369 
Meconopsis and Cathcartia. 
vcl coerulei ; capsula ovata vel anguste cylindracea ; stylus distinctus ; 
stigma cl a vatu m lobis decurrentibus contiguis. Cumminsia . King MSS. 
(gen.) in Herb. Calcutta et in Herb. Kew. 
2 . Cathcartia betonicifolia, Prain. Folia glabrescentia, radicalia 
numerosa, ovato-oblonga obtusa inciso-crenata ; flores maiusculi purpura- 
scentes in cymas racemiformes paucifloras caulem terminantes dispositi, 
pedicellis axillaribus ; stamina 64 ; capsula (haud matura) oblongo-ovata in 
stylum distinctum sensim attenuata ; stigma clavatum. Meconopsis betoni- 
cifolia, Franch., PI. Delavay., 42, t. 12 (1889). 
China occidentalis. Yunnan ; in pratis alpinis, 10-12,000 p. s. m. 
Habit of Cathcartia villosa but almost glabrous, with rather fewer radical leaves, 
and purplish flowers. The ripe capsule is not yet known. 
3 . Cathcartia polygonoides, Prain. Folia glabrescentia radicalia per- 
pauca ovato-oblonga obtusa minopere inciso-crenata ; flores parvuli pur- 
purascentes vel albo-coerulescentes saepissime singuli caulem terminantes ; 
stamina 16 ; capsula (haud matura) ovata in stylum distinctum sensim 
attenuata; stigma clavatum. Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixiv. 2. 326 
(1895); Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta, ix. 1. 6 , t. 8 (1901). 
Himalaya orientalis. Chumbi; in pratis alpinis, 10-12,000 p. s. m. 
Exceedingly like C. betonicifolia , of which it might almost be considered a reduced 
form. It differs from that species in having narrower acute petals, fewer stamens, and 
hardly any radical leaves. 
4 . Cathcartia Ivrata, Cumm. & Prain. Folia glabrescentia radicalia 
pauca varie hastata integra vel lobata lyrato-pinnatiflda ; flores parvuli 
purpurascentes vel coerulei, in cymas racemiformes "paucifloras caulem 
terminantes dispositi vel singuli caulem terminantes ; stamina 16 ; capsula 
anguste cylindracea in stylum distinctum sensim attenuata; stigma clavatum; 
semina laevia raphe ecristata. Cumm. & Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 
Ixiv. 2. 325 (1895) ; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta, ix. 1. 5, t. 7 (1901). 
Himalaya orientalis. Sikkim ; in pratis alpinis, 11-14,000 p.s. m. 
Differs from Cathcartia villosa in its smaller size, different foliage with fewer 
radical leaves, smaller blue-purplish flowers with narrower petals erose at the apex, 
fewer stamens, distinct style, narrow stigma, and uncrested seeds. 
Species excludendae. 
CATPICARTIA Delavayi, Franch., Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr , xxxiii. 390 (1886). 
— Meconopsis Delavayi, Franch. ex Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 
Ixiv. 2. 31 1 (j 895). 
