Meeonopm.] viii. papaverace*. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 119 



setose, capsule obovate-oblong 8-10-valved. Wall. Cat. 8123 A ; E.f. & T. 

 Fl. Ind. 253 ; S'. /. III. Him. Fl. t. 9. Papaver paniculatum, Bon Prodr. 197. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 10-12,000 ft.; Nipal, Wallich, Siktim, H.f. 



Stem 3-6 ft., stout, erect, nearly simple ; young parts clothed with soft golden villous 

 haired Leaves 10-16 in., oblong or lanceolate, softly pubescent when young. Fhwers 

 2-34 ^"' <iiam., in elongated nearly simple racemes. Sepals densely tomentose and 

 bristly. Capsule l^-g in., clothed with appressed hairs and stellate down ; style Jin. 



6. Tit. Wallicbli, Hook. JBoi. Mag. t. 4668 ; slender, stellately pubescent 

 and softly hairy, leaves pinnatifid, flowers much, panicled purple, sepals not 

 setose, capsule elliptic-oblong 5-valved. Wall. Vat. 8123 £ ; H.f. & T. 

 Fl. Ind. 254. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 9-10,000 ft. ; in Nipal, Wallich, and Sikkim, ff.f. 



Stem 4-6 ft., branched. Leaves 8-12 in., oblong or obovate-lanoeolate, glaucous 

 beneath; long-petioled. Flowers 14-2 in. diam., many;' pedicels short. Sepals densely 

 pubescent. Capstde 1 in., elliptic-oblong, 5-valved, densely bristly. — There is much 

 confiision in the Wa.llichian Herbarium amongst the specimens of the three last species 

 (which are included in his numbers 8123, 8124 and 8125), and which we suspect may 

 be reduced to two ; and we are further not sure to which Don's Papaver paniculatum 

 belongs. 



3. CATKCAXITXA, Hook. f. 



A perennial softly hairy herb; juice yellow. Leaves long-petioled, cor- 

 date, lobed. i?'fo«»6rs racemed, golden-yellow. Sepals 2. Petals i. Ovary ■ 

 1-celled ; stigma sessile, 4-6-lobed ; ovules many, on 4-6 parietal placentas. 

 Capside cylindric, dehiscing throughout its length by valves between the 

 placentas which remain attached to the persistent stigma. Seeds stro- 

 phiolate. 



1. C. villosa, Hookf. in Bot. Mag. t. 4596; H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 254. 



Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 10-12,000 ft., H. f. 



Stem 10-18 in., sparingly branched. Leaves 1-3 iu. diam., long-petioled; 3-5-lobed, 

 lobes variously cut; cauline shorter petioled aud less divided, uppermost sessile. 

 Flowers few, 2-3 in. diam., in few-flowered racemes ; pedicels slender, curved. Cap- 

 sules 2-3 in., slender, erect, valves membranous.' 



4. STYXiOFBORUlW, NuttaL 



Perennial herbs ; juice yeUow. Leaves pinnatifid. Flowers yellow or red. 

 Sepals 2. Petals 4. Ovary 1-celled; style erect, stigmas, 2-4, ascending, 

 papillose on the inner surface; ovules many, on 2-4 parietal placentas. 

 Capsule ovoid-oblong or linear, dehiscing by 2-4 valves between the pla- 

 centas which remain attached to_ the persistent stigmas.— Distkib. Species , 

 4-5, "temperate European and Asiatic. 



1. S. lactucoides, Penth. & Hooh.f. Gen. PI. 53 ; laxly hairy, leaves 

 runcinate pinnatifid, flowers yeUow. Dicranostigma lactucoides, H.f. & T. 

 Fl. Ind. 265. 



Inner ranges of the G-abwhal Himalaya, alt. 11,000 ft., Stracli. & Winterb. 



MootstocJe stout, woody. Stem 6-10 in. Leaves nnmerous, 3-5 in,, glaucous beneath, 

 segments broad ovate, hairy on both surfaces; petiole winged; caulme fiesaile. i>cape$ 

 3-4 slender Flowers few, 2 in. diam., pedicels slender. Sepals pilose, tips horned. 



