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Meconopsis and Cathcartia . 
explanato, plane astigmatico coronatum ; stylus centralis glaber -5 cm. longus ; 
stigma clavatum, plus minusve 2-lobum, • 6 cm. longum; placentae intrusae ; ovula 
plurima. Capsula oblonga 6-8-angula 1*75-2 cm. longa, -8 cm. lata sub disci 
margine poris 6-8 dehiscens. Semina plurima, ovoidea, 2 mm. longa, -75 mm. 
lata, testa reticulata.— Sikkim : Gucha-la, 11-12,000 p. s. m., in mense Septembri 
fructifera, Cave ! 
Nearly allied to the preceding species, from which it differs in the points already 
noted. Seedlings of this species have been raised at Kew and at Edinburgh ; its 
establishment in European gardens is therefore to be hoped for. 
The Torquatae form a natural and striking group. Their habit recalls that of the 
Aculeatae of the section Eumeconopsis , with however more numerous and more closely 
set flowers, so that, especially in M. torquata , the cymes are spicate rather than 
racemose. As compared with the other groups of the section Polychaetia , in which 
the hairs are of the same character (see PI. XXV, Fig. 3), the Torquatae agree with 
the Grandes as regards foliage, with the Robusiae in having numerous flowers. In 
the Robusiae , however, the stems are tall and stately, are leafy throughout, and 
bear their flowers in loose racemose or paniculate, not in congested or subspicate 
cymes. As in the case of the group Bellae , the very stout rhizomes and the plentiful 
remains of old leaves suggest the possibility that the Torquatae may be perennials ; 
there is, however, as yet no direct proof that they are other than monocarpic, and 
it may be that the explanation is merely that the species of this group do not flower 
till several years from seed have elapsed. 
T 8. Robusiae, Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., lxiv. 2. 315 (1895). Caules 
magnopere evoluti elati plerumque copiose ramosi ; folia grosse dentata 
vel varie lobata caulina numerosa sparsa ; flores numerosi in cymas laxas 
racemiformes paniculatasve dispositi, petalis 4 ; styli distincti ; stigmata 
clavata lobis decurrentibus contiguis ; capsula nunc appresse nunc patenter 
setosa in stylum sensim attenuata. — Herbae monocarpicae. 
21 . Meconopsis superba, King. Folia radicalia sinuato-lobata caulina 
grosse dentata laxe pilis barbellatis simulac dense indumento stellato 
induta ; sepala laxe strigosa et dense stellato-tomentosa ; flores albi in 
cymas racemiformes dispositi ; capsula valvis 8-1 1 appresse setosa et dense 
stellato-tomentosa ; stylus brevis basi manifeste incrassatus. King ex 
Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng.. lxiv. 2. 317 (1895) ; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. 
Calcutta, ix. 1. 4, t. 5 (1901). M. nepalensis , Flora and Sylva, iii. 84 (1905) 
partim et quoad exempla albiflora prolata. 
Himalaya orientalis. Bhutan ; in pratis alpinis, 10-11,000 p. s. m. 
Very nearly related to M . paniculata and apparently only a representative of 
that species in a locality somewhat further to the east. The habit and foliage 
are exactly as in M. paniculata , but the stems appear to be taller and stouter even 
than in that species, and the flowers, which are larger, are white. Whether this 
has been introduced to European gardens is not clear; it is reported (Flora and 
Sylva, iii. 84) that a Meconopsis bearing large bell-shaped flowers of an ivory-white 
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