Magazine  (1829)  Page(s) plate 2888.  
 
Paeonia albiflora, ζ. rosea Double White Chinese Peony, with Rose coloured Flowers.
Class and Order.
POLYANDRIA DlGYNIA.
( Nat. Ord. — Paeoniaceae. )
Generic Character.
Cal. 5-sepalus, foliaceus, inaequalis. Pet. 5 — 10, suborbiculata. Stam. plurima. Discus carnosus, ovaria cingens. Carpella 2 — 5, grossa, stigmatibus bilamellatis crassis instructa, in folliculos capsulares conversa. Semina subglobosa, nitida. D. C.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
PAEONIA .* albiflora; herbacea, carpellis glabris recurvatis foliorum segmentis glabris nitidis tripartitus, lobis ovato-lanceolatis. D. C.
PAENIA albiflora. Pall. Fl. Ross. v. 2. t. 84. De Cand. Syst. v. 1. p. 392. Prodr. v. 1. p. 66. Bot. Mag. t. 1756.
(ζ) rosea ; flore plenissimo, petalis roseis, t. 2888.

Communicated by Joseph Sabine, Esq. from the garden of the Horticultural Society, as a rare and new kind of Paeony from China, and well deserving a place in the works which treat of plants that are cultivated in our gardens. As it was unaccompanied with any further notes or observations, its being referred to the P. albiflora rests entirely upon myself. I have so done, from its general resemblance to the P. albiflora γ. Whitleji of Bot. Reg. t. 630, and still more to the P. edulis (a synonym to P. albiflora, var. sinensis, Bot. Mag. t. 1768.) From the former it is distinguished by its inner petals being much broader, and more entire, and from the latter, by these being of a beautiful and most delicate rose colour, little if at all inferior to that of our most favourite roses.

* After Paeon, a physician who cured the wounds which the Gods received during the Trojan war.