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. Herha inermis. Rhizoma . . . Folia . . . Scapi 

 ^raciles simplices setulis brevibus retrorso-patentibus induti. 

 ^epala^ . . . Petala 4, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, margine seciis 

 Jatera mtegra ceterum minutissime denticulata, 1-25 cm. longa, 

 lid cm. lata, coerulea. Stamina oc, pluriseriata, filamentis 

 coeruleis gracillimis discretis glabrls; antherae aureae. Ovarium 

 ovoideum, 1 cm. longum, 8 mm. latum, setis adpressis gilvis 

 dense vestitum; stylus brevis (2-5 mm. longus), crassus, glaber; 

 stigma capitatum, lobis decurrentibus breyibus contiguis ex sicco 

 purpureis. Capsnla . .,. ^ 



f, "^Z^n LFf^^^'^^ Kongbo; Eong-cbu Valley at Lunang, 10,500 

 ft., 940 45' W., 290 45' N., in flower on 10 July, 1913, Bailey 8. 



24. Meconopsis impedita, Prain ; species inter greges 



Frimultnarum et Bellarum quasi medians ob capsulam M. 

 iienrici m memoriam reducens sed foliis firmioribus margine 

 lobulatis flonbusque ad normam 4-petalis melius in grege 

 UeUarum ponenda. =■ «=- 



Herha biennis inermis. Rhizoma dauciforme, elongatum, 

 <le^cendens. Folia omnia radicalia, ovato-lanceolata, apice 

 ncuta Tel subacuta,_ basi sensim in petiolum late alatum 

 attenuata, margine pmnatim lobulata vel grosse dentata lobulis 

 obtusis, supra saturate viridia, subtus pallidiora interdum 

 glaucescentia, utrmque parce setosa, 5-6 cm. longn, 1-5-2 cm. 

 lata ;petiolus 3-5 cm longus. Scapi numerosi, 15-40 cm. longi, 

 graciiores ve gracillimi setis patentibus plus minusve induti, 

 in 1; ^^ V h s^^r^^c.^larfa, extra setosa, 8-9 mm. lata 

 iono.r^l'!?^: ^^*«^ 4 rarissime 5, oblonga, obtusa, 2-25 cm. 

 «pS; fil '^•,.^^^^'. ft^rate coerulea. ''^toT.u-na 00, pluri- 

 ^iX^'- i r^"" f . ^^i^r.^^ coeruleis gracillimis discretis 



.Wnm Int-'"'?' '^'^'l-u' ''*"^"^' styles elongatus; stigma 

 oCma ^^^;^,^fV«^tibus contiguis; placentae intrus;e ; o?ula 

 6 cS la'ta ^ °^' obcomca, parce setosa, 1-8 cm. longa, 



South-west CiiiifA: Yunnan; Tsekou, Uonheiq' Mekon- 

 Salwin Divide, Lat. 270-28° N 19 nnn T^ nnri i/ '^' ^^^""o 



barren limestone rid..es k^riso '^^?2 ^*" w? T"" '*°^^ 

 locality, 3/a/re, Wardlk ' ' ^^^^^''''^ P""'"'*" 



be^oknp7'JtT.'^''*-'''i'P''^^*'' ^^«^* ^^<^ ^l°^o«t equal propriety 



The ornill l°i^'#'""P P^m^ZzV.ae or in the\roup Belial 

 Jiie capsule and the lono' s+v p nloo^l^ ^..„_i,i„ ^xt._A _i! at 



Henrici in tl.o f '™^ '*7^^ ''^''^^'^^ resemble those of M. 



whTch a^e of tit "'' g^oup,_but the very densely tufted leaves, 

 ^re mor eovi 1 I ??' fonsistence as those of the Bellae and 



trVt ZTow;. '*' '^^"1? ^¥ "^-^^^^^^^ ^°^P^^d ^^'th the fact 



imnle in^Wp '/^' ^^^^^^i T- ^'Petalous and the scapes are all 



rUher than S^^fl^f'%'^'^ "* .-associating it with the latter 



(?or?^,rn 4^0^^^^ t'T *^^^ Mekong-Salwin Divide 



L scapes as bein.^^^^^^^^ 7. 'T'-lv or August^igOS, describes 

 scapes as being 6-10 m. high with deep rich blue pendulous 



