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1. C. villosa (H.f. in Bot. Mag. t. 4596). 



Hab. In Himalaya orientali temperata, alt. 10-12,000 ped.! — (Fl. 

 Jul.) (v. v.) 



Herha spithamsea vel pcdalis, perennis. Folia radicalia pluriraa, rotundata, 3-5- 

 loba, lobis crenato-lobulatis, basi profunde cordata, 1-3 poll, lata, petiolo 3-5-pol- 

 Jicari; caulina media brevius pedicellata, suprema oblongo-pinnatifido-lobulata. 

 Flores in racemum laxum paucifloruin caulem terminantem disposita, 2-3 poll, lata, 

 pedicellis curvis, alabastris cernuis. Petala rhombeo- v. obovato-rotundata. Sta- 

 mina aurantiaca. Capsula 2-3 unc. longa, cylindrica, gracilis, erecta, valvis mem- 

 branaceis. 



This beautiful plant was named in honour of the late J. F. W. Cathcart, judge in 

 the Bengal Civil Service, who devoted several years to forming, by means of native 

 art'sts, a most important collection of illustrations of Sikkim plants, which are now 

 deposited in the Museum of the Royal Gardcus of Kew. 



5. DICRANOSTIGMA, H.f. et T. 



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^ Sepala 2, imbricata. Petala 4. Stamina indefinita. Ovarium sti- 

 pitatuin, lagenaeforme ; stylo brevi; stigmate furcato, cruribus erectis 

 placentis 2 oppositis. — Herba perennans, glauca, sparse subglanduloso- 

 pilosa, foliis radicalibus perplurimis shiuato- v. lobato-pin)iatiJidis y scapis 

 caulibusve graciUbus supra medium paiicifoliatis v. bracteolatis 2-%-JIoris, 

 floribus aureis. 



This remarkably distinct genus has only been found by Strachey and AYinterbottom. 

 It differs from Chelidonium (its nearest ally) in the shape of the ovary and form of 

 stigma, which presents two erect arms, alternating with the placenta?, each being 

 simple, and consisting of the confluent arms of contiguous stigmata. The habit is 

 very peculiar, and much resembles a lactucoid plant, and the Stytophorum diphyllum 

 of North America, which has similar small weak soft hairs. 



1. D. lactucoides (H.f. et T.) — Meconopsis, Herb. Sir. et JFint. 

 3! 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata ad Eogila in Garhwal, alt. 11,000 

 ped., Sir. et mnL/—(Fl estate.) (v. s.) 



Herba spithamsca et ultra, tota plus minus pilis laxis compressis sub lente artieu- 

 latis subpaleaceis conspersa. Folia omnia radicalia, cum petiolo dilatato 4 unc. longa, 

 lineari-oblonga, f-1 unc. lata, lobis pinnisve sub-5-jngis late ovatis, grosse et irregu- 

 lariter dentatis, dentibus acutis, subtus glaucis, superne albo-variegatis. Scapi 3-4, 

 foliis duplo longiores, graeiles, ascenden b, longe nudi, supra medium foliis 1-^-uncia- 

 libus sessilibus pinnatitidis oppositis alternisve bracteati. Alabastri ovoidci, abrupte 

 acuminati, erecti ? Flores gracile pedicellati. ' Sepala pateutim laxe pilosa, i unc. 

 longa, marginibus imbricatis late membranaceis, apice in acumen v. cornu producta. 

 Petala 1-pollicaria, late obovata. Anthera lineari-oblongac. Ovarium breviter sti- 

 pitatum, ^ unc. longum, pilis mollibus hispidulo-pubescens ; stylo 1 lin. longo; stig- 

 mata incrassata, cruribus late subulatis intus marginibusque puberulis. 



We have fewer specimens of this plant than are desirable for drawing a complete 

 specific character; the genus is, however, a most distinct one, and cannot be con- 

 founded with any other. 



6. GLAUCIUM, Tourn. 



Sepala 2. Petala 4. Sta>nina indefinita. Ovarium lineare; stig- 



