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458 xxxTi. GERAXiACE^. (§ Balsamineae, Hook, f.) [Impattcns, 



acuminate crenate-serrulate, pedicels axillary solitary or few slender, 

 sepals minute, standard broadly obeordate, wings 2-lobed spreading, lobes 

 obovate lateral rounded terminal retuse or 2-lobed, lip boat-shaped, spur 

 very long straight and slender, capsule puberulous. I. liaccida, var. p, U-J* 

 d: T. in Journ, Linn. Soc, iv. 134. 



Tenasserim, at Moulrnein, Lohb, 



Very similar to /. flaccida, but the lobes of the wings are longer and nan-ower, 

 the standard is obeordate and not spurred behind, and the capsule is smaller ana 

 puberulous. 



52. I. pulcherrima, Dah:in Hook Lond.Joum. Bot'n. 37; stout, 

 succulent, erect, glabrous, leaves petioled ovate-lanceolate acuminate, 

 pedicels 2-3 erect, sepals 2-fid minute, standard orbicular notched of 

 spurred at the back, wings very broad 2-fid, lip boat-shaped or conoid, spur 

 long stout curved, capsule glabrous, seeds large obovate rugose. i\9^%^^-: 

 Mag. t. 4615 , H. f. & T. in Joxirn. Linn. Soc. iv. 134 ; Balz. d: Gibs. JSmo. 



Flor. 44. 



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Warree jungle in the Southern Concan, Dalzelt , ., l^^ 



Stem 11-2 ft., simple or branched. Leaves 3-5 in., flaccid, cillate towards the D^. 

 glabrous or with a lew scattered hairs above ; petiole 1-8 in., naked or with stipua 

 glands. Pedicels 2-3 in., slender, spreading. Flowers l\-2 in. diani., rose- or vioiei 

 purple ; wings spreading, flat, variable in shape ; lip small ; spur 2 in., rather sx , 

 ' incurved. Capsule ^ in., very turgid. Seeds 2-8, subcompressed, testa very to • 

 --Avery fine species, allied to /. flaccida in the flowers, but the seeds are wno ; 

 diflTerent, 



53. Z. SenBlowiana, Am. in Hooh. Comp. Bot. Mag. '^- ?fj 

 perennial 1, stem very stout almost shrubby nodose scarred, leaves P^""' 

 ovate or lanceolate serrate acuminate hirsute, pedicels subsolitary ere , 

 sepals large broad, standard orbicular or obovate, wings broad flat 2-pa" ' 

 segments 2-lobed, lip small, sour verv long incurved sleuder,_ cap* 



Mountains of Malabar, clefts of rocks near Courtallum, alt. 2-7000 ft., WtgK '% 

 Ceylon, in the Central Province, alt. 4-6000 ft., on rocks. ' , ..r ^^^^ 



Stem 8-16 in., as thick as the thumb, woody, sometimes so closely ^^"^^^^^TIq thick 

 as to be nodose, simple or branched. Leaves 3-5 in., crowded at the ends ^^^,.^.^^q; 

 branches, sen-atures fine or coarse, both surfaces usually hirsute, sometimes & ^^^nt. 

 petiole i-3 in., naked or glandular. Pedicels 2-5 in., stout, glabrous or pu ^^^^^^ 

 Floicers 1-2 in. diam., white or pale pink; sepals remarkably l^^S®' .*^J^^'v broad, 

 acuminate ; standard winged at the back (in Wight's figure) ; wings ^^^^V!^ gjender. 

 flat, semi-obovate lobes ; spur stout or slender, 1-1 i in. Capsule |-1 '"'I ^ Lsof tlii^ 

 Setds not ripe.— The habit and large sepals and capsule are excellent characit 

 plant. 



A V. — Lateeiflor^. 



54. I. bella, H. / <Sc T. in J mm. Linn. Soc. iv. 138 ; ^iffuse^.^^^^ 



short densely pubescent creeping below, leaves broadly ovate orui ,^^j^^ 

 crenate, petiole slender, peduncle pubescent i-2-flowered ^^^^^r; ^ 

 liiiddle, flowers large yellow, sepals large ovate, standard *^r.*^^^?^^ elongate 

 gibbous or bluntly spurred at the back, terminal lobe of wing 

 obovate, lip conical saccate narrowed into a long incurved spur. ,■ > 



Khasia Mts., in marshes at the Kala Pane, alt. 5000 ft., OriffitK ^^.-^^ much a^ 



lv.A small species, 6-10 in., growing in loose tufts ; stem rather stout, '^""^^ 

 the base glandular and almost tomentose with crisped hairs. Leaves i-o 



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