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samina fasciculata, D.C. Prodr. i. 686.—1. setacea, Coleb. in Hook. Ex. 
Flor. ii. 137 ; Mig. Plant. Hoh. 1139. 
Var. B. Foliis late oblongis obovatisve. 
Hab. Mont. utriusque Peninsulz а Concan! ad Travancore! alt. 5-8000 Aj 
ped., Wight, &c., Birma! Wallich! Malacca, Griffith! montibus [f 
Khasiæ alt. 3000-5000 ped.! de Silva, &c. (fl. May-August). (v. v.) | 
Dist. Hong-Kong! Hance. 
Planta valde variabilis. Caules simplices v. ramosi, basi repentes ad 
nodos setas stipulzeformes crassas 2 v. plures gerentes v. omnino nudi. 
Folia plerumque basi cordata, 2-4”, subcoriacea, superne glaberrima 
v. hispidula. Pedicelli patentes ; flores late rosei v. albi, interdum ША 
purpureo-variegati, 1-2" lati, locis humidioribus umbrosisve de- a 
pauperati. Capsula elliptico-oblonga, utrinque attenuata, vix j". a 
Semina orbicularia, atra, lævia, opaca v. subnitida. bu 
In Bot. Mag. this plant is erroneously supposed to be a native of li 
Ceylon and the whole Himalayan range. Its broad-leaved form is fi 
certainly the I. chinensis, L., as I have ascertained from the Linnean | 
Herbarium. 
7. I. OPPOSITIFOLIA (Linn. Sp. Pi).  Flaccida, ramis gracilibus, 
folis glanduloso-stipulatis linearibus oblongo-linearibusve integris 
serratisve, pedicellis solitariis fasciculatisque, sepalis linearibus, vexillo 
late ovato v. orbiculato acuminato, labello conico calcare brevi recto 
v. incurvo.— Wight & Arn. Prodr. 139; Wight, no. 883. "n 
I. ros-marinifolia, Retz. Obs. v. 99 ; D.C. Prodr. i. 686 ; Wight, Ic. 750, 4 | 
in Madras Journ. Sc. v. p. 14, t. ix. —1. Mysorensis, Wall. Cat. 4743 A! T 
Hab. Mont. tropicis Malabar! Ceylon! et penins. Malay. ! frequens (fl. “ 
Aug.—Nov.). А 
Caulis 4-10" simplex v. ramosus. Folia insigniter varia, membranacea, 
sessilia v. breve petiolata. Flores 4-3" lati, albi v. pallide rosei. its 
Labellum valde varians, calcare brevi. Capsula acuminato-rostrata, 
2-6 sperma. Semina oblonga, paulo compressa, atro-brunnea, sub- 
nitida, funiculo substrophiolato. » 
Thwaites, En. Pl. Ceylon (errata) remarks that Mr. Ferguson, having й 
examined Hermann's plant, considers the I. rosmarinifolia of Retz to be 
the trie Linnean I. oppositifolia, and the fact is, that the two plants аге 
one and the same. It is extremely common, and so variable, that no P 
descriptions, plates, and specimens altogether agree : hence the confusion. 
I. oppositifolia of Wight and Arnott, as described from Wallich and 
Hevne's specimens, has the narrow capsule of 1. К leinii, with a short А 
conical, nearly straight spur, but in Heyne’s, Wallich's, and Wight’s | 
specimens, the ripe capsule is broadly elliptical, and the spur often in- | 
curved. | 
8. І. Grivrirau (Н. f. & T.). Erecta, foliis superioribus ternis petio- 
latis anguste lanceolatis acuminatis marginibus remote serrulatis basi 
setosis subtus glaucis, pedicellis solitariis, sepalis ovato-oblongis acu- 
