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Prain. — A Review of the genera 
down as this, 11,000-13,000 feet being the usual range. Three of the 
species go as high as 16,000 feet, one of these, M. horridula , goes beyond 
17,500 feet. 
While, however, Meconopsis is essentially an alpine genus, it differs 
from many alpine genera in not being at the same time an Arctic one. It 
is not only confined to the northern hemisphere, but is restricted to 
a curiously narrow belt in that hemisphere. Of the twenty-seven species 
no fewer than twenty-two are confined to the zone between 25 0 and 30° 
Altitudinal and Latitudinal Distribution of the 
Species of Meconopsis. 
Species. 
Altitude in 
feet above sea 
-level. 
Latitude north of the 
Equator. 
0 - 2,500 
0 
0 
q 
in 
O 
O 
in 
A 
0 
0 
m 
tC 
O 
O 
O^ 
>n 
0 
0 
0 ^ 
o' 
0 
0 
»n 
rC 
0 
0 
>n 
1 
O 
O 
q 
0 
0 
0 
0 ^ 
«n 
1 
O 
O 
in 
0 
0 
>n 
it. 
0 
0 
0 ^ 
in 
Over 17,500 
O 
0 
CO 
1 
0 
LQ 
C* 
0 
CO 
O* 
O 
cO 
°o 
0 ? 
CO 
O 
y 
0 
O 
°o 
in 
1 
0 
«n 
0 
m 
in 
°o 
m 
Meconopsis cambrica 
X 
X 
X 
X 
99 
heterophylla 
X 
99 
crassifolia . 
X 
99 
aculeata . 
— 
— 
_ 
— 
X 
X 
— 
— 
— 
X 
— 
— 
— 
— 
99 
sinuata . 
X 
X 
_ 
— 
X 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
rudis . 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
X 
— 
— 
X 
_ 
— 
_ 
— 
99 
horridula . 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
— 
_ 
— 
99 
lancifolia . 
— 
— 
— 
- 
X 
X 
- 
- 
X 
- 
- 
- 
— 
- 
99 
Henrici . . 
— 
— 
— 
— 
X 
X 
— 
— 
X 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
99 
prwiulina . 
— 
— 
— 
— 
X 
X 
— 
— 
X 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
99 
Delavayi . 
- 
- 
— 
- 
x 
X 
— 
- 
X 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
99 
bella . . . 
— 
— 
— 
— 
X 
X 
— 
— 
X 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
99 
integrifolia . 
X 
X 
— 
X 
X 
X 
— 
— 
— 
99 
pseudointegrifolia 
X 
99 
grandis . . 
99 
simplicifolia 
— 
— 
— 
— 
X 
X 
X 
— 
X 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
99 
quintuplinervia . 
— 
— 
— 
X 
X 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
X 
— 
— 
— 
99 
punicea . 
X 
X 
— 
— 
— 
— 
99 
torquata 
99 
discigera 
99 
superba . . 
— 
— 
— 
— 
X 
— 
— 
— 
X 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
99 
panicidata . 
99 
robusta . 
— 
— 
— 
X 
X 
— 
— 
— 
X 
X 
— 
— 
— 
— 
99 
napaulensis 
99 
Wallichii . 
99 
chelidonifolia 
— 
— 
— 
— 
X 
X 
— 
- 
X 
— 
— 
- 
- 
- 
99 
Oliveriana . 
— 
— 
— 
X 
X 
— 
— 
— 
X 
X 
— 
— 
— 
— 
3 
O 
O 
3 
20 
13 
3 
• 
22 
6 
5 
I 
I 
I 
lat. N. ; only six are found between 30° and 35 0 lat. N. ; and of the Asiatic 
species only three extend into the zone between 35 0 and 40° lat. N. Of 
these only two, M. horridula and M. integrifolia } appear to occur in all 
three zones. 
