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m petiolum latum attenuata/ marg-ine Integra, supra pallide 

 viridia, subtus glaucescentia, utrinque parce setoso-hirsuta, 

 5-8 cm. louga, 1-25-1-5 cm. lata; petiolus 3-5 cm. loiig'us. 

 Flores singuii, intense coerulei, speciosissimi, 8-9 cm. lati. 

 Scpala 2, extra sparse setosa. Fetala 7-8, obiouga, obtusa vel 

 retusa, 4*5 cm. longa, 2-2-5 cm. lata. Stamina ex., 4-seriata, 

 filamentis intense coeruleis discretis glabris; antherae gilvae. 

 Ovarium e carpellis 4 compositum, late ovoideum, parce retro- 

 setosum; stylus distinctus; stigma clavatum lobis dccurrentibus 

 contiguis albidis; placentae nervif ormes ; ovula plurima. 

 Capsula late oboToidea, 2-5 cm. longa stylo excluso, 1-75 cm. 

 lata, parce retrorso-setosa. Seinina cinnamomea, iucurva; testa 

 reticulata. 



North- Western China: Kansu; Alps of ArdicrL 11,500- 

 12,500 ft., T^arrer 255. 



Mr- Farrer's field note describes this as '^ a superb species seen 

 only once on one portion of a great grass slope in the Tibetan 

 Alps of Ardjcri, beginning at the topmost limit of M. jmnicea 

 (11,500 ft.) and ascending to tbe Lighest ridges at 12,500 ft., 

 wbere M, quintuplinervia seemed pale and poor; . . . . . 

 it is invariably single-scaped and single-fiowered." The anthers 



in this species are a very pale buff, unlike those of any other 

 member of the PrimiiJinae group except M. lepida^ Prain, 

 another Kansu species. 



22. Meconopsis argemonantha, Prain; species e grege PrimuU 



inaruvi proxiine ad At, priimilina^n accedcns sed foliis fere 

 glabris subiuncinatis petalisque albis facillime distingucnda. 

 Ilerha inermis. Ilhizoma . . . Folia lanceolate, subrun- 



cinata, apice subacuta basi nunc cuneata et abruj^tius nunc 

 attenuata et sensim in petiolum gracilem vel explanatuiu 

 abeuntia; supra saturate viridia, subtus pallidiora, utrinque 

 glabra vel prope basin secus marginem nervosque subtus piljs 

 longioribns niollibus perpaucis induta, 6 cm. longa, 1-25 cm. lata; 

 petiolus 2-75 cm. lougus vel brevior. Scapi simplices versus 

 apicem setis perpoucis sparse obsiti, ceterum glabri, Scpala 



. Peinla 6-8, obovato, obtusa, margine crenuloto-deuticu- 

 lata, basi late cunenta, 25 cm. longo, 1-5-2 cm. Intn. rlbrj. 

 Stamina Qo, pauciseriata, filamentis albis gracillirais discretis 

 o-labris; antherae luteae. Ovarivm anguste ovoideum, setis 

 risjidis p-rce indutum ; stylus eloBgutus, glaber; sticjma c^pit-tum 

 lobis dccurrentibus brevibus contiguis ex sicco pallide viridibus. 

 Cap-'^vJa * . • . 



Eastern Himalaya : Monyul ; Tawancj district at Mipak Isan, 

 13,800 ft., in flower on IT September, 1913, Bailey 6. 



7. Bellae, Prain, I.e., p, 351, emend.; Fedde, I.e., p. 2G1 

 (sect.) IneiUies; perennantes vel raro monocarpicae biennes; 

 caules 0; folia Integra, lobata vel pinnatisecta; flores purpurei 

 vel coeru]ei petalis 4-5; styli distincti; capsula ob^onica, ovuta, 

 vel auf^uste cylindracea; ihizonia desceiidens. 



23. Meconopsis Baileyi, Prain; specie^ e grege Bellarum 

 prope M. impeditam ponenda SQd ovario dense adpresse setoso 

 apte sejungenda. 



