Douglasiane. N. O. Papaveracee. 
TAB. DCCXXXII. 
MECONOPSIS HETEROPHYLLA. Benth. 
Glabra, caule folioso, foliis pinnatifidis inferioribus longe petio- 
latis, radicalium segmentis ovatis integris rarius hic illic fissis, 
caulinorum oblongis pinnatifidis, supremorum  sessilibus 
linearibus plerumque integris, pedunculis gracilibus elongatis 
unifloris, floribus parvis, stylo subelongato, stigmate capitato- 
quadrilobo, capsula obovato-turbinata 4-angulata, valvyis 4 
intra angulos reflexis. 
Meconopsis glabra. Benth. in Hort. Trans. 2nd Ser. v. 1, p. 40. 
Torr. and Gray, Fl. N. Am. 1 3 p- 6I. 
Has. California. Dougias, Nuttall, Coulter. 
A small Californian Papaveraceous plant, with the lower 
leaves on long petioles; the radical ones are pinnatifid, or 
almost pinnate, with oval or obovate, entire, or rarely slightly 
cleft pinne; the intermediate stem-leayes are bipinnatifid, 
their segments linear-oblong ; the uppermost, which moreover 
are sessile, are simply pinnatifid with linear segments, rarely 
and only the lowest ones again pinnatifid. Peduncles generally 
terminal, long, slender, the apex drooping while in bud, and 
then bearing two oval sepals, afterwards the flower becomes 
erect, and the sepals are caducous. The flower is small : petals 
red. Stamens about 12. Germen between obovate and turbi- 
nate, with four prominent, longitudinal angles, a conspicuous 
style, and a four-lobed, capitate stigma. The fruit scarcely 
differs in shape from the germen, except in being longer. It 
opens by four valves beneath the persistent style, and between 
the four angles which internally tally with the placente. 
Tas. peexxxi1. Upper right-hand figure, a capsule; nat. 
size. Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Pistil, J. 3. Ripe capsule :—mag- 
nified, 
