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1. C. villosa (H.f. iu Bot. Mag. t. 4696). 

 Hab. In Himalaya orientali temperata, alt. 10-13,000 ped.!— (Jl. 

 Jul.) (v. V.) 



Herba spithamsea vel pedalis, perennis. Folia radicalia plm-ima, rotundata, 3-5- 

 lobajobis creaato-lobulatis, basi profundc cordata, 1-3 poll, lata, petiolo 3-5-pol- 

 licari; cauKna media brevius pedieellata, suprema oblongo-pinnatifldo-lobulata. 

 Mores in racemum laxum pauciflorum caulem termiQantem disposita, 2-3 poll, lata, 

 pedicellis curvis, alabastris cermiis. Fetala rhombeo- v. obovato-rotundata. Sta- 

 mina aurantiaca. Capsula 2-3 nnc. longa, cylindrica, gracilis, erecta, valvis mem- 

 branaceis. 



This beautiful plant was named in honour of the late J. F. W. Cathcart, judge in 

 the Bengal Civil Service, who devoted several years to forming, by means of native 

 artists, a most important collection of illustrations of Sikkim plants, which are now 

 deposited in the Museum of the Royal Gardens of Kew. 



5. DICRANOSTIGMA, H.f. et T. 



_ Sepala 2, imbricata. Fetala 4. Stamina indefinita. Ovarium sti- 

 pitatum, lagenseforme ; stylo brevi; stigmate furcato, cruribus ereotis 

 placentis 3 oppositis. — Herba perennans, glaiica, sparse subglanduloso- 

 pilosa, foliis radicalibus perplurimis simtato- v. lobato-pinnatijidis, scapis 

 cauUbusve gracilibua supra medium paucifoliatis v. bracteolatis %-Z-floris, 

 floribus atireis. 



This remarkably distinct genus has only been found by Strachey and Winterbottom. 

 It differs from Chelidonimn (its nearest ally) in the shape of the ovary and form of 

 stigma, which presents two erect arms, alternating with the placentas, each being 

 simple, and consisting of the confluent arms of contiguous stigmata. The habit is 

 very peculiar, and much resembles a lactucoid plant, and the Sfj/lophormn diphyllum 

 of North America, which has similar small weak soft hairs. 



1. D. lactucoides (H.f. et T.) — Meconopsis, Herb. Sir. et Wint. 

 3! 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata ad Eogila in Garhwal, alt. 11,000 

 ped., Str. et Wint.!~(Jl. sestate.) (v. s.) 



Herba spithamaia et ultra, tota plus minus pilis laxis compressis sub lente articu- 

 lalis subpaleaceis conspersa. Folia omnia radicalia, cum petiolo dilatato 4 uuc. longa, 

 lineari-ol)longa, f-1 unc. lata, lobis pinnisve sub-5-jugis late ovatis, grosse et irregu- 

 lariter dentatis, dentibus acutis, subtus glaucis, supcrne albo-variegatis. Scapi 3-4, 

 foliis duplo longiores, graciles, ascendentes, longe nudi, supra medium foliis 1-2-uncia- 

 libus sessilibus pinnatifidis oppositis alternisve bracteati. Alahastri ovoidei, abrupte 

 acumiuati, erecti ? Flores gracile pedicellati. Sepala patentim laxe pilosa, i unc. 

 longa, marginibus imbricatis late membranaceis, apice in acumen v. cornu jiroducta. 

 Fetala l-poUicaria, late obovata. Aniherce lineari-oblongfe. Ovarium breviter sti- 

 pitatum, i unc. longum, pilis mollibus bispidulo-pubeseens ; stylo \ lin. longo ; stig- 

 mata incrassata, cruribus late snbulatis intus marginibusque puberuUs. 



We have fewer specimens of this plant than are desirable for drawing a complete 

 specific character ; the genus is, however, a most distinct one, and cannot be con- 

 founded with any othei'. 



6. GLAUCIUM, Tom-n. 

 Sepala 2. Fetala 4. Stamina indefinita. Ovarium lineare; slig- 



