Tan. 4596, 
CATHCARTIA viuuosa. 
Villous Cathcartia. —< 
Nat. Ord. Papaverace#.—PoLyaNnpRIA Monoeynta. 
Gen. Char. Calyx diphyllus, foliolis estivatione imbricatis, caducis. Corolla 
petala 4, subrotunda, hypogyna, decidua. Stamina 25-30, hypogyna : filamenta 
filiformia gracilia; anthere terminales, oblongze, biloculares, /oculis latere longi- 
tudinaliter dehiscentibus, connectivo interposito. Ovarium cylindraceum, 5-6- 
sulcatum, uniloculare. Ovuda numerosa, in placentas filiformes 5-6 intervalvu- 
lares demum liberas, anatropa. Stigma amplum, sessile, hemispheericum, carno- 
sum, ovario latius, persistens, 5—6-radiatum, radiis lamelliformibus. Capsula 
erecta, stricta, siliquiformis, teres, unilocularis ad apicem, infra stigma persistens, 
fere ad basin 5~6-valvis, valvis linearibus : placentis filiformibus liberis ad apicem 
stigmati unitis. Semina numerosa, ovalia, compressa, scrobiculata, strophiolata, 
subcristata.—Herba annua vel biennis ex Himalaya orientali, pilis longis fulvis 
patentibus villosa. Caulis teres, subsimplex. Folia inferiora, radicalia precipue, 
longe petiolata, cordata, subpalmatim seu pedatim 5-loba, lobis lobulatis, foliis supe- 
rioribus sessilibus, supremis pinnatifido-lobatis. Pedunculi terminales avillaresque. 
Flores cernui, Calyx hirsutus. Petala flava, magnitudine Papaveris Rheadis. 
Anthere aurantiace. Stigma viride. 
Catucartta villosa, Hook. fil. MS. 
Found in Sikkim-Himalaya by Dr. Hooker, and reared in the 
Royal Gardens from seeds sent by him in the winter of 1850-1. 
It flowers in June, and may be treated as a hardy annual: the 
seeds ripening in July. The long, shaggy, fulvous hairs and 
bright yellow flowers give it a handsome appearance. In its 
foliage it differs remarkably from any of the Papaveracee with 
which I am acquainted, and no less in the fruit. It has the 
stigma of Papaver, while the mode of dehiscence corresponds 
rather with that of Roemeria. We cannot question its forming 
a new genus, which is named by Dr. Hooker in compliment 
to J. F. Cathcart, Esq., B.C.S., late Judge of Tirrhoot, who 
during a residence at Darjeeling devoted his whole time to the 
illustration of the botany of that neighbourhood, and super- 
intended the execution, by native artists, at his own expense, of 
a collection of upwards of 700 folio coloured plates of Hima- 
layan plants. These drawings, which are of great botanical 
AUGUST Ist, 1851. 
