180 DR. HOOKER AND DR. THOMSON’S PRECURSORES 
Hab. Mont. Malabar ad Shevagerry et Bolimputa! Wight; Cochin! 
Johnstone (fl. Aug.-Nov.). 
Spithamea ad 2-pedalem. Caules crassiusculi, simplices v. ramosi, ad 
nodos incrassati. Stipule porrecte, spiniformes. Folia 2-4" long. 
1-4" lat., subcarnosula, subtus pallida. Pedunculi stricti, folis bre- 
viores v. longiores, interdum validi et 3" long. Bractee@ parve, sub- 
ulate v. late ovate. Pedicelli 3-1", suberecti. Flores majusculi, 
3—3” diam.; calcare 43-1" long. recto v. lente curvo. Capsula imma- 
tura breviuscula, glabra. 
32. I. ciac.go1DES (Wall. Cat. 4772). Parvula, simplex, glabra, foliis 
paucis oppositis gracile petiolatis ovatis acutis subserratis basin versus 
ciliatis subtus glaucis, pedunculis solitariis gracilibus apices versus 
racemum brevem gerentibus, floribus parvis, sepalis orbiculatis acu- 
minatis, vexillo parvo concavo, labello parvo concavo breviter conice 
calcarato, alis (pro flore) maximis. 
Hab. Tavoy! Wallich; Pegu! McLelland. 
Caulis simplex, spithameeus, gracilis. Folia 2", petiolo gracili, membra- 
nacea. Pedunculi axillares, 1-13". Bractee parve, late ovate, con- 
cavee. Pedicelli 4”. Flores albi? Sepala viridia. Alarum lobus 
dependens 3” long., labello et vexillo multoties major. Capsula 
brevis? 
Nearly allied to I. Tavoyana, Benth., but the spur is very short, and 
the leaves are mostly opposite. 
33. I. Goveum (Wight, Ill. 1. 160; Icones, t. 1603). Pusilla, caule 
debili gracili laxe ramoso, foliis plerumque oppositis pollicaribus petio- 
latis elliptico v. oblongo-ovatis obtusis grosse crenatis, pedunculis 
gracilibus foliis longioribus apice subumbellatim 4-6-floris, pedicellis 
capillaceis, bracteis caducis, floribus minimis, calcare flore :equilongo, 
capsulis ellipticis utrinque acuminatis. 
Hab. Mont. Malabariz prope Pycarrah ! Gough ; Maisor! Lobb. 
Caulis 6-18". Folia interdum omnia alterna, pallide viridia, basi cuneata, 
in petiolum non angustata. Flores rosei у. albi. Vexillum obcordatuin 
acuminatum ; labello cymbiformi, calcare brevi recto ; alis bilobis, lobis 
retusis. Capsula } unc. longa, oligosperma. Semina minima. 
Wight remarks that this is a slender, diffuse-growing species, seeking 
support of adjacent plants, and then attaining 18 inches in length. The 
flowers are shortly racemose or subumbellate. 
D. Unrirronz (vide p. 113). 
Vide I . Leschenaultii, latifolia (В bipartita) in $ C.—In I. spirifera flores 
rarissime bini in eodem pedicello. Vide I. puberula, arguta, et alise 
in F. 
34. I. BALSAMINA (Linn. Sp. PL). Glabrata v. pubescens, caule sim- 
pliciusculo, v. ramoso, foliis petiolatis anguste lanceolatis utrinqu^ 
