308 
D. Prain — Some additional Papaveraceoe. [No. 3, 
Flor. Orient, i. 115 (1867). P. Rhceas Wall. Cat. n. 8120 (1830) nec 
Linn. P. Rhoeas ? H. f. 8r T. Ftor. Ind. 251 (1855). 
Kashmir: common, Falconer! Thomson! Aitchison! at Romoo, 
6000 feet, Clarke n. 28543! at Srinagar, 5300 feet, G. Gammie ! culti¬ 
vated or an escape. Bengal: cultivated, Hamilton! Distrib. Yarkand, 
Afghanistan, Persia and Armenia. 
Annual, branched, 1—2 ft., scapes with adpressed hairs; leaves, habit and 
general appearance of P. dubium var. glabrum (P. leeiigatum M. Bieb.) and of 
P. Rhceas var commutatum (P. commutatum Fisch. and Mey.) but easily distin¬ 
guished from all forms of P. Rhceas by the shape of its capsule which is like that 
of P. dubium, and from all forms of P. dubium by its deeply lobed, star-like 
disc with ridged crenatures. Petals purple with a dark basal eye; capsule fin. 
—1 in. long. 
The presence of this species in India has been overlooked owing to its having 
been mistaken when in flower for P. Rhceas and when in fruit for P. dubium. Of 
its specific position there is not however any doubt : the Indian plant is exactly that 
which forms the type of P. macrostomum Boiss. and Huet. Since the publication 
of the Flora Orientalis however very large suites of specimens of P. macrostomum 
have been reported. These show that, like its allies P. dubium and P. Rhceas , 
this is an extremely variable plant and a careful study of all the specimens in M. 
Boissier’s own Herbarium, in Herb. Kew and in Herb. Paris has convinced the 
writer that P. macrostomum is not specifically distinct from P. turbinatum, the solitary 
specimen of which has the same capsule and disc and only differs in foliage and in 
stature from the original specimens of P. macrostomum. Since the latter species was 
proposed all the necessary intermediates have been reported again and again. 
8. (—.) Papaver Decaisnei Hochst. Sf Steud. in Schimp. PI. Arab, 
exs. n. 125 (April 1836) ; leaves pinnatipartite, segments lanceolate- 
dentate, cauline ronnded at base and amplexicaul; capsule ovate-ob¬ 
long glabrous, stigma 5-7-rayed. Boiss. Flor. Orient, i. 115 (1867). 
P. turbinatum Fresen. Mus. Senkenb. 173 (1834) non DO. Papaver 
sp. nov. Decaisne , FI. Sinai. 45 (1835). P. dubium var. Decaisnei 
Flkan, Monogr. Papav. 26 ^1839). P. dubium var. leevigatum H. f. T. 
Flor. Ind. 250 (1855) in part; Aitchison. Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 32 
(18S1) in part, non Flkan. 
Panjab : Rawal Pindi, Aitchison n. 44 ! Trans.-Indus dist., Stewart ! 
Scinde : Stocks! Distrib. Beluchistan, Afghanistan, Persia, Arabia, 
S. Syria. 
A glaucescent glabrous annual or rarely a biennial 6-12 in. high, with very short 
stems and long peduncles; flowers 1 in. diam., sepals glabrous, petals obovate rose 
purple with dark eye; anthers shortly oblong. 
The Eastern limit of the geographical area of this species lies just inside the 
frontier of the Indian Empire along its whole north-west border. The species has 
been associated by Elkan and by most Indian botanists with P. dubium var. laeviga~ 
turn, and the resemblance is indeed often very great. It is however easily distin¬ 
guished by its perfectly glabrous glaucous appearauce and by its stein-leaves which 
