

XXXII. GERANIACE^. (§ Balsamlnese, Hook, f.) 443 



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alender few-flowered, standard broader than long very concave, spur short 

 m^^^ L Akka, Heddome, I.e. 69, t U. 



Malab.ar, in the Anamallay and Akka Mts, alt. 5-8000 ft., Beddome. 

 j^^'^j^P^^^*^^^^^^^V^^'^^^j^\i\^^ perhaps not distinct from 



Bhort ^^-^'i wliich, however, it seems to diflFer Id the large flowers, long scapes, 

 2^f mi ' shape of the standard, and presence of a distinct spur, as well as in the 

 bis r * ^"^^* originally described as different plants, Beddome subsequently united 

 1^ J. trenata and Akka, which according to his descriptions diflFer in the first having 

 hairv ^^'^^^^ ^" ^^^ leaves above, short petioles, and a crenate standard ; both have 

 iti'tW "PP^^ surfaces of the wings and large flowers (how larsre is not stated), pure white 



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cofiJ' ^f^^'^'oWes, Bedd. Ic. PI Ind, Or. p. 31, t 151; leaves ovate- 

 oate obtuse acuminate very hairy above, bracts ovate, standard ovate, 

 ^ngs with two subulate tails, lip saccate spurless. 



g^^^ ^^ts. in Malabar, near Av^^ '■ .' ' 



Scave fi-" fl~^ ^"'' ^^^^''^"^ beneath, crenatures bristle-pointed ; petiole very long. 

 Upar h^^"^^^ pedicels very slender. Flowers ^ in. diam., .like those of a 

 ^^idi^t ^^1*^.^'^^"^^<^^^ ; sepals ovate; standard obtuse, not vaulted; wings with a 

 Cnmil ^'^ ^^^ \>\^Aq produced into two pendulous tails longer than itself; lip acute, 

 ^iome wlf'^!!'"^^^.^^ at both ends. Seeds minute scrobiculate.— Description from Bcd- 

 "izeofth ] ®^^^^^ *^® sepals as small, but figures them as remarkably large for the 



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Spur longer than the flower. Wings 3-lobed (eo 



Mag, 



^lobedr'T'^*!"^^^^^*'^ ^^ oblong, base acute rounded or cordate (not deeply 

 lart^pwf -' "^^^^^i obovate very concave, wings 2-partite terminal lobe 

 f/^ i' ^PiL^ very slender; Thwaites Eimrn. 68; Doh, & Gibs. Bomb. 

 P.3l' V '/• ^' ^- ^"^ Joxim. Linn. Sac. iv. 118 ; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. 

 I buIKn ^^^P^flora, ffook. Bat Mag. t. 3587 ; W. ik A. Prodr, 137, in jmrL 

 1 7 f 1 f ' ^^^ ^^'- 18. L gracilis, Bedd. in Madr. Joum. ser, 2, iv. 69, 



^''eSsr^Avl^^*^^ central province of Ceylon; alt. 3-5000 ft., and of Malabar and 



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pedicels 



^^ndeTjr^ ^" ^^^® ^"^ robustness, 2-12 in. high. Leaves 1-6 in.; usually on 



^"oles, more or less crenate. Scape stout. Baceines 1-4 in,; bracts broad; 

 -r-aras • r ^ ^^' Ploicers i-l 4 in. broad ; sepals broadly ovate ; standard short, broader 

 ■^^ncate • T"^^ ^^"able in the length and breadth of the segments, which are falcate and 

 ^*^«--fh -^ ^^O' slender, variable in length. Capsule \-^ in., ellipsoid, acute at both 

 !^^8 the ft *^^^ suspects that the Ceylon plant cannot be scapifiora, because Wallichde- 

 J'^litand 4 ^^ several inches long, but in some of our specimens it attains 3 inches. 

 f^a, 'k/ "^^^» ^n the Prodromus, apparently confound acaulis with the true /. scapi- 

 ^ oblia/^ *^ ^^ "^"ch diversity in the foliage of specimens which the 2-partite 

 }We fo]j°^^. ^e to refer to this species, that I cannot but repeat that this and the 

 !?^e8of/ ^^.°^ay prove to be forms of one. Some have the orbicular remform 

 , *aites kr?--^^^^' ^^1^^^ the ovate-cordate and pilose leaves of /. rivalis (notably 

 J ^leaW" • ?^)' ^*^^^-^ ^^e elliptic leaves of L rivalis, var. 2, and still others the 

 ^*«fmine(l f ^ i^ I'ownded sinus of 7. Denisonn, The spjcies of this group cannot be 

 ^^^alia iiJ^^P^"^ specimens. Beddome (Tc. PL Ind. Or. p. 31) states that /. acaulis 



could never be confounded except in dried specimens." ' 



fcapiflora, H. 



""^^Hoh^n'^"^]^ ^^ reniform ....^o uo^«..j — ^ ™.- ~ ^ .^ . . 

 ^^^^ 3 hrn;^ ^^'y crenate serrate, standard large orbicular rhomboid, wings 

 oroad segnaents, spur very slender: &:<r4^ -^ ^^^"-^ ^ 



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