Of this grand species we have the following account: - " This superb plant, when seen from a distance, resembles a small yellow Hollyhock. It was discovered by Dr. Wallich's collectors in Nipal, and I found it in the damp interior valleys of Sikkim, growing amidst a rank and luxuriant herbage, on the skirts of Silver Fir forests (Abies Webbiana,) at 10 - 11,000 feet above the level of the sea. We need not say that the two last plants are Poppies, and no doubt cultivable without difficulty. Let the reader imagine a mass composed of the scarlet Papaver bracteatum or orientate, surrounded by the golden bells of this Meconopsis nipalensis, and bordered with an edging of the intensely violet Meconopsis simplicifolia, and he will form a picture which, for brilliancy of coloring and magnificent breadth of effect, has never yet been realized.

Decaisnea Insignis inhabits wooded valleys in the central regions of the Himalaya. Dr. Hooker first gathered it in the Lachen and Lachong valleys, at elevations of 7000 to 8000 feet, and afterwards at Chola, where it ascends to nearly 10,000 feet. Its green flowers appear in May, and are scarcely visible amongst the leaves ; the fruit on the other hand, which ripens in October, is very conspicuous and handsome, of a pale yellow colour, and full of a white juicy pulp, that is very sweet and pleasant; its fruit is eagerly sought after by the Lepchas, who call the plant " Nomorchi," and it is the " Loodooma" of the natives of Bhotan. It would appear to be a plant of very uncommon aspect, resembling a young and very slender fast grown ash tree, among the feathery leaves of which hang clusters of great yellow fruit, somewhat resembling ram's horns. Its learned discoverer regards it as well worthy of cultivation in England for its fruit alone. "It would require protection from spring frosts, but will, no doubt, prove otherwise hardy".