardy to endure our fevercft winters. It has been defcribed by Gmelin, in his Flora Sibirica •
and figured by Dr. Pallas, in his Flora Rofllca, under the fpecific title it here bears. J. Bell, Efq of
Meworth, procured fome plants of it from St. Peteriburg, about the year 1791; where it had been
mtroduced by Dr. Pallas fome time before, when on his travels through Tartary. It forms a handfome,
upright growing, herbaceous plant; the flowers flanding much above the foliage, are much
handfomer before they are expanded, than when fully fo; as the under part of the petals are tin-ed
with red, which contrafted with the purity of the white of the otlier parts, renders them at that period
extremely beautiful. The figure was taken at the nurfery of Mefl-rs. Lee and Kennedy, this year, in
the month of June, during which month it is in perfedion. I,ike the refl of the Paeonies, it is eafily
propagated by the root; requiring little attention in its cultivation, as it will live in almoft any foil
or fituation.
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