1895.] D. Prain — Some additional Papaveraceaa. 307 



a very intermediate state in Kashmir it is doubtful if its separation even as a 

 variety is altogether valid. It is however very easy, even in the Herbarium, to 

 distinguish this plant from cultivated forms of P. Bhceas proper introduced from 

 Europe which grow with a luxuriance that equals that of var. latifolia itself. The 

 form seems to have originated in Indian gardens and is supposed to have only 

 recently been introduced to European culture. This is however not quite exact, 

 for the Poppy now known as the Shirley Poppy, which seems to be undoubtedly 

 the Indian P. Rhoeas VAR. latifolia, has been in continuous cultivation in Scotland 

 for over half a century. 



Occasional references in Indian writings to the presence of P. Bhceas must be 

 discounted. In the majority of cases P. dubium, not infrequently P. turbinatum, 

 is the species intended; the idea having become prevalent that the plant which is 

 really P. Decaisnei is P. dubium, not unnaturally the casual observer supposes that 

 what is really P. dubium must be P. Bhceas.* 



5. (4.) Papaver dubium Linn. Sp. PI. ed. i., ii. 1196 (1753.). 



Var. glabrum Koch, Syn. 30 (1837). P. dubium var. lsevigatum 

 Ulkan, Monogr. Papav. 25 (J 839); H. f. & T. Flor. Lid. 250 (1855); 

 Walp. Ann. iv. 176 (1857;. P. lawigatum M. Bieb. Flor. Taur. Gauc. 

 iii. Snppl. 364 (1819); DO. Syst. Veg. ii. 78 (1821); Prodr. i. 119 

 (1824) ; Spreng. Syst. ii. 569 (1825) ; Reichb. PI. Grit. iv. 41. t. 533 

 (1826) ; G. A. Key. Verzeichn. Pfl. Oauc. 175 (1831) ; Boiss. Flor. Orient. 

 i. 114 (1867). P. glabellum Stev. ex DC. Syst, Veg. ii. 78 (1821). 

 P. glabrum Boyle. III. 67 (1839). 



All the Indian specimens of P. dubium are referable to this variety which is 

 distinguishable from the type only by being subglabrous with the few setaa on the 

 scape, the lower surface of the leaves and the sepals, adpressed. In South-Eastern 

 Europe intermediate forms connecting this with true P. dubium are plentiful ; no 

 such connecting forms and no examples of true P. dubium occur in India. The 

 geographical area of this variety exteuds from Southern Russia, the Caucasus and 

 Georgia through Eastern Asia Minor, Armenia and Persia to Northern Beluchistan, 

 Afganistan and the North-West Himalaya as far eastward as Garhwal. The figure 

 by Reichenbach quoted above (PI. Grit. 533) is made from Bieberstein's original 

 examples collected near Odessa ; that figured under the same name by the same 

 author in Flor. German, t 4478 b. is not this plant. 



6. ( — .) Papaver turbinatdm DG. Syst. Veg. ii. 84 (1821) ; leaves 

 1-2-pinnatisect, filaments filiform, capsule elliptic-oblong glabrous, 

 stigma 6-10-rayed crenations of disc deeply cut, widely separated and 

 ridged. DG. Prodr. i. 120 (1824); Boiss. Flor. Orient, i. 144 (1867). 

 P. macrostomum Boiss. 8f Huet. in Sched. PI. Huet. (1855); Boiss., 



* In a circular regarding sheets missing from the Wallichian type Herbarium 

 which is preserved in the rooms of the Linnean Society of London n. 8119 is 

 noted as being there unrepresented. This is a mistake ; the specimen is present 

 and in good condition; it has been overlooked owing to its having been inadvertent- 

 ly glued down along with n. 8120. 



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