254 FLOKA INDICA. [PapaveracefB. 



Hab. In sylvis Hiraalayee centralis et orientalis temperatcE : Nipal 

 ad Gossainthan, Wallicli! Sikkim, alt. 10-11,000 ped. !— (H. Mai. 

 Jun.) {v. V.) 



Caztlis simplex v. parce ramosus, 3-5-pedalis, basi fere 2 uno. diam. Folia radi- 

 calia petiolata, i-1 i-pedalia, lineari-lanceolata t. oblonga, sinuato-pinnatiflda. Ea- 

 cemi laxiflori, erccti, 1-2-pedales, conspicui ; pcdtcdli distantes, inferiores interdum 

 biflori. Flos 2^-34 unc. diametro, aureus. Sepala pollicaria, pubc stellata et setis 

 brevibus omnino obtecta. Ovarium late oblongum, setis erectis flavis densissime 

 obtectum, stylo 2 lin. longo terminatum. Capsula pedicello elongato erecto sutfolta, 

 una cum stylo If- 2 uuc. louga, setis patentibus, obovato- oblonga v, subclavata, in- 

 clinata, interdum elliptico-oblonga, 8-10-valviSj stylo \ uuc. longo. Stigma globoso- 

 eapitatum, 8-10-lobum. &?)»'«« testa cancellata, ceUulosa. 



This is one of tbe handsomest plants in Sikkim, resembling a young Hollybock in 

 its size and general appearance. Of Wallich's specimens under this namber, the 

 8123 B is much branched, and appears to us to belong to M. Wallicldi: 8123 A is 

 more robust, exactly resembling the Sikkim individuals, which are always simple, 

 with racemose flowers. All these specimens are however very bad, and we are rather 

 at a loss to know which was intended by Don as his P.paniculalum ; the colour of 

 the flower and shape of the fruit in Don's character applying only to 3{. Sepiilemis, 

 whilst his name of paniculatum would refer either to 3T. robusta or to M. Wallichii. 



2. M. ■Wallichii (Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4668); tota setis mollibus 

 scaberulis pubeque substellatim ramosa vestita, caule gracili erecto 

 paniculatim ramoso, foliis oblongo- v. obovato-lancoolatis pinnatifido- 

 lobatis subtus glaucis, floribus breve pediceDatis paniculatis purpureis, 

 capsulis dense setosis B-valvibus. — Wall. Cat. 8133 B. 



Hab. In sylvis Himalayas temperatse centralis et orientalis ad Ni- 

 pal, TT'nllich!; Sikkim, alt. 9-10,000 ped. !— (Fl. June.) (v. v.) 



Herha 6-pedalis, valde ramosa; caulis crassitie pollicis. Folia plerumque pro- 

 funde pinnatifida, lobis brevibus v. elongatis, integris lobatisve, obtusis. Flares secus 

 ramos paniculcE perplurimi, in pcdnncnlos graciles breve pedicellati, nutantes, 1-^ unc. 

 diam. Strpala dense pubesceutia, non setosa. Petala late obovata. Antlierce ob- 

 longEC. Capsula elliptico-oblonga, subcylindrica, cum stylo semipollican gracili la 

 poll, longa. Semina ut in 31. Ncpaleusi. 



A very beautiful plant, conspicuous for its height, much branched stem, and very 

 numerous, pendulous, beautiful pale bUie-purple blossoms. It is closely allied to the 

 31. Nipalensis, but difl'ers in the want of setsc on the sepals, in the smaller blue- 

 purple flowers, in the more cylindrical capsule with only five valves, slender style, 

 branched stem, and many-flowered peduncles, producing a paniculate inflorescence. 

 The root is reputed to be very poisonous by the natives of Sikkim. Wallich's 8123 B 

 appears to be referable to this species. 



4. CATHCARTIA, H.f. 



Sepala 2, imbricata. Petala 4. Slaiiiina indefinita. Ovarium ses- 

 sile, cylindraceam, 4-6-sulcatum ; placentis crassiusoulis. Stigma he- 

 misphcericum, amplum, sessile, 4-6-lobum, radiis laraellffiformiljus pla- 

 centis oppositis. Capsula erecta, stricta, teres, ab apice ad basin com- 

 plete 5-6-valvis, valvis linearibus. Semina scrobiciilata, stropbiolata, 

 cristata. — Herba jt/li': molUhus patentihus fulvis villosa, sitcco Jlavo, caule 

 terete .limpUci v. diviso, foliis radicalibus tonge petiolalis cordaiis rolun- 

 datis lobatis, caulinis .mperioribua sessilibus, pedunculis ierminalibus ax- 

 illariliitsqne, floribus uinpli.fi rermiia aurcis. 



