Messrs. Baker & Moore on the Flora of Northern China,

Journ Linn Soc London, Bot. (1879) 17, 376-377.

Extract from the entire paper regarding the passages with 'Paeonia'


Ranunculaceae


Aneomne cernua ....

A. altaica ....

Adonis appenina var. davurica ...

Ranunculus scleratus ....

R. acris ...

R. repens ....

R. pennsylvanicus ....

R. auricomus ....

Caltha palustris ...

Eranthis stellata ....


Paeonia albiflora, Pall.. East of Fooling

P. oreogeton, S. Moore (sp. nov.) . Caule flexuoso, foliis longe petiolatis biternatis, foliolis membranaceis lanceolato-obovatis, lateralibus subsessilibus, terminali longuis petiolato, omnibus facie superiore glabris inferiore appresse pilosulis, carpellis duobus oblongis glabris, stigmatibus brevibus recurvis haud retortis.

Hab. Kwandien ad latera montis.

Radix deest. Foliola iis P. obovatae, Maxim. , sat similia. Flores circiter 9 cm. diam. Petala elliptica, an lutea ?

Distat a P. obovata, Max., numero praecipue vero forma carpellorum stigmatibusque haud retortis, forsan itaque petalorum colore; a P. Wittmanniana , Hartm., carpellis oblongis glabris.


Menispermaceae

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