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varieties which he recognises. Kuntze’s later proposal, that the name Olaucium , 
owing to its similarity to the name Glaux (Primulaceee), must give place to another, 
is mere pedantic trifling with a subject that has some claim to serious treatment, 
1. Glaucium elegans Fisch. fy Mey. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. i. 
29 (1835); glabrescent, radical leaves obovate-oblong pinnatifid, lobes 
shortly ovate crenately toothed ; cauline cordate-amplexicaul broadly 
ovate obtusely toothed ; sepals papillose, petals small orange with red 
eye ; capsule slender, torulose, often contorted, sparingly setose with 
spreading prickles, seeds oblong-cylindric curved. H. f. 8f T., Flor. Ind. 
255 (1855) ; Boiss. Flor. Orient, i. 120 (1867). G. pumilum Boiss. Ann. 
Sc. Nat. ser. ii. xvi. 374 (1841). G. squamigerum Bunge, Rel. Bot. 
Lehm. 192 (1847) ; Boiss. 8f Buhse, Aufzahl. ( I860) ; nec Far. fy Kir. 
North-West Frontier: Kohat, at Mirkhworli, Drummond! 
Distrib. Afghanistan, Turkestan, and N. Persia to Armenia. 
Stems 1 ft. or higher, slender much branched, radical leaves l|-2 in., sepals 
f in. long, buds ± in. diam. ; flowers 1 in. diam.; capsule usually twisted 2-3 in. long, 
narrowed (subtorulose) between the seeds. 
2. Glaucium squamigerum Kar. Sf Kir. Bull. Soc. Mosc. xv. 141 
(1842) ; glabrescent, radical leaves lyrate-pinnatifid, lobes ovate wide 
toothed, terminal subquadrate; cauline cordate-amplexicaul, broadly 
oblong acutely lobed; sepals glabrous, petals orange-yellow; capsule 
straight or curved, sparsely setose; seeds reniform deeply pitted. Regel 
fy Herd. Bull. Soc. Mosc. xxxvii. 406 (1864). G. persicum Bunge, Rel. 
Bot. Lehm 192 (1847) nec DO. G. corniculatum H. f. fy T. Flor. Ind. 
256 (1855) nec Linn. G. luteum var. fimbrillifera Trautv. Bull. Soc. 
Mosc. xxxiii. 92 (1860). G. fimbrilligerum Boiss. Flor. Orient.!. 120 
(1867). 
North-West Himalaya: Badakslian, Giles! N.-W. Frqntier : 
Kacli, Lace! Nal, Duke! Distrib. Beluchistan, Afghanistan, Turkestan, 
Soongaria. 
Stems 1 ft. or higher, branching; radical leaves, 2-6 in., sepals f in. long, 
buds k in. or less in diam. ; flowers l|-2 in. diam., petals bright yellow ( Aitchison) ; 
capsule usually slightly curved, 6-8 in. long ; adpressed aculeate, flattened (scale-like) 
setae ultimately suberect. 
Glaucium elegans is perhaps one of the most distinct of the forms in this 
troublesome genus where all the forms are somewhat variable and seem to pass 
one into the other. G. squamigerum, on the other hand, is, so far as Afghan and 
Beluch specimens are concerned, most like G. arabicum Fresen. from Sinai, which in 
turn much resembles and is perhaps only a geographical form of G. corniculatum. 
As represented in Herb. Kew, Herb. Boissier and Herb. DC., G. fimbrilligerum 
Boiss. and G. squamigerum Kar. & Kir. would appear to be specifically separable 
but a fine suite of specimens from Turkestan in Herb. Paris shows that they pass 
into each other and that it is not possible to separate them even varietally. 
