143 

 6. Meconopsis polygonoides, Vva.in.-~Cathcartia folygo- 



noides, Prain I.e. ; Fedde, I.e., p. 246, fig. 33 l. 



6. Meconopsis betonicifolia, Piaucli. PL Delavay., p. 42, t. 



12 (1889). — Cathcartia betonicifolia, Prain, I.e.; Petlde, I.e., 

 p. 245, fig. 33 D. 



The necessity for tlie transfer of tliis group of species from 

 CatJicartia to Mecono'psis Las already been explained. It stands 

 next to tlie' Camahricae with which it agrees in having slender 

 stems with petioled stem-leaves, and in having perennial root- 

 stocks; it difers in having sparingly hairy leaves, blue or purple 

 flowers, and long, slender, ripe capsules, in which, in the only 

 species where the ripe fruit is known, the dehiscence is not con- 

 fined to the apex of the valves. 



4. Decoeae, Prain. Armatae quoad folia i^adicalia, ceterum 

 inermes; caulis evolutus simplex; ioVm radicalia pinnatifida, 

 caulfna inciso-serrata; sepala setosa; flores albi petalis 4-6; styli 

 distinct!; capsula dense setosa, sensim in stylum attenuata. 



7. Meconopsis decora, Prain; species ob folia radicalia Acu- 



leatas, ob flores saltern inferiores cymulosim dispositos Rohustas 

 in memoriam reducens; ab his tamen pilis simplicibus ab illis 

 stylo elongate gracili ovarioqiie haud aculeato longe recedens. 



Ilerha plus minusve hirsuta. Caulis evolutus. Folia radi- 

 calia pauca, ambitu ovato-oblouga, acuta, basi late cuneata, 

 pinnatipartita segmentis falcato-oblongis iterum e latere convexo 

 lobulatis, longe petiolata, utrinque aculeis pungentibus armata, 

 6 cm. longa, 2-5 cm. lata; petiolus 4 cm. longus, aculeis paten- 

 tibus armatus. Folia caulina ang'uste oblonga vel oblongo- 

 lanceolata, acuta, basi truncata, margine inciso-serrata, sessilia, 

 utrinque setis vel pilis flexuosis induta, 3-5-6 cm. longa, 

 1-5-2 cm. lata, cymulas 2-floras vel versus apicem caulis flores 

 singulos subtendentia. Flores pedicellati pedicellis gracilibus 

 subflexuosis 4-6 cm. longis setis subpatentibus vestitis; cjmulae 

 utriusque junior ex axilla bracteae ovato-oblongae acutae mar- 

 gine lobulatae 1-5 cm. longae 1 cm. latae ortus. Sepala 2, 

 ovata, extra retrorso-setosa. Petala 4-6, oblonga, alba, glabra. 

 Stamina oo, pluri-seriata, filamentis albis discretis glabris; 

 anthcrae aureae. Ovarium e carpellis 4-6 compositum, subglobo- 

 sum, setis albia simplicibus dense indutum; stylus gracilis 

 elongatus ; stigma breve clavatum lobis decurreutibus contiguis 

 purpurascentibus ; placentae intrusae; ovula plunma. Capmla 



adhuc ignota. , . i . .r t\-i 



Eastern Himalaya : Chimdro ; mountains between the Dibong 



and Dihonff Rivers, ^ai?e2/- ... ,- • i i 



The account here given of this interesting species has been 



based on material communicated to Kew on 8 June, 1914 from 

 a living plant in the collection at Greenwich Park where it had 

 been rSised by Mr. T. Hay from seed collected by Captain P. 

 M. Bailey. This seed is said to have come from the Abor 

 Country, and Mr. Hay on raising plants had supposed them to 

 belong'to M. aculcatn; when flowers appeared he took the form to 



