P L A T E DCXII.
T t E O N I A ALBIFLO R a, Jorepkno.
Tartarian Poeony, douhle-jiowered variety.
CLASS XIIL ORDER IL—V.
POLYANDRIJ DIGYNIA ad PENTAGYNIAM. Many Chives. Two to
Five Pointals.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 5-phyllus. Pétala 5. Styli 0. Capsulas
polyspermae.
CUP five-leaved. Petals 5. Shafts none. Capsules
many-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
P^soKiA folils biternatis, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis integris nudis, capsulis recurvatis glabris. Willd. Sp.
PL vol. 3. p. 1222.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement and pointals.
THE single-flowered Pseonia albiflora we have already figured in our first volume (Plate 64.), but never
heard of the double variety until we found it in the nursery of Mr. Whitley, who informs us that he
raised the plant from seeds received from Mr . Livingstone, surgeon, (in 1808,) who brought them from
China under the title of the yellow Paeony. It bloomed last year with only three flowers, but has this
year produced five elegant blossoms. Its great beauty certainly entitles it to a place in every flowergarden
and curious collection. We shall only add to our former account of this fine species of Paeony
above referred to, that Professor Pallas mentions in his Flora Rossica that the roots are used as food in
Mongolia, where the plant grows naturally wild, being boiled and eaten by the Tartars, who also powder
the seeds to mi s with their tea.