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Prain. — A Review of the genera 
China austro-OCCIDENTALIS. In Yunnan et Szechuen, in pratis 
alpinis, 13-15,000 p. s. m. 
Aculeata, spinis patentibus pallide stramineis sparse obsita. Rhizoma fusiforme. 
Folia radicalia pauca cito marcescentia caulina oblongo-lanceolata subacuta vel 
obtusa sensim in petiolum distinctum attenuata, laminis 8-10 cm. longis, 2-3 cm. 
latis, margine subintegris vel serratis utrinque viridibus sed subtus pallidiore, utrinque 
aculeatis, petiolis basi subvaginatis imis 3-5 cm. longis, summis obsoletis. Caulis ad 
40 cm. usque altus, simplex, triente summo excepto foliosus, prope basin -5-1 cm. 
crassus cylindricus, triente imo excepto laxe floriferus, prorsus sparse aculeatus. Flores 
cymosi, pedicellis aculeatis 2-5 cm. longis. Sepala oblongo-ovata extus densius 
aculeata. Petala 5-8, obovata oblongave, 3 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata, pallide coerulea, 
glabra. Stamina 00, pluriseriata, filamentis gracillimis discretis glabris. Ovarium e 
carpellis 4 compositum, densius aculeatum ; stylus pyramidalis glaber 4 mm. longus ; 
stigma oblongum 4-sulcatum ; placentae intrusae ; ovula plurima. Capsula ovata 
6 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, aculeata in toro explanato incrassato 5 mm. lato insidens. — 
Yunnan ; Likiang, 13,000 p. s. m., Delavay 1 Szechuen ; Tachienlu, 13-15,000 p. s. m., 
Pratt , 525 ! Sou lie, 635 1 Wilson, 3162 ! 
Representative in Yunnan and Szechuen of the Tibetan M. horridula. Differs 
from M. aculeata and M. sinuata in the subentire leaves and the enlarged torus ; from 
M. horridula in having a smaller capsule and having the pedicels in the lower 
two-thirds of the racemose cyme bracteate. Not yet known in cultivation. Probably 
monocarpic. 
7 . Meconopsis horridula, Hook. f. & Thoms. Folia densius aculeata 
lanceolata margine integra ; fibres in scapis rigidis dense aculeatis radica- 
libus discretis vel interdum basi coalitis singuli ; petala saepius 5-8, non- 
nunquam 4 ; capsula ovata stylo duplo longior ; torus late explanatus. 
Hook. f. & Thoms., FI. Ind., 253 (1855) ; Walp., Ann., iv. 171 (1857) ; 
Hook. f. & Thoms., FI. Brit. Ind., i. 118 (1873); HemsL, Journ. Linn. 
Soc., xxx. 108, 134 (1894) ; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., lxiv. 3. 313 
(1895) ; HemsL, Journ. Linn. Soc., xxxv. 164 (1902) ; Flora and Sylva, iii. 
83 (19 ° 5 )' 
Tibet australis. In saxosis, supra 14,000 p. s. m. Himalaya 
ORIENTALIS. In Sikkim et Chumbi ; in saxosis alpinis, supra 14,000 
p. s. m. 
Apparently a reduced state of the form next to be described. Not so far met 
with in European gardens. Apparently monocarpic. 
Var. racemosa, Prain. Folia aculeata lanceolata margine integra vel 
subintegra ; fibres in cymas racemiformes dispositi pedicellis omnibus 
ebracteis vel raro pedicello imo tantum bracteato; petala 5-8 ; capsula 
ovata stylo duplo longior; torus distincte explanatus. Prain, Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng., lxiv. 3. 313 (1895). M. racemosa , Maxim., Bull. Acad. Petersb., 
xxiii. 310 (1876); Mel. Biol, ix. 713 (1876); Forbes & HemsL, Journ. 
