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Praia . — A Review of the genera 
Folia plurima caespitosa radicalia et subbasalia pauca tamen sparse caulina, ea 
trientis caulis imi basalibus conformia sed minora, trientis medii parva bracteiformia 
sed 5 -6 summis floriferis exceptis vacua ; radicalia et subbasalia 10-12 cm. longa, 
spathulata obtusa vel subacuta, margine integra vel remote irregulariterque sub- 
sinuata, lamina 1-25-1-75 cm. lata in petiolum 3-4 cm. longum basi plus minusve 
vaginatum attenuata, supra pallide viridia subtus glaucescentia utrinque sed praesertim 
subtus petioloque hirsuta ; caulina inferiora 4-6 cm. longa, lamina -75 cm. lata, 
petiolo -75-1-5 cm. longo, superiora bracteiformia irregulariter lobata 1-5 cm. long, 
• 5 cm. lata, sessilia. Caulis ad 40 cm. usque altus, simplex, scapiformis, basi 
minimo digito crasso cylindricus, sursum praesertim triente summo dense florifero 
plus minusve sulcatus, prorsus hirsutus. Flores numerosi versus apicem caulis 
subspicatim aggregati, inferiores tantum bracteati ; pedicellis obliquis hirsutis -5 cm. 
longis vel brevioribus nonnunquam obsoletis. Sepala nondum obvia. Petala 4 
(an semper?), pallide punicea, oblongo-ovata ad 4 cm. usque longa, 2-5 cm. lata, 
extus sparse hirsuta intus glabra. Stamina 00, 2-3-seriata, filamentis glabris 
gracilibus discretis. Ovarium e carpellis 8 compositum, dense setosum ovoideum 
disco glabro puniceo-purpurascente margine 8-sinuato et obtuse 8-angulato sub- 
plicatim explanato et plane • astigmatico coronatum ; stylus centralis perbrevis ; 
stigma ovatum integrum lobis contiguis ; placentae valde intrusae ; ovula plurima. 
Capsula ovoidea plus minusve angulata, 1-35 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, sub margine 
disci poris 8 dehiscens. Semina plurima, vix matura, ovoidea 2 mm. longa, 
•75 mm. lata, testa reticulata. — Tibet: In valle fl. Kyi-chu, 11,500 p.s.m,, a Lhasa 
prope ; in mense Septembri florens, Walton ! 
Closely allied to the next species, from which it differs only in the shorter 
pedicels, the much shorter style, the ovate instead of rather narrowly clavate stigma, 
and the entire in place of toothed disk-margin. 
20 . Meconopsis discigera, Pram. Folia radicalia margine versus 
apicem parce grosseque dentata ; flores distincte pedicellati, pedicellis 
capsulam aequantibus ; ovarii discus sinuatus et acute angulatus lobis 
denticulatis ; stylus distinctus stigma clavatum aequans (PI. XXIV, 
Fig. 12). 
Himalaya ORIENTALIS. Sikkim occidentals ; in pratis alpinis, il- 
ls, 000 p. s. m. 
Hirsuta pilis patentibus aureo-fuscis barbellatis induta. Rhizoma an perennans ? 
vaginis foliorum anni praecedentis obsitum. Folia perplurima caespitosa radicalia, 
10-15 cm - longa, spathulata subacuta, margine versus apicem pauce grosse dentata 
vel sublobata, lamina 1-75-2 cm. lata in petiolum 6-8 cm. longum basi plus minusve 
vaginatum attenuata, supra viridia subtus glaucescentia utrinque petioloque hirsuta ; 
bracteae foliaceae lanceolatae ad 4-5 cm. usque longae, -5 cm. latae. Caulis ad 
30 cm. usque altus, simplex, scapiformis, basi -5 cm. crassus cylindricus sursum 
praesertim dimidio superiore densius florifero plus minusve sulcatus, prorsus hirsutus. 
Flores racemosi ; pedicellis hirsutis 2 cm. longis. Sepala ignota. Petala ignota. 
Stamina 00, pluri-seriata, filamentis glabris gracilibus discretis. Ovarium e carpellis 
6-8 compositum, dense hirsutum, disco glabro margine acute angulato, denticulato, 
