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SuBTROP. and Temp. Himalaya, from Nipal eastward, alt. 2-6000 ft. Khasia Mts., 



Q*- ^7^*^00 ft. Western Pexiksula, Ava, Ceylon. — Distkib. Malayan Archipelago, 



0. China. 



Aii erect pubescent or nearly glabrous shrub, 4-8 ft. Leaves 4-6 by f-2j in., lan- 

 ceolate obovate-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, acuminate; petiole J-J in. Floicers \\n, 

 ong, m usually panicled racemes ; bracts linear, deciduous. Sepah very unequal, ca- 

 TOous, upper very concave, 2 lower small, ovate; wings very large, ovate, red-purple. 

 ^OToUa yellow; keel amply crested, united to the lateral petals for half their length. 

 to/?.sM|e |-| in., broad-reniform, rather fleshy, rugose when dry. Seeds large, globose; 



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Sect. TL Herbs, Flowers small. Calyx deciduous after flowering. Ked 

 not crested. Seeds albuminous. 



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l^thuiate or elliptic long-petioled, racemes terminal many -flowered 



Temp. Himalaya, alt, 4-8000 ft. ; from Rirmore to Sikkim. Khasia Mts., Griffith ; 



CENTRAL TvmA J/:.. — «. . A„. _ i i» ttt 77. t 



lam/ J^ '"•» secuim; bracts deciduo 

 ES^'i'l^' pefaloid, elliptic, equallin 

 ^rminal lobes ; lateral petals narrow. 



2 the corolla. 



vinp-Ai^ "J^j' ""'^'"^ petals narrow. Capsule iVi ^*^m orbicular, entire, ..« ^ 



- n,, 1 . ^^* ^^-^^^^ slightly hairy ; strophiole galeate, with 2 minute appendages.— 

 ich V • ^^1 ^^"^^ (diseased ?) Moulmein specimens, with unequal lobes, and irregular 



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ninch-v * 1 . v'^'*-5cc*&t;u tj iuouimeiu specimens, witu uni.Mj^uai luu^^o, «i*« *"-o 



ifi t^J'J^^^^y^^^^ Proper ; leaves small orbicular or spathulate, flowers pink. Boyle 

 Ann \r 'J^' ^yalina, Wall Cat, 4181 ; Semeiocardium Hamiltonii, Hassk. m Mirp 



^^^' Mux. Hnf 1 1 K I ' 



W^t!* ^•u^'^^'^^'^^^^> W^^'l- C'at. 4182 (Sp.); leaves much larger 1-2 10. elliptic. 

 "^^C^Ski ^' ^^^^^^^» -^^i/^« ^^^' *• 1^1 1^- Semeiocardium hyalinum and glauces- 



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creS ^* Herbs, sometimes woody at the base. Cdyx persistent. Keel 

 ^Tested Seeds albuminous. 



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. ?J"^^*s persistent, at least till the flower expands. 



Mto/f o*''*^"'^*- Rcicemes axillary. Wings petaloid, membranous. Stro- 

 '^ "^ ^-appendtculate. 



or oW J^y****' ^^- ^^'o^^- i- 327 : stems closely pubescent, leaves obovate 

 ovab^ ^^ ^'''^^^•^^e mucronate, racemes many- flowered, bracts tnan^jular- 

 «• i/',>r"f^ tnangular. IF. tC- J. Frodr. i. 38 ; TAw^ate Emm. 22 \ llassk. 

 'pS;. •;.¥'«'• ^^^^- i- 180. P. ceylanica, Heyne in Wall Cat. im. 

 ^wnctona Vahl ; Uassk. I.e. 181. 



aSL^^'*!''',^^'^ '-ind Cevlon— DiSTRiB. Java. ,. , r i- 



'-U in ,,., I'l'^''^^ underKhnib ; branches stout, strict, erector spreading, leafy. LeaviS 

 •''ort Rn.l "IxJvate and .-miculate, finely pubescent on both surfaces ; petiole very 

 V\ in Ion! * k:^-"^ in .sessile, stiff, few- or nmny-flo^ercd, densely pubescent. 1 lowers 

 •"^T triL' P,^'^"^'=l8 Rubesceiit ; bracts small, ovate. Outer sepals sijbequal ; wings 

 *«% Sf^.^^^^' ^"g'es rounded, exceeding the orbicular notched pubescent 

 '^"»'l'ngtlfe j*'"'^'"^''- '^'"'^^ ^^'■^ ^^'^y'' strophiole galeate, appendages ovate, 



'P^eadiJ,£!'?*^*^*'^o*des, Ham. in Don Prodr. 199 j stems villous with 



^ aairs, leaves elliptic or oblong-obovate apiculate hairy ciliatc, 



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