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v.^uixi^-Licii iiiiLUctu, ±^,uuu 11., r orrest lzkhk); moiiutains -VFest oi 



Fciig^-kou, 12,000 ft., Farrest 1270G; Li-ldanir Raiiffe, 12,000 ft.» 

 Forrest 12T9G. 



The field-note accompanying flowering specimens of this 



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The 



valves, in place of separating from the placental ribs at their 

 apices oulj, do so for from one-third to one-half of their length, 

 thus approaching the condition characteristic of Cathcartia 

 Villosa. The plant was met with in stony pastures and on the 

 ledges of limestone cliffs. The appearance of the flowering, and 

 especially of the fruiting specimens suggests that this is a biennial 



Forrest in 1914. 



Mr 



27. Meconopsis venusta, Prain; species e grege Bcllarum ad' 

 Mi concinnavi prosime accedens et primo intuitu pro varietate 

 ejusdem habenda, sed foliis integris spathulato-ovatis nee lanceo^ 

 latis vel pmnatisectis lobulis paucioribus inter se magis discretis 

 et praesertim rhizomate multo majore duuciforme satis differt. 



Jlerha biennis, inermis. Uhizoma elongatum, dauciforme, 

 12-14 cni._ longum, 1 cm. crassum, descendens. Folia omnia 

 radicaha, ima vel rarissime omnia Integra lamjna oblongo-ovata, 

 obtusa vel subncuta, basi truncata, 1-3-5 cm. longa, 8 mm.- 

 1 cm. lata, cetera pinnatisecta, lobis 1-2-jugis late oblongis vel 

 orbicularibus obtusis, terminali 1 om.. In+pmliLnc a_r; r«,« l^+i« 



supra saturate viridia, subtus intense glauca, utrinque glabra; 



etiolus late alatus, 4-6 cm. longus, glaber, margine ... 



)ranaceus. Scayi numerosi, 15-20 cm. longi, graciles, glabri vel 

 ^etis patentibus parce induti demum glabrescentes, 1-flori. Sepala 

 ^, late ovata extra glabra, 1-25 cm. longa. Petala 4, sub- 

 orbicularia, obtusa, margine integra vel minutisslme undulata, 

 -;^5 cm longa ac lata, intense rubro-purpurea. Stamina co,. 

 circiter 04, 4-seriata, filamentis intense rubro-purpureis gracil- 

 iimis discretis glabris; antherae aurantiacae. Ovarium e 

 carpelhs i compositum, anguste fusiforme, setis patentibus 

 densius imlutum; stylus distinctus; stigma clnvatum lobis 

 decurrentibus contiguis; placentae nerviformes; ovula plurima. 

 tapsula anguste cylindracea, setis rJgldis patentibus vestfta, 

 &b-4: cm. longa, 5 mm. lata, vix per trientem summum dchiscens. 

 bem77ia cmnamomea, incurva; testa striata vix reticulata. 



bouTii-WEST China: Yunnan; mountains in the north-east 

 of the ^^r^^-Ue bend, lat. 2T0 45' N, 13,000 ft., ii> flower in July, 

 ^arrest 10408; m fruit in September, Forrest 11008; Chung-tien 



^Into^""' ^''^' ^*° ^^'*^' 13,000-14,000 ft., Forrest 12685, 12686, 



The field-note accompanying flowering specimens of this 

 equaJiy charming alpine species (Forrest n. 10408) describes the 

 scapes as 9-14 inches long and the flowers as deep purplish wine-- 

 colour, the anthers being orange. It was met with in situations 

 similar to the preceding; in stony limy alpine pastures and on 

 humus covered boulders. In this species the valves open to a- 

 greater extent than is usual in species of Meconopsis, but hardly; 



