454 xxxn. QERANiACE^. (§ Balsammeop, Hook, f.) [impntknu 



A, Prodr. 135 ; ff. f. <t T. in Joum, Linn. Soc. iv. 130; H. Lobbiana a?ii 

 salicifolia, TurczAn BulL Mosc. 1859, i. 270, 271. 



Throughout tropical and subtropical India and Ceylon.— Distrib. Malay Islands 



and China. . ' , 



The common garden Balsam is a very variable plant in habit, pubescence, size and 

 colour of flower, breadth of leaf, shape of Up, and length of spur. Capsule i-4>"t 

 ellipsoid, narrowed at both ends, densely tomentose or woolly. Seeds globose; testa 

 black, opaque, tubercled. t "R 1 



. Var. 1. i)ulgaris; tall, leaves broadly lanceolate, flowers large, spur short. 1. ^alsa- 

 mina, Linn.; BoxL Fl Ind. i. 651; Wall Cat 4731. Balsamina hortensis, DC. 1 rodr, 



5. mb.—Rheede Ilort. Mai ix. t. 52. -id 



Var. 2. coccinea; leaves narrow-lanceolate, flowers mcdium-fii;^efl, spur l^"? p" 

 slender. I. Balsamina, Dcdz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl 44. I. coccinea. Wall Cat 4732 ; -^ot. 

 Mag. 1256. I. cornuta, Lmn. ; Wall Cat 4733. L longi folia, Wight m }\alLLat^ 



4734. Balsamina coccinea and cornuta, DC. Prodr. I. 685-6. jt 



Var. 3. arcuata; diffusely branched, leaves small narrow-lanceolate, flowers smai^ 

 spur long slender arcuate. L arcuata, Wall Cat. 4785; W. d: A. Prodr. I6h- 

 Western Peninsula. , . __ 



Var. 4. macrantJia; small^4 in., leaves ovate-lanceolate, flower large, spur sUort- 



Westom Peninsula. ' « 



Var. 5. micrantha; small, stem simple, leaves small ovate-lanceolate, flowers sma , 



spur long slender. — Western Peninsula. , ^^ 



Var. 6. rosea; tall, leaves linear-lanceolate, flowers rather small, hp saccate, .pur 



short incurved. I. rosea, Lindl Pot Beg. 1841, t. 27.— Western Himalaya. 



ed. 



sliort, 



in Joum. Linn, Soc. iv, 13L 



Mountains of Malabar, from the Southern Concan to Wynaad and Kurg, 

 2-4000 ft. 



alt 



Usually much branched from the base, 4-10 in. high. Leaves uniform, ^'^. j^* 

 petiole hardly glandular, variable in length. Peduncles short, scabrid. f ^'^^'''^J }^i\^ 

 diam.,pink; sepals, lip, and standard usually very hairy. Capside J i\^^Vi 

 soid, mucronate, villous. Seeds few, globose ; testa opaque, dark brown, tuberci ^ 



39. I. fflandulifera, Am. in Hook. Cwnp. Bot Mag. ii. .^^fi jjT^^ 

 shrubby, leaves subterminal 4-8 in. glabrous ovate or ^^^^i^.^^f'l^^^iiiar^ 

 acuminate serrulate, petiole very long glandular, flowers fascicled J^^^^^ 

 and shortlv nftdio.Rllftfl apnala aiiKnUtii utanrlarrl nrhicular 2-lobea »! 



ik T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. iv. 131. I. cornigera, Hook. BoL Mag. t. 40/^, 

 o/Arnott , ' , 



Central province of Ceylox, alt. 4-6000 ft. ^e-y smaH 



Stem 2-6 ft., very robust. Leavts glabrous on both surfaces, ^errature^ ve^/^ ^^ 



ciholate and setigerous ; petiole 1-3 in., usually with pedicelled glands. -^''^^^^^ gp'ir 



coloured, li in. long; pedicels nubescciit, short; standard with ^ "^^^'S^, ^^nkno^^'i^- 



behind; lip sometimes conoid and almost glabrous; spur involute. Capsule 



almost shrubj; 



4a I. macropbylla, G.ardner in Bot. Atarf. t. 46t)iJ; f^"^""V beueatU 

 stem very thick, leaves subterminal 6-16 in. usually pubescent ^^^.^fj 

 ovate or lanceolate acuminate serrate, petiole very long glai}""**^' ggpals 



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