254 flora indica. [P ap aver ace (e. 



Hab. In sylvis Himalayas centralis et orientalis temperatse : Nipal 

 ad Gossaintlian, Walllch! Sikkim, alt. 10-11,000 ped. !— (Fl. Mai. 

 Jun.) (v. v.) 



Caulis simplex v. parce ramosus, 3-5-pedalis, basi fere 2 imc. diam. Folia radi- 

 calia petiolata, £-1 i-pedalia, lineari-lanceolata v. oblonga, sinuato-pinnatifida. Ra~ 

 cemi laxiflori, erecti, 1-2-pedales, conspicui ; pedicelli distantes, inferiores interdum 

 biflori. Flos 2^-3i uric, diametro, aureus. Sepala pollicaria, pnbe stellata et setis 

 brevibus omniuo obtecta. Ovarium late oblongum, setis erectis flavis deusissime 

 obtectum, stylo 2 lin. longo terminatum. Capsula pedicello elongato erecto suffulta, 

 una cum styio lf-2 unc. longa, setis patentibus, obovato- oblonga v. subclavata, in- 

 clinata, interdum elliptico-oblonga, 8-10-valvis, stylo i unc. longo. Stigma globoso- 

 capitatum, 8-10-lobum. Semina testa cancellata, cellulosa. 



This is one of the handsomest plants in Sikkim, resembling a young Hollyhock in 

 its size and general appearance. Of Wallich's specimens under this number, the 

 8123 B is much branched, and appeal's to us to belong to M. Wallichii: 8123 A is 

 more robust, exactly resembling the Sikkim individuals, which are always simple, 

 with racemose flowers. All these specimens are however very bad, and we are rather 

 at a loss to know which was intended by Don as his P. paniculatum ; the colour of 

 the flower and shape of the fruit in Don's character applying only to M. Nepalensis, 

 whilst his name of paniculatum would refer either to M. robusta or to M. JFallichii. 



2. M* "Wallichii (Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4668); tota setis mollibus 

 scaberulis pubeque substellatim ramosa vestita, caule gracili erecto 

 paniculatim ramoso, foliis oblongo- v. obovato-lanceolatis pinnatifido- 

 lobatis subtus glaucis, floribus breve pedicellatis paniculatis purpureis, 

 capsulis dense setosis 5-valvibus. — Wall. Cat. 8123 B. 



Hab. In sylvis Himalayse temperate centralis et orientalis ad Ni- 

 pal, Wallich!; Sikkim, alt. 9-10,000 ped. !— (Fl. June.) (v. v.) 



Herba 6-pedalis, valde ramosa ; caulis crassitie pollicis. Folia plerumque pro- 

 funde pinnatitida, lobis brevibus v. elongatis, integris lobatisve, obtusis. Flore s seens 

 ramos paniculse perplurimi, in pedunculos graciles breve pedicellati, nutantes, \\ unc. 

 diam. Sepala dense pubescentia, uon setosa. Petala late obovata. Anther a ob- 

 longa;. Capsula elliptico-oblonga, subcylindrica, cum stylo semipollicari gracili H 

 • poll, longa. Semina ut in M. Nepalensi. 



A very beautiful plant, conspicuous for its height, much branched stem, and very 

 numerous, pendulous, beautiful pale blue-purple blossoms. It is closely allied to the 

 M. Xipalensis, but differs in the want of Bete on the sepals, in the smaller blue- 

 purple flowers, in the more cylindrical capsule with only live valves, slender style, 

 branched stem, and many-flowered peduncles, producing a paniculate inflorescence. 

 The root is reputed to be very poisonous by the natives of Sikkim. Wallich's 8128 J 5 

 appears to be referable to this species. 



4. CATHCARTIA, H.f. 



Sepala 2, imbricata. Petala 4. Stamina hulefinita. Ovarium ses- 

 sile, cylindraceum, 4-6-suleatum; placentis crassiusculis. Stigma he- 

 misphsericum, amplum, sessile, 4-6-lobnm, radiis lamellseformibus pla- 

 centis oppositis. Capsula erecta, stricta, teres, ab apice ad basin com- 

 plete 5-6-valvis, valvis linearibus. Semina scrobiculata, strophiolata, 



cristata. 



fulvis villosa, succojli 



terete simplici v. divko, foliis radicalibiis longe petiolatis cordatis rolnn- 

 datis lobatis, caulinis superioribus sessilibus, pedunculis terminalibm ax- 

 iUaribusque floribus amplis eernnU aureis. 



