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D. Pram — Some additional Papaveraceae. 



[No. 3, 



ly simple ; flowers papaveroid, (i.e., petals 4) ; 



(tall tomentose or hirsute plants, radical leaves 



few, cauline many all scattered ; capsules setose) : — 



§ Capsules ovate 8-11-valved, style short much 



thickened at base : — 



% Flowers yellow : — 



Stems and leaves sparsely crinite 



at length glabrescent ; canline 

 leaves pinnatifid, lobes rounded 

 acute ; sepals sparsely crinite 

 capsule with few adpressed setae 4. M. roiusta, 



x x 



Stems, leaves and sepals hispidly 



hairy and densely softly tomen- 

 tose; cauline leaves coarsely 

 dentate ; capsule densely covered 

 with ascending setae and close 

 stellate pubescence ... ... 5. M. paniculata. 



% TT Flowers white (stems, leaves and sepals 

 hispidly hairy and densely softly tomen- 

 tose ; cauline leaves finely toothed) ... 6. M. superha. 

 § § Capsules shortly oylindric 5-7-valved, style 

 long slender throughout : — 

 If Flowers dark fuscous-purple; stems, leaves 

 and sepals sparsely hirsute with long 

 hairs ... ... ... 7. M. napaulensis. 



% % Flowers pale blue-purple ; stems, leaves 



and sepals softly densely puberulous ... 8. M. Wallichii. 

 X X Stems always simple, cymes few-fid. simple ; flowers 

 sangninarioid, (i.e., petals 5-9) ; (purple) : — 

 § Radical leaves few vanishing ; cauline close- 

 set on a short stem (psendo-radical) scapes 

 long : small glabrous or sparsely setose 

 plants with narrowly ovoid glabrous capsules 

 and 2-lobed stigmas ... ... ... 9. M. primulina. 



§ § Radical leaves many persisting, cauline few 

 the lower scattered the upper whorled; pedicels 

 short ; tall softly hairy plants with linear- 

 oblong sparsely hispid capsiiles ... ... 10. M. grandis. 



+ f Stems not leafy scapes numerous radical, (flowers 

 purple, radical leaves many persisting) : — 

 X Leaves simple dentate, scapes long, capsules linear- 

 oblong sparsely hispid ; large softly hairy plants 



with sangninarioid flowers, (i.e., petals 5-8) ... 11. M. simplicifolia. 

 X X Leaves 2-3-piunate ; scapes short, capsules shortly 

 obovate glabrous ; dwarf perfectly glabrous plants 

 with sub-papaveroid flowers, (i.e., petals 4 or 5)... 12. M. bella. 



Species 1-3 constitute the group Aculeatie extending throughout 



