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D. Prain —Some additional Papaveraceao, 
[No. 3, 
ly simple ; flowers papaveroid, ( i.e., petals 4) ; 
(tall tomentose or hirsute plants, radical leaves 
few, cauline many all scattered; capsules setose):— 
§ Capsules ovate 8-11-valved, style short much 
thickened at base :— 
Flowers yellow :— 
Stems and leaves sparsely crinite 
at length glabrescent; cauline 
leaves pinnatifid, lobes rounded 
acute; sepals sparsely crinite 
capsule with few adpressed setae 4. M. robusta. 
Stems, leaves and sepals hispidly 
hairy and densely softly tomen¬ 
tose; cauline leaves coarsely 
dentate ; capsule densely covered 
with ascending setae and close 
stellate pubescence ... ... 5 .31. paniculata, 
IT IF Flowers white (stems, leaves and sepals 
hispidly hairy and densely softly tomen¬ 
tose ; cauline leaves finely toothed) ... 6. M. superba. 
§ § Capsules shortly cylindrio 5-7-valved, style 
long slender throughout:— 
Flowers dark fuscous-purple; stems, leaves 
and sepals sparsely hirsute with long 
hairs 
IT IT Flowers pale blue-purple ; stems, leaves 
and sepals softly densely pubernlous ... 
X X Stems always simple, cymes few-fld. simple; flowers 
sanguinarioid, [i.e., petals 5—9) ; (purple) :— 
§ Radical leaves few vanishing ; cauline close- 
set on a short stem (pseudo-radical) scapes 
long: small glabrous or sparsely setose 
plants with narrowly ovoid glabrous capsules 
and 2-lobed stigmas ... 
§ § Radical leaves many persisting, cauline few 
the lower scattered the upper whorled; pedicels 
short; tall softly hairy plants with linear- 
oblong sparsely hispid capsules ... ... 10. M. grandis. 
t t Stems not leafy scapes numerous radical, (flowers 
purple, radical leaves many persisting) :— 
X Leaves simple dentate, scapes long, capsules linear- 
oblong sparsely hispid; large softly hairy plants 
with sanguinarioid flowers, (i.e., petals 5-8) ... 11. M. simplicifolia. 
£ J Leaves 2-3-pinnate ; scapes short, capsules shortly 
obovate glabrous; dwarf perfectly glabrous plants 
with sub-papaveroid flowers, (i.e., petals 4 or 5)... 12. M. bella. 
Species 1-3 constitute the group Aculeatee extending throughout 
7. M. napaulensis. 
8. 31. Wallichii. 
9. M. primulina. 
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