TapuLa 3034. 
MECONOPSIS FORRESTII, Prain. 
PAPAVERACEAE. ‘Tribus PAPAVEREAE. 
M. Forrestii, Prain in Kew Bull. 1907, p. 316 et 1915, p. 157; 
Forrest in Gard. Chron. 1911, vol. 1. p. 51 ; species e grege Primulinarum 
ad M. lancifoliam, Franch., proxime accedens sed stigmate sessili 
vel subsessili apte distinguenda. 
Herba biennis, inermis, setis retrorso-patentibus pallide stramineis 
induta. Rhizoma fusiforme, 10 cm. longum, 1°) cm. crassum. Folia 
e 
oblongo-ovata, extra parce setosa, 1-5 cm. longa. Petala 4, oblonga, 
2-25 cm. longa, 1:75 cm. lata, pallide coerulea. Stamina , pluriseriata, 
m 
ri 
e carpellis compositum, anguste fusiforme, glabrum vel parce 
setosum; stylus obsoletus ; stigma clavatum, lobis decurrentibus 
contiguis albidus ; placentae invicem nerviformes et intrusae ; ovula 
_plurima. Capsula anguste cylindracea, parce setosa, 3-5 cm. longa, 
5 mm. lata, pedicellis nunc erectis rigidis ad caulem stricte adpressis. 
Semina reticulata. 
Cuma: Yunnan; eastern flank of the Li-Kiang range, 97°12'N, 
m., Forrest 
2314; mountains in the north-east of the 
3 ; 
Yang-tse bend, 27°45’N, 3330 m., Forrest, 10799 ; mountains of the 
Chung-tien Plateau, 27°30’N, 3000-3300 m., Forrest, 12507, 12672. 
This very distinct species was first met with by Mr. G. Forrest in 
June 1906 and was collected by him again, in fruit, in August 1913 ; 
he met with it once more in June and in July 1914. It usually occurs 
in open stony alpine pastures. A very distinct member of the group 
Primulinae in the section Eumeconopsis, this species differs from 1 
