Impatiens.'] xxxn. geraniace^e (oliver). 301 



Var. £. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, very pale beneath, acute or almost rounded at the base. 

 Stem slightly pubescent. 

 Lower Guinea. Angola, prov. Ambaca, 3000 ft., Dr. Welwitsch ! 



9. I. Sakeriana, Hook./, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 185. Herbaceous, 

 glabrous or pubescent above, 6-8 ft. high. Leaves in whorls of 3-8, rarely 

 opposite, 2-6 in., petioles 1-3 in., oblong-lanceolate, crenate or serrate, 

 with short cilia on the teeth or in the crenatures. Flowers 2-8, raceraed on 

 the ends of stout peduncles that are longer than the leaves. Bracts small, 

 short, broad. Pedicels slender, f-l in. Sepals small, broad. Standard 

 short, concave, apiculate. Wings semilunate, scarcely longer than the mouth 

 of the lip, 2-lobed. Lip funnel- or trumpet-shaped, gradually narrowed into 

 a short spur with a swollen tip, together f in. long. Capsule short, acumi- 

 nate. 



Upper Guinea. Camaroons mountain, 7000 ft. (July and Nov.), Mann! 



10. I. palpebrata, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 186. Small. 

 Stem 2 in., herbaceous, annual, glabrous. Leaves few, 1 in., alternate, ovate- 

 or oblong-cordate, deeply coarsely crenate, with a few long cilia at the base ; 

 petioles ^-1 in. Flowers small, purple and green, racemed at the end of a 

 slender, solitary, erect peduncle 3 in. long. Bracts small. Pedicels £ in. 

 Sepals minute. Standard small. Wings linear-oblong, pendulous, with 

 small auricles at their bases. Lip shallow, rather suddenly contracted into a 

 short, stout, straight spur £ in. long, the tip of which is bent forward and 

 acute. Capsule small, short. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal (July), Mann 1 



11. I. hianSj Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 7. Herbaceous, 2 ft., 

 glabrous. Leaves alternate, distant, 2-4 in., broadly ovate, rounded at the 

 base, shallowly crenate, with cilia in the crenatures and very long ones at the 

 base ; petiole very slender, 1-2 in. Flowers dark red and' greenish, racemed 

 on axillary rather stout peduncles. Bracts ovate, acute. Pedicels £ in. 

 Sepals lanceolate. Standard concave. Wings linear, narrow, notched on 

 the outer margin, as long as the mouth of the lip. Lip with a very oblique 

 raouth, elongate funnel-shaped, straight, \ in. long, with a short, thick, in- 

 dexed tip. Capsule linear. 



Upper Guinea. Fernaudo Po, alt. 1000-2000 ft. (Dec), Maun ! 



12. I. macroptera, Ilook.f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 186. Herbace- 

 ous, 2-4 ft., glabrous, branched. Leaves alternate, 3-6 in., on slender pe- 

 tioles of 1-2 in., ovate, long-acuminate, rounded or cuneate at the base, cre- 

 nate with cilia in the crenatures. Flowers largo, umbelled at the apex of a 

 peduncle 4-6 in. long. Bracts large. Pedicels short, $-$ in. Sepals 

 dimidiate-ovate. Standard orbicular, apparently horned at the back. Wings 

 y ery large, li-2 in., pendulous, obovate, with suborbicular auricles. Lip 

 °roadly obliquely trumpet-shaped, suddenly contracted to a short incurved 



^Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, 4000-5000 ft. (April) ; Sierra del Crystal (July), 



