82 D. Prain — On a new species of Meconopsls. [No. 2, 



MECONOPSIS ViGUiER. 

 (Flor. Brit. Ind. i. 118.) 



* Scapes radical, one -flowered. 

 f Leaves pinnatisect. 



1. * Meconopsis BELLA Prain; quite glabrous. 



AlpIiSte Himalaya: Western Sikkim and Eastern Nepal; alt. 

 12-14,000 feet ; Dr. King's collectors ! 



Boot stout, fusiform ; neck clothed with sheaths. Leaves many, 

 2-4 in. long, petioled, 2-3-jugately imparipinnatisecfc. Scapes slender, 

 numerous, glabrous. Floivers 2-3 in. diam., pale blue. Petals 4-5. Ovary 

 globose, style short, stigmas 5. Capsule obovoid, |-| in. ; seeds with 

 lax reticulated testa. 



f t Leaves suhentire or entire. 



1. M. siMPLiciPOLiA R.f. ^ T. ; softly hairy. 



2. M. HORRiDDLA H. f. ^ T. ; prickly. 



* * Stems leafy. Flowers racemed or panicled. 



3. M. ACULEATA Bojjle, etc., as in " F. B. J." 



Meconopsis bella perennis ; glaberrima; rliizomafe minlmo digito 

 crasso collo extruso et vaginis folioriim anni antecedentis vestito ; foliis 

 omnibus radicalibus longe petiolatis, glabris ; petioli mai'gine ad basin 

 versus in vaginam membranaccam diiatato; lamina circumscriptione 

 ovato-lanceolata, 2-3-jugim inparipinnatisecta, segmentis 3-partitis 

 lobulis ovato-obtusis ; scapis numerosis gracilioribus, simplicibus 

 1-floris; florihus majusculis coeruleis, sepalis 2, petalis 4-5, staminibus 

 o) (circa 80) ; ovario ovato, placentis 4-5, stylo distincto, stigmata 

 radiatim 4-5-lobo; capsula sabstipitata, obovoidea; seminibus numerosis 

 testa laxa reticulatis et pseudostrophiolatis, embryone basilari parvo. 



In Himalaya orientali : Sikkim, in tractu Jongri apud Pe-kiono-.la 

 circa 12,000 p. s. m., et iu Nyegu ad fines Napalite orientales, 14,000 

 p. s. ra., Kingii mercenar. ! In mense Julio floret. 



Rhizomate 12 cm. longo, hoc I'S cm. crasso, parte subaerio plus 

 quam 2 cm. ; foliorum, iis Corydalis leptocarpce sirailium, petiolo 6- JO cm. 

 longo, lamina 2*5 cm. longa hoc 1-15 cm. lata, lobulis 5 mm. lono-is his 

 3 mm. latis ; scapis 6-10 cm. longis ; sepalis 12 mm. longis, his 8 mm. 

 latis, ovatis ; petalis 30 mm. longis, his 20 mm. latis, ovato-rotundatis • 

 staminibus filamentis filiformibus 6 mm. longis glabris, antheribus 

 (esp. sicco aureis) 25 mm. longis, vix 1 mm. latis, oblongis; ovario 

 5 mm. longo, stylo 3 mm. longo ; capsula matura 15 mm. longa obpy- 

 riforrai in stipite 4 mm. longo attenuata; seminibus J -25 mm. longis 

 3. mm. latis. 



NuUi speciei Meconopsidis adhuc descriptae arete affinis. 



