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P L A T E CCCCLXTII.
P t E O N I A PAP a v e r a c e a.
Poppy-lihe Pceoni/.
CLASS XIIL ORDER VL
POLYANDRIA EEXAGYNIA. Many Chives. Six Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Styli 0. Capsulse
polyspermee.
SPECIFIC
pÄONiA caule suiFmticoso ramoso : folia alternatim
bipinnata, subtas glauca: petiolis
longis, canaliculatis, amplexicaulibus : floribus
semi-duplicibus, albisj ad basin eleganter
purpureo radiatis : capsula orbiculata^
continens sex locularaenta^ in quibus
singulis sunt duo semina.
Cup5-leaved. Petals 5. Pointai none. Capsules
many-seeded.
C H A R A C T E R .
PiEONY with a shrubby stem branching beneath :
leaves alternately two-winged, and glaucous
beneath, with long footstallis, channelled,
and embracing the stem. Flowers semidouble,
white, but elegantly radiated at the
base with a purple colour : capsule orbicular,
containing six cells, -with two. seeds in each.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The seed-vessel.
2. The same cut transversely.
FOR this beautiful species of P;eonia we are indebted to Lady Hume, m whose select collection at
Wormley-bury Herts, it flowered for the first time in this country. When we figured the fine purtile
variety we little thought of having so soon to compare it with a rival of such magnitude, and of
eaual beautv The bright radiated purple at the base is a great relief to the surrounding whiteness of
the petals that would otherwise stand in much greater need of the assistance of art for a strength of
shadow that would unavoidably injure their delicacy. The more we become acquainted with this
attractive genus, the greater latitude of growth we find attache4 to it, which appears to defy all systematic
rule! varying in some species from Digynia, or two pointals, up to s.x or niore. The present
one differs more than all the rest, having six pointals and seed-buds attached together, and enshrined
within a crlobular exterior, resembling a Poppy, and from whence we have drawn Us specific title ;
for as a dtstinct species it may certainly be considered with great propriety ; and most likeiy the distinction
will by some be thought of sufficient consequence to license a generic division : but m a genu.s
so mutable, were the alteration still greater, whilst it could be recognised as a Paiony, we should
regret to meet it under any other title.
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