166 



4 



35 E (1909); Jenkins in Gard. Chron. 1909, vol. xlvi. p. 146, 

 fig. 60; -^ ■ ^ -^ ■ ^ ' 



cum 



Divers, I.e., p. 378; Baker, I.e., p. 399; Jenkins, I.e., p. 440; 

 Mottet m Rev. Hort. 1912, p. 204; Wilson, Western China, vol. 

 1. pp. 138, 181, 199, et vol. ii. p. 9 (1913) ; Farrer in Gard. Chron. 

 1914, vol. Iv. p. 318. 



var. Souliei, Fedde, I.e. (1909). 



The variety described bj Dr. Fedde, which he suggests may 

 be a distinct species, does not appear to have yet been introduced 

 to European gardens, nor has the writer seen specimens. 



Whatmay perhaps prove to be another variety of M. integri- 

 folia, with racemiform in place of umbelliform cvmes. has been 



in Kansu. 



W. Brooke from the Balanf? Rane^ 



H. Beamish 



m his garden at Ashbourne, near Cork. The hybrid flowered 

 there for the first time in May, 1909. 



Meconopsis grandis x integrifolia aut integrifolia x grandis; 



hybnda arte inter M, grandem, Prain et M. inteqrifoliam, 

 branch, in horto Beamishiauo facta. 



„ ,. - ^ pubescens. Rhizoma coarctatum vestigiis 



ioiiorum vetustorum instructum. Foliu raJicalia 8-12, sub- 

 rosulata, apice acuta, basi in petiolum attenuata, margine integra, 

 lb-18 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. lata; petiolus 6-8 <im. longus. Cauli$ 

 evolutus, 18-25 cm. longus, inferne nudus, apice fdliis sive 

 bracteisfloralibus4-5foliisradicalibus conformibus nisi sessilibufl 

 et parum mmonbus ornatus. Pedicelli 4-5, 25 cm. longi, 1-flori. 

 ^epala Z, pubescentia, ovata, 3 cm, longa. Petala 6-8, intus 

 citrina basi ocello triangulari pallide purpureo notata, extra pur- 

 purascentia, pvato-oblonga, 7-8 cm. longa, 5-6 cm. lata. Stamina 

 <», plunseriata, dense compacta filamentis discretis glabris 

 citrmis purpureo suffusis; antherae aeneae. Ovaviuin sub- 

 cvlindricum parce pilosura. 'Stylus obsoletus; stigma depresso: 

 dilatatum lobis rndiantibus divaricatis. Cap.^ula liSoari-oblonga, 

 parce pilosa, 3-4 cm. longa.— y¥. integrifoliaxgrandh, Paine in 



Gard. Chron. 1911, vol. 1. p. 22, fig. 14; Kew Bull. 19i2, app. 3, 



'folia, Beamis 



Ihough stated by Mr. Paine, I.e., in 1911, to have been the 

 cross integrijoha x grandis, Mr. Beamish, in announcing the 

 success of his effort, described it as being the cross grandis x 

 integrtfoha Whether the parentage were the one or the 

 other the plant exhibits a striking mixture of the characters of 

 li ;%%^^'''°,l'- • ^^^ ^^''^^'^^ 0° t^e whole, and the habit of the 



M. integrif 



??,ioT, ^« 4.1, ± --.,. ^v..^,,, «^ y^^ ^uc ^jeLaiH save lor ine purpie 



fiush on the outer side. The anthers, on the other hand, follow 



Z'd ■ ,' ^.' ^^^' ^\^ P^«*il ^^c^Pt for the absence of style. The 

 most interesting and most important particular in which M, 

 ^^jnzsJnz lias taken after .»/. grandis is in its proving polycarpic. 



Isonvi T ^^^'i?^' ^^^^' ^"' ^""'-^^'^ intiinatedUnrhe had 



that Thf Lf^^i.' r^/".^^i^'^''^ °° ^""^y 15, 1911, it is stated 

 that the hybnd had definitely assumed the character of a per- 



