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Tmpatiens.] xxxii. geraniace^. (§ Balsamineffi, Hook, f.) 441 



il sepals (or 4 when present) ; Lip for the spurred sepal ; Standard 

 "le axis ; and Wings for the combined pairs of lateral petals, 





Conspectus of Sections. 



r_ Series A. Capsule ellipsoid or oblong, short, (rarely ^ in.), turgid in 

 -Iri!^ fl n ^^^^ rounded, often with a shining brittle or hairy testa, 

 tmefly Peninsular Ceylon and Khasian species.— Capsule slender in /. 

 ^temii^ trUobatay and perhaps in a few other species of group lU. 



A 1— -ScAPiGER^. Root-stock tuberous, perennial. Leaves all radical. 

 /QTt l^^»der; jSowers racemed.— All Western Peninsula and Ceylon. 



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|i ^"^Oppositifolle. Annual. Leaves all opposite, or the upper rarely 



1 wnorled in threes (never alternate), usually acutely serrate. Fedicels 



aomay or fascicled. Seeds few, large, testa black glabrous.— The pedicels 



^, J'l *^J^ ^^i^folia. and others are sometimes arranged on a short pe- 



/^^^--le. (Sp. 10-25.); 



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^ti ^^^-""S^VERTiciLLAT^. Annual. Leaves all opposite or subopposite, 

 7^py7 ; ^^^ alternate and upper opposite or whorled, rarely all alternate. 

 ^"I^^^.l- or more^flowered. >5)Vecf5 often villous pr hairy. (Sp. 26-36.) 



dista^*^^^''^^'*^- Mostly annual. Leaves all alternate, usually rather 

 T\o^» 1 -^^^^^^rs solitary or fascicled ; pedicels not crowded on a common 

 peduncle, (Sp. 37-53.) ^ '^ 



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DroTri^'~I^^^^^^^^°^^- Leaves all alternate, rather distant, not all ap- 

 ^n^ /^"^ whorled. Peduncles axillary, 1-3 rarely 4-5-flowered ; flowers 



^'*mose(uoturob^led). (Sp. 54-57.) ' 



j_9 fl^'~"^PiPHYTic^. Succulent short stemmed epiphytes. Peduncles 

 conmr ^^j ^^ndard and wings very small ; lip very large, laterally 

 '"pressed and saccate.— IFes^em Peninsula. {Sp. 58-60.) 



opoo^"~V*'^^^^'^^-^ -^^o SuBCAPiTAT^ Leaves all alternate, rarely 

 whorl f?' P^ crowded at the end of the stem or branches and almost 

 '>racLs ff ^°^^'^s in peduncled dense racemes or subumbelled corymbs ; 

 (5p 61 7fi? Conspicuous.— Chiefly Western Peninsula and Khasia Mts. 



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PedurTT ^^^^- Leaves usually crowded upwaras, aii aiteruatc 



llpvreJS^ ^^^' subterminal, elongate, at length exceeding the leaves, many 



- ^ ., J' lowers racemose, rarely whorled or fascicled. (Sp. ll-Sl.) 



^(k^ ^^P^^ elongate, linear or clavate, rarely shortly clavate 



coriappm "^ or obovoid, compressed ; testa usually rugulose, opa(iue 

 (Cansnii j' S"^^^ glabrous.— Chiefly Himalayan and Khasia Mts. speciea 

 |S *^^"btful in /. tropa^olifdia, Griff) 



a fpn,"ri?^^smFOLM: and VEETiciLLATiE. Zearesall opposite or whorled oi 



(Sp. 88-91.) 



^^"^ PurpUsh ] 



2to<Su. ^^- Leaves all alternate.' Flcrwers solitary or rarely 

 B °° slender axillary pedicels. (Sp. 92-94.) 



'^e<l^,f ^"^^LOR^. ' Leaves all alternate: Flmversm axillary 2-4 

 ^^'^cles, not umbeUed or racemed. (Sp." 95-106.) ' > 



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