Tas. 7107. 
PAPAVER RuprrraGuM, var. ATLANTICUM. 
Native of Morocco. 
SEER ay i @ 
N at. Ord. Paraverace®.—Tribe EUPAPAVEREA. 
Genus Paraver, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pi, vol. i. p. 51.) 
PAPAVER rupifragum, vax. atlanticum; rhizomate multicauli, caule simplici 
scapiformi v. ramoso et folioso, foliis plerisque radicalibus una cum caule 
sepalisque setis longis.albidis dense obtéectis oblanceolatis grosse dentatis 
pinnatifidis v. pinnatipartitis, segmentis inzqualibus incisis, alabastris — 
nutantibus, floribus. amplis, petalis late cuneato-obovatis miniatis v. 
aurantiacis, capsula clavata, stigmatibus 6-8. 
P. rupifragum (Boiss. et Reut. Pugiill. p. 6), Regel Gartenfl. vol. ii. t. 45. 
Var. atlanticum, Ball in Journ. Bot. vol. 1873, p. 276; in Journ. Linn. Soe. 
Bot. vol. xvi. p. 318. ~" : 
P. atlanticum, Cosson Il. Fl. Atlant. fase. i. p. 11, t.6; Comp. Fl. Atlant. 
vol. ii. p. 64,” ; 
I follow Mr. Ball in referring this beautiful poppy, with- 
out hesitation, to a hirsute variety of Boissier’s P. rupi- _ 
fragum of Andalusia in Spain, though, as he himself . 
Says, it 1s totally different in aspéct, being hoary and 
everywhere copiously hairy, whilst the Spanish plant is 
dull green and nearly glabrous. M. Cosson, on the other 
hand, in his beautiful “ [llustrationes Flore Atlantice,” has 
figured the Morocco plant as a distinct species. The species 
is interesting as showing the close connection between the 
Floras of the mountains of the south of Spain and Morocco. 
The only figure of the typical P. rupifragum is that given 
by Regel in his Gartenflora; it is taken from a very poor 
weak specimen, with five strongly crenate petals described 
as of a: red-gold colour. The var. atlanticum was dis- 
covered by Mr. Ball and myself in the greater Atlas south 
of the city of Morocco, at an elevation of 6000 to 7000 feet, 
growing in dry rocky places; and as it was seen in only 
two or three localities at considerable distances apart, 
and there very sparingly, it is probably a scarce plant. 
Tt has also been found in Demenet, a province of the 
Atlas east of the city of Morocco, by collectors sent’ by 
M. Cosson. . The specimen figured was raised from seed 
Marce Ist, 1890. 
