1895.] 
D. Prain — Some additional Papaveraceoe. 
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a very intermediate state in Kashmir. it is doubtful if its separation even as a 
variety is altogether valid. It is however very easy, even in the Herbarium, to 
distinguish this plant from cultivated forms of P. Rhceas proper introduced from 
Europe which grow with a luxuriance that equals that of var. latifolia itself. The 
form seems to have originated in Indian gardens and is supposed to have only 
recently been introduced to European culture. This is however not quite exact, 
for the Poppy now known as the Shirley Poppy, which seems to be undoubtedly 
the Indian P. Rliceas var. latifolia, has been in continuous cultivation in Scotland 
for over half a century. 
Occasional references in Indian writings to the presence of P. Rhceas must be 
discounted. In the majority of cases P. dubium, not infrequently P. turbinatum, 
is the species intended; the idea having become prevalent that the plant which is 
really P. Decaisnei is P. dubium, not unnaturally the casual observer supposes that 
what is really P. dubium must be P. Rhceas * 
5. (4.) Papaver dubium Linn. Sp. PI. ed. i., ii. 1296 (1753.). 
Var. glabrum Koch , Syn. 30 (1837). P. dubium var. laevigatum 
Kllcan , Monogr. Papav. 25 (J839); PL. /. & T. Flor. Ind. 250 ( 1855) ; 
Walp. Ann. iv. 176 (1857j. P. laevigatum M. Bieh. Flor. Taur. Gauc. 
iii. Suppl. 364 (1819); DC. Syst. Veg. ii. 78 (1821); Prodr. i. 119 
(1824) ; Spreng. Syst. ii. 569 (1825) ; Reichh. PI. Grit. iv. 41. t. 533 
(1826) ; G. A. Mey. Verzeichn. PJl. Gauc. 175 (1831) ; Boiss. Flor. Orient. 
i. 114 (1867). P. glabellum Stev. ex LG. Syst. Veg. ii. 78 (1821). 
P. glabrum Royle. III. 67 (1839). 
All the Indian specimens of P. dubium are referable to this variety which is 
distinguishable from the type only by being subglabrous with the few setae on the 
scape, the lower surface of the leaves and the sepals, adpressed. In South-Eastern 
Europe intermediate forms connecting this with true P. dubium are plentiful; no 
such connecting forms and no examples of true P. dubium occur in India. The 
geographical area of this variety extends from Southern Russia, the Caucasus and 
Georgia through Eastern Asia Minor, Armenia and Persia to Northern Beluchistan, 
Afganistan and the North-West Himalaya as far eastward as Garliwal. The figure 
by Reichenbach quoted above (PI. Crit. 533 ) is made from Bieberstein’s original 
examples collected near Odessa ; that figured under the same name by the same 
author in Flor. German, t 4478 b. is not this plant. 
6. (—.) Papaver turbinatum LG. Syst. Veg. ii. 84 (1821) ; leaves 
1-2-pinnatisect, filaments filiform, capsule elliptic-oblong glabrous, 
stigma 6-10-rayed crenations of disc deeply cut, widely separated and 
ridged. LG. Prodr. i. 120 (1824); Boiss. Flor. Orient, i. 144 (1867). 
P. macrostomum Boiss. 8f Haet. in Sched. PI. Huet. (1855); Boiss., 
* In a circular regarding sheets missing from the Wallichian type Herbarium 
which is preserved in the rooms of the Linnean Society of London n. 8119 is 
noted as being there unrepresented. This is a mistake ; the specimen is present 
and in good condition; it has been overlooked owing to its having been inadvertent¬ 
ly glued down along with n. 8120. 
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