Meconopsis, Papaveracearum genus, speciebus nonnullis novis aucta. 219 
discus sinuatus et obtuse angulatus lobis integris: stylus perbrevis stig- 
mate ovato brevior (Pl. XXIV, Fig. 11). 
Tibet australis. In pratis alpinis, 11500 p. s. m. 
Hirsuta pilis patentibus aurero-fuscis basi glanduloso excepto bar- 
bellatis induta. Rhizoma an perennans? vaginis numerosis foliorum anni 
praecedentis obsitum. Folia plurima caespitosa radicalia et subbasalia 
pauca tamen sparse caulina, ea trientis caulis imi basalibus conformia 
sed minora, trientis medii parva bracteiformia sed 5 -6 summis floriferis 
exceptis vacua; radicalia et subbasalia 10—12 cm longa, spathulata ob- 
tusa vel subacuta, margine integra vel remote irregulariterque subsinuata, 
lamina 1,25—1,75 cm lata in petiolum 3—4 cm longum basi plus minusve 
vaginatum attenuata, supra pallide viridia subtus glaucescentia utrinque 
sed praesertim subtus petioloque hirsuta; caulina inferiora 4-6 cm 
longa, lamina 0,75 cm lata, petiolo 0,75—1,5 cm longo, superiora bractei- 
formia irregulariter lobata 1,5 cm long, 0,5 cm lata, sessilia. Caulis ad 
40 cm usque altus, simplex, scapiformis, basi minimo digito crasso cylin- 
dricus, sursum praesertim triente summo dense florifero plus minusve 
sulcatus, prorsus hirsutus. Flores numerosi versus apicem caulis sub- 
spicatim aggregati, inferiores tantum bracteati; pedicellis obliquis hirsutis 
0,5 cm longis vel brevioribus nonnunquam obsoletis. Sepala nondum obvia. 
Petala 4 (an semper?), pallide punicea, oblongo-ovata ad 4 cm usque 
longa, 2,5 cm lata, extus sparse hirsuta intus glabra. Stamina multa, 2—3- 
seriata, filamentis glabris gracilibus discretis. Ovarium e carpellis 8 com- 
positum, dense setosum ovoideum disco glabro puniceo-purpurascente 
margine S-sinuato et obtuse 8-angulato subplicatim explanato et plane 
astigmatico coronatum; stylus centralis perbrevis; stigma ovatum integrum 
lobis contiguis; placentae valde intrusae; ovula plurima. Capsula ovoidea 
plus minusve angulata, 1,35 cm longa, 1 cm lata, sub margine disci poris 
8 dehiscens. Semina plurima, vix matura, ovoidea 2 mm longa, 0,75 mm 
lata, testa reticulata. 
Tibet: In valle fl. Kyi-chu, 11500 p. s.m., a Lhasa prope; in mense 
Septembri florens, Walton! 
Closely allied to the next species, from which it differs only in the 
shorter pedicels, the much shorter style, the ovate instead of rather 
narrowly clavate stigma, and the entire in place of toothed disk- 
margin. 
4. Meconopsis discigera Prain, l. c., p. 356, pl. XXIV, Fig. 12, 
Folia radicalia margine versus apicem parce grosseque dentata; 
flores distincte pedicellati, pedicellis capsulam aequantibus; ovarii discus 
sinuatus et acute angulatus lobis denticulatis; stylus distinctus stigma 
clavatum aequans (Pl. XXIV, Fig. 12). 
Himalaya orientalis. Sikkim occidentalis; in pratis alpinis, 
11— 12 000 p. s. m. 
Hirsuta pilis patentibus aureo-fuscis barbellatis induta. Rhizoma an 
perennans? vaginis foliorum anni praecedentis obsitum. Folia perplurima 
