258 A NEW MECONOPSIS FROM YUNNAN.  [Szss, xx. 
representative of these two species in Western China; and 
M. horridula, Hook f. and Thoins, which includes as a variety 
M. racemosa, Maxim., the prickly “ Blue Poppy” of Tibet. 
From Jf. aculeata and M. sinuata, Mr. Forrest’s plant differs 
in having more than four petals; from M. rudis and M. 
horridula it differs in having pinnately lobed leaves. As 
regards foliage, Mr. Forrest’s Meconopsis agrees most closely 
with IZ. aculeata, but, besides having more petals than four, 
it differs in having no bracts under the pedicels. The flowers, 
too, are larger and more closely set than in the other species 
of the group Aculeatw, and this species promises, if seeds 
can be procured, to prove a welcome addition to European 
rock-gardens. 
Meconopsis (§ Eumeconopsis) speciosa, Prain. Folia 
aculeata, oblongo - ijanceolata, pinnatipartita lobis ovato- 
oblongis ; flores in cymas racemiformes dispositi, pedicellis 
ebracteis; petala 5-8; torus vix ampliatus. 
CHINA OCCIDENTALIS. In Yunnan; in saxosis alpinis, 
12-13,000 p.s.m. 
Aculeata spinis patentibus brunneis densius _ obsita. 
Rhizoma... . Folia radicalia, oblongo-lanceolata, pinnati- 
partita lobis ovato-oblongis, utrinque glauca sparse aculeis 
brunneis induta ceterum glabra, basi sensim in petiolum 
attenuata, laminis 8-15 em. longis 2°5 cm. latis. Cawlis ad 
90 cm. usque altus, simplex, scapiformis, versus apicem dense 
10-15-florus, prorsus dense aculeatus. Flores 5-7 cm. lati, 
in cymas racemiformes dispositi pedicellis dense aculeatis 
ebracteis 2 em. longis vel brevioribus. Sepala ovata, extra 
sparse aculeata.  Petala 5-8, suborbicularia, 3 cm. lata, 
cerulea, glabra. Stamina o, pluriseriata, filamentis gracil- 
limis discretis intense cceruleis glabris, antheris luteis. 
Ovarium densius aculeatum ; stylus glaber, 4 mm. longus; 
stigma oblongum lobis decurrentibus contiguis.—Yunnan ; 
in montibus inter fi. Mekong et ti. Salween interjectis, in locis 
saxosis, 12-13,000 p.s.m., in lat. 27°-28° bor., Forrest No. 468! 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE II. 
1. Upper portion of flowering stem, nat. size ; 2, radical leaf, nat. size ; 
3, ovary, enlarged. 
