Impatiens.] xxxii. geraniace^. (§ Balsamineie, Hook, f,) 449 



Knear-lanceolate, standard orbicular cuspidate, wings with very broadly 

 obovate subsessile terminal and small lateral lobes, lip boat-shaped 

 spurless. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Flor, 43. 



. BababooJan hills in Malabar, Law. 



Annual, 8-10 in. Stem rather stout, glabrou?. Leaves %-l in., smaller upwards, 

 acute glabrous and pale beneath, the upper often cordate at the base. Pediceh about 

 eqna.ling the leaves, sharply deflexed in Iruit. Flowers f in. diam. across the wings. 

 ^m}ile 3 m., ellipsoid, acute at b.th ends. Seeds few, unriije, appare;itlj; as in /. 

 of tl!''"'~ ^^^ distinct from any of the preceding specimens of this section in the form 



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inaf k' '^^^^^^^^V ^^-Z ^ T. in Joum, Linn. Soc. ir. 123; erect, spar- 

 ingly branched, quite glabrous, robust, leaves subsessile lower elliptic- 

 nceolate, upper ovate or oblong-lanceolate from a broad or cordate base 

 spinulose-serrulate, stipules 0, sepals linear-lanceolate, standard sub- 

 orDicuiar hooded winged at the back, terminal wing-lobe clawed, lip boat- 

 Sfiaped with a very short spur. Datz. d: Gibs. Bmik Fl. 43. 



Mountains of the Cokcan, Dalzell, 



\^'\^^^^^^'' ^*^~^^ i'^- high. Leaves 3-5 in., sometimes l^in. broad, acuminate, 

 ^^•wl serratures often with long cilia. Pedicels solitary or fascicled on a very short 

 fji- "'°"J^*^^"cle, quite glabrous, shorter than the leaves, apparently not deflexed in 

 neii f . ^^^^^.^t»*^."t^ 4 in across, yellow (structure not well made out). Capsules 

 i\tx' ^f ^"'' *^''ipsoid. Seeds few, very large, broadly obloncr, black, shining. — A very 

 snnct species, which diflers from all of this section in the otten fascicled peduncles and 

 ^7 large seeds. ' , 



, ^. !• tomento&a, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 4751 : more or less tomeiitose, 



or oKt^^^^^"^ uniform very shortly petioled elliptic- or oblong-ovate acute 

 . Dtuse serrulate hispid above glabrous or tomentose on the nerves 

 sp^ il i ^^Pals linear-lanceolate, standard oblong, wings with a broad 

 ?S !o^^^^^ and small lateral lobe, lip saccate. Dalz, c(i Gibs. B(mJj. 

 sd lit '^ 'v9'/^^ ^^- 1. 749 : //./. & T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. iv. 121 {excl sj/n. 

 1747^'^^ssima) ; TT. & A. Prodr. 139. I. rufescens, Bentkin Wall. Cat. 

 ' 1 W. <L\ A. Prodr. 138 ; Wight Ic. t, 969, 



5^Z^4^-~*ft ^- ^^ ^^"^^"^^^^^ and Travancor, alt. 3-7000 ft., common in swau-ips. 

 *We »i -V"? "^"'^"y simple, erect, more or less cloihed with crisped rufescent hairs 

 tea" ' ._? • appear on the pedicels and often on the nerves of the leaf beneath. 



ncrv^g 1 ^\' ^^^*''' nnitorm, obtuse or acute, more or less scabrid or tomentose above : 

 '" fruit °^^ ^^^' P^^i<^^l^ always solitary, longer or shorter than the lea*; deflexed 

 t^ of t J^^T^ ^^^y variable in size, longest di-^meter (^-^ in.) through the lip be- 

 ^'^Bnded- l'^ u^^ ^^ saccate, more or less pubescent; wings short, terminal lobe 

 figures a W ^ .^^^y conical. Capsule and seeds as in L ojyposififoHa, &c.— Wight 

 *»dIdo ^^'^T^P^^^l spur in /. rufescens, but I do not iind it in any of the specimens, 

 ollierhaiT -iv. ^'^ that tomentosa and it are S'-parable as permanent varieties. On the 

 that it gg^^ Y^'ht's figure of 7. rufescem differs fio much from that of his 7. tomentosa, 



^^AR 1^?* * ^^ ^^^^ these provisionally as varieties. 

 *^*>nR*lat ft"^*^"*^' ^^^^^ i *°- 'o"S ^^'^^ *^'P ^^^'P *^ *^^* of standard, wings with an 

 ^r W^i I ^^ incumbent on a large terminal one, lip saccate with a short hooked 



'^*P*ti.c ^'^^^^^^> flowers twice as long as in var. 1, lip shortly saccate spurless. 



ttniforJ *^^^^*»na, ^^. // small, glabrous, branches opposite, leaves 



nnr.^..4-„ . M ate-cord ate acute sharply serrate, 



-*^rdnrK- 1- ' °-F-- uxu.x^x...e-lanceolate,as long as the lip, 



TOL T "^"^^^lar spurred, wings 2-lobed, the termmal clawed dimidiate-, 



^^^ea Qtr *^^^ 1 i^ubsessile ovate or ova 

 **»ndard .""u^ beneath, sepals dimidiate- 



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