Meconopsis.] viii. papaveraceje. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 119 



setose, capsule obovate-oblong 8-10-valved, WaU, Cat 8123 A ; H.f, & t. 

 Fl.Ind. 253; ZT./. III. Him. Pl.t 9. Papaverpaniculatum, DonFrodr. 197. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 10-12,000 ft.; Nipal, Wallich, Sikkim, H.f, 

 ofm 3-5 ft., stout, erect, nearly simple ; young parts clothed with soft golden villous 

 naira. ^ Leaves 10-16 in., oblong or lanceolate, softly pubescent when young. Flowers 

 2-3J in. diam., in elongated nearly simple racemes. /Sepals densely tomentose and 

 bristlj. Capsule \^-2 in., clothed with appressed hairs and stellate down ; style 4 ^^- 



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6. BI. Wallichii, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4668 ; slender, stellately pubescent 

 and softly hairy, leaves pinnatifid, flowers much panicled purple, sepals not 



^tose, capsule elliptic-oblong 5-valved. Wall. Cat. 8123^; H.f. & T. 

 i^L Ind. 254. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 9-10,000 ft. ; in Nipal, Wallich, and Sikkim, H.f. 

 ^tem 4-6 ft,, branched. Leaves 8-12 in., oblong or obovate-lanceolate, glai 



aucous 



^Dieatli; longpetioled. Flovjers 1^-2 iu. diam., many; pedicels short. Sepals densely 

 poNiscent. Capsule 1 in., elliptic- oblong, 5-valved, densely bristly.— There is much 

 T^wT^ ^° ^^'^ ^^allichian Herbarium amongst the specimens of the three last species 

 V*wcli are included in his numbers 8123, 8124 and 8125), and which we suspect may 

 ^ reauced to two ; and we are further not sure to which Don's Papaver paniculatum 



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. f ?®^e^^ial softly hairy herb : juice yellow. Leaves long-petioled, cor- 

 aaie, lobed. FlowevR rap^mp^ rmMpn-Tr^lh^w Stpnnh 9. Petals 4. Ovarn 



,„. Sepals % Petals A. Ovary 

 many, on 4-6 parietal placentas. 



Cn 7 ' '""'s*"'*' sessue, 4-(>-ioDea ; ovules many, on 4-d panettii pirti>cui-»o. 

 ^mide cylmdric, dehiscing throughout its length by valves between the 

 Jgyj^ which remain attached to the persistent stigma. Seeds stro- 



l-.C. viUosa, Hookf. in Bot. Mag. t. 4596 ; H.f. 



.c.^'?.HA«alaya. alt. 10-12.000 ft.. H. f. 



lobes' 



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perennial herbs : 

 pap llos ■*• 



Leaves pinnatifid. Flcmers y( 



\aA ■ Q+^rla or-Aft. stiffmas 2-4 



Cam,Z\ ■ i"^. }^^^^ surface: ovules many, on 2-4 panetai pid^eu.*.. 

 centaf^r K^'''^'^"^ «r linear, dehiscing by 2-4 valves between the pla- 

 4-5 tmn^''^^^^ attached to the persistent stigmas.- Distkib. Species 

 ^^temperate European and Asiatic. 



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Hook. f. Gen. PI 53 ; laxly hainr, ] 

 ni'/.i-QTinQtiffTYia lactucoides, //./- 



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hmSlt 1 *^' Garwhal Himalaya, alt. 11,000 ft, Strach. & ^«"'^'J:^^ ,. 

 *?^en brol r*' ^°°'^^- ^'^"^ 6-10 in. Zea.e. immerous, 3-5 iu, glaucous Wh 

 H 8lender^;^7^^<^> ^^'^^^ °» both surfaces ; petiole winged ; cauhne ^^-J^ 

 ^''' ^^^ers few, 2 in. diam., pedicefs sleader .. . Sepals pilose, tips horned. 





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