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Impatiens.] xxxii. GERANiACEiE. (§ Balsamineoe, Hook, f.) 457 



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flexuous branched, leaves towards the ends of the branches petioled elliptic 



^f^^^^ii^te serrulate, pedicels slender, sepals large as long as the winss, 



staadard orbicular winged at the back, wings short 2-lobed to the middle, 



spur trumpet- shaped villous ending in a long stout incurved spur. //. /. (fr T. 



fjoum, Linn. Soc. iv. 133. I. eriantha, Titrcz, in Bull Soc. Imp, Nat Mosc. 

 1859, 1. 270. 



; , ^^*^^.^ NiLGHiRTs, at Sisparah, alt. 5-7000 ft., in shady places. 

 _ ouftruticose, 1-2 ft., stem terete, somewhat wooJy; branches spreading, nodose. 

 €at*c5 14-3 in., membranous, covered with soft scattered hairs on both surfaces, teeth 

 small glandular, nerves faint ; petiole ^-2 in., hairy. Pedicels £-1^ in., hairy. Flowers 

 iwhite and red, Beddome) about | in. long; sepals very large, acuminate; win^^s and 

 etandard very small ; spur hirsute. Ovary hairy. Capsule hairy. Seeds glabrous, 



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' 49. I, dasysperma, Wight in Madr. Joum. v. 7. t 2 ; Ic. t. 742 ; 



herbaceous, flaccid, erect, branched, leaves petioled elliptic or ovate 

 acuminate crenate, petiole often glandular, pedicel usually solitary 

 siender, flowers rat/ier small, sepals minute, standard obcordate, wings 

 spreading deeply 2-lobed, lip boat-shaped, spur very long and slender. 

 -^^•/. d:T, in Joiirn, Linn. Soc, iv. 134. 



Malabar, in woods and plains, ascending to 3000 ft. 



slitrhtM "^ ^^*' tranches sometimes op2)osite. Leaves always alternate, 2-3 in., 

 Peti ]^j7^"7 ^" *^® upper surface, glabrous beneath ; crenatures large, not setiprous ; 

 Deti 1 ^^'* ^""^^'^*^8 wiih stipitete glands. Pedicels equalh'ng or exceitUiig the 



^nt M^^^^ slender. Flowers 4-^ in. diam.; standard cuspidate ; wings very diver- 

 CcD.' 7 1 ^ subecjual, ohovate, retuse ; spur incurved, exceeding the flower, very hairy. 

 eloU^iT •^*' ^^^'^* obliquely ovoid, turgid, glabrous, pointed at both ends. Seeds sub- 

 1 - *^> hairy, numerous. 



I. flaccida. Am. in Hook Camp. BoU Mag. i. 322 ; slender, erect 



50. 



to)'il ^^ branched, glabrous, leaves petioled ovate or lanceolate crenate, 

 lin K ^l^\^y standard broad 2-lobec], spurred behind, wings broad 2-lobed, 



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liD h f u' '"*"'^^ra oroaa 'z-ioDea, spurrea oenina, wings uroau --iul 

 tulipr T 1 ^^®*^' ^P^^ ^^"g slender, capsule glabrous, seeds globwov> 

 t ^figi T ^^"^^s Eiium. 65 ; Ilook Bot. Mag. t. 5276, and I. latifolia, 

 jr,>,,, •. V Dipartita, Am. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. I 322 ? I. floribunda, 



folX J" '^^^^- "^ow^i- V. 7. I bifida, Thunh. Prodr. PI. Cap. 41. I. lati- 

 "^ ^oon Cat. 1 8. 



CEiT'^^r °^ Malabar; forests of the Sivagherrj hills, alt. 4000 ft., Wight; 



5f7m R 1?-^''"' to 3000 ft., Thwaites, &c. • 



frlandq ° ^"•' l^ranched above. Leanes 2-5 in., membranous ; petiole with stalked 

 *ine8 v""" "' '• Pe^i'cels solitaiy or several. Flowers rose-purple, f-l^ in. diam • 

 { in eir'"^ Tenable ; spur 1 4 in., very slender, sometimes 2-fid to the middle. Capsnle 

 pale Dan'r^^'^' **^™>i"'ite, quite glabrous. Seeds numerous, opaque, tnbercnlafe with 

 these mU-"~^** similar in most chamcters to /. latifulia, that it is difficult to separate 

 *ithnev '^^ '° ^^^ Herbaria. I. flaccida is. however, a smaller plant, more slender 

 J latif,r °PP"'^'*«' leaves, and has globose pubescent seeds, very different from those of 

 i- limirr,' . ^^^'^ brought the alt.;rnate-!eaved plants (/. latif'Ua, Bot. Mag. t. 562.5, 

 Bnder wh- i! r li"-' ^-Mibunda, Wight, and /. bifida, Thunb.) to this, from /. latijol.a, 

 OfaUma k '^ placed them before, because of their alternate leaves, though wmo 



V^ tn kl *t . ^^^^rnate-leaved specimens of /. latifolia. The specimen of what I aup- 



«Parin!l*^v°^**®''a» ^. /• ; very slender, erect, glabrous, simple or 

 6iy branched, leaves petioled very membranous elliptic-lanceolate 



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