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11.
P. anomala.
Linn., Mant., 247 ; Anders., Mon. No. 3 ; Bot.
Mag., t. 1754 ; Andr., Bot. Rep., t. 314 ; Ledeb., Fl.
Ross., i., 74. P. intermedia,
C. A. Meyer, in Led.. Fl. Alt., ii., 377; Led., Fl.
Ross.. i., 74. P. Fischeri,
Hort.—Root-tubers large and
fusiform ; stolons none. Stem as tall as in officinalis, glabrous,
always 1-headed. Leaves 10—12, cut into numerous confluent
lanceolate acute segments ¼ — 1/3 inch broad, 1
½ 2 inches long, 30—40 to the lower leaves, dark green
above, pale green below, glabrous on both surfaces. Flower
solitary, with the outer sepals produced into long, often compound
leafy points. Corolla bright crimson, 4 inches in diameter, with
about eight obovate or oblong petals 1 — 1 ½ inch
broad. Stamens 1/6 – 1/4 inch long. Follicles about three,
ovoid, 1 inch long, 1/2 inch in diameter, arcuate, tomentose or
glabrous. Occurs as a wild plant in
Europe, sparingly in Lapland, and in Asia it is spread all through
the western half of Siberia, especially in the Ural and Altai
ranges of mountains, and round Lake Baikal. It is a well marked
type, midway between P. tenuifolia and P. officinalis, and is
common in English collections, but there are two varieties—one
with hairy and one with naked follicles, so that it has just as
good a right to be classified in the former section as here.
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