Tas. 5585. 
MECONOPSIS Nreatensis, DC. 
Nepalese Meconopsis. 
Nat. Ord. Papaveraces.—Pornyanpria Monoaynta. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 5456.) 
Meconopsis Nipalensis; herba elata, robusta, tota setis patentibus cri- 
nita pubeque stellata siccitate aurea obtecta, foliis caulinis sessilibus 
linearibus lineari-oblanceolatisve sinuato-lobatis, radicalibus petiolatis 
lineari-spathulatis subpinnatifidis, floribus racemosis aureis, pedicellis 
elongatis patentibus, capsula 8—10-valvi setis appressis pubeque stel- 
lata dense obsita. 
Meconopsis Nipalensis. DC. Prod. v.1.p.121. Hook. f. et Thoms. Fl. 
Ind. v. 1. p. 253. Hook. fil. Til. Pl. Himal. t. ix. 
Papaver paniculatum. Don, Prod. Fl. Nep. p.197. Wall. Cat. t. 8123 a. 
This noble plant was originally discovered by the celebrated 
Dr. Wallich in the mountains of Nepal, and more recently col- 
lected by myself abundantly in the central dampest regions of 
the Sikkim Himalaya, where at elevations of 10-11,000 feet 
above the level of the sea it often ornaments the rank herb- 
age that skirts the pine forest. A more stately and beauti- 
ful plant can hardly be imagined, except the Hollyhock, 
which it somewhat resembles in miniature. The genus Me- 
conopsis abounds in the Himalaya, where the J. aculeata, 
Tab. 5456, and M. Wallichii, Tab. 4668, were also procured, 
and from whence other beautiful species remain to be tm- 
ported: | 
For the specimen here figured I am indebted to those inde- 
fatigable and skilful cultivators, Messrs. Backhouse, of York, 
who flowered it in July, 1863. 
Descr. <A tall, robust, simple or sparingly branched her, 
three to five feet high, biennial (?), full of orange-yellow sap. 
Stem often one to two inches in diameter at the base, covered 
with spreading stiff hairs and shorter stellate down m more 
or less abundance. Radical leaves petioled, half to one and a 
JULY 1st, 1866. 
