Tap. 8002. 
ROMNEYA TRICHOCALYX. 
California. 
PapavERACE&. Tribe RomNEYEA, 
Romyeya, Harv; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 74, t. 3. 
Romneya trichocalyx, Lustw. in Proc. Calif. Acad. Se. 8rd series, vol. i. 
p- 183, t. 11, f. 4; G. Nicholson in Gard. Chron. 1902, vol. ii. p. 190; W. H. 
l.c. 1904, vol. ii. p. 163; a C. Coulteri, Harv. differt imprimis calyce 
dense setoso. : 
Herba caulibus lignescentibus, a basi ramosa, ramis crassiusculis divaricatis, 
usque ad 5-ped. alta, undique glauca, passim setulis paucis instructa. 
Folia caulina petiolata, crassa, demum coriacea, pinnatifida, quam inter- 
nodia longiora, maxima circiter 5 poll. longa, sursum gradatim minora, 
segmentis 7-3 integris vel paucidentatis apice callosis. Pedunculi ter- 
minales, uniflori, fere ad calycem foliiferi. lores albi, maximi plane 
6 poll. diametro. Sepala 6, fere orbicularia, circiter 8-9 lin. diametro, 
imbricata, setosa. Petala sepius 6, sed numero ac circumscriptione 
variabilia. Stamina numerosissima, biformia, exteriorum filamentis 
longioribus infra medium purpureis, antheris luteis. Carpella circiter 
10, stylis brevissimis incurvis. Capsula anguste ovoidea, circiter 9 lin. 
longa, densissime setosa, irregulariter dehiscens. Semina numerosissima, 
alba, reniformia, scrobiculata, circiter ? lin. longa.—R. Coulteri, Parsons, 
Wild Flowers of California, p. 64, cum ic. color., non Harv. 
The genus Romneya was founded on R. Coulteri, Harv., 
and named after the Rev. Dr. T. Romney Robinson, ‘‘ the 
Astronomer of Armagh.” This, the only other species of 
the genus known, was introduced into this country by 
Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, about 1875. The exact 
date of the introduction of I. trichocalyxz, Hastw., into 
cultivation is uncertain, because it was at first confused 
with R. Coulteri. In 1898 Miss A. Eastwood, Curator of 
the Herbarium of the Californian Academy, pointed out 
that two distinct species were under cultivation, and 
defined them in the place cited above. In 1902 Mr. G. 
Nicholson recorded the flowering of R. trichocalyx in the 
garden of Mr. H. ©. Baker, Oaklands, Almondsbury, 
Gloucestershire, and this is apparently the earliest record 
of its cultivation in this country. 
R. Coulteri, as may be imagined from the confusion of 
the two, very strongly resembles the present plant, but 
although introduced so long ago, it has never appeared in 
Marcu Isr, 1905. 
