Imjyatiens] xxxii. GERANiACEiE. (§ Balsamineee Hook, f.) 459 



De'^fnl'rs^-''***'' 1°^*"^° ''*^"**' ^'^ acuminate, many-nerved, often pubescent above; 

 a^ t-4 in., pubescent, rarely glandular. Peduncle stout, usually from a subterminal 



/"/!>,'. "7 •' r *^^"*' ™°'* ^^'*^" 1 -flowered, with bracts in the middle; pedicel short. 

 Di3r A"' ",° ""'^t^O"* t*>e spur, orange- or golden-yellow, beautifully streaked with 

 ?lnho ^"i'f "'« 4 in-, ellipsoid, acute at both ends, turgid, pubescent. Seeds sub- 

 ^cies P^P "^^' P"berulous, testa thick opaque.— A very distinct and beautiful little 



aft^reoOOft"' ^^"^^ ™^"^*' ^^^^^^ ^~*'"'' ^"'^^''^ ^* ^°" ''^^ ^""'*° glabrous.— '[hasia, 



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f. i/^ Jourii, Linn. Soc. iv, 139 ; short, 

 elliptic-lanceolate caudate-acuminate 



creuate, peduncle erect stout 2-3-flowered, bracts ovate acuminate, flowers 

 wge, sepals broad, standard orbicular winged at t 



the back, terminal lobe of 



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incurv H ^^ semi-ovate acute, lip boat-shaped, spur very Ion 



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iiote'*^^ ^"^^^^^^ ^^ *® Khasia Mts., alt. 3-4000 ft. ; ? Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 

 ■ Stem ^^^V"^^^^ imperfect) ; Bhotax, at Duphla, Booth. 



scarred ^ T ^°'^' ^^''^iched or not, sometimes as thick as the little finger, remotely 

 l>ene'if}i f'^^^^.*. ^"'^ ^"-i sometimes narrowly lanceolate, glabrous except the nerves 

 stout ' ^ ciliate towards the base, as is the puberulous petiole. Peduncle solitary, 

 diam' ^^?^^' ^~^ ^"'.' ^^''^^^^ variable in position; pedicels stout. Flowers 1-2 in. 

 tiantli^ ^iT ^^' ^''*^'*^* J sepals acute ; lateral lobe of ^vangs obovate, retuj^e, smaller 

 spur i_2l"***"^ acute terminal one, which is sometimes 1 in. long ; standard retuse ; 



k 'fl., acute. Capsule immature, probably like that oi 1. imlchra. 



8te^j^' ?' P^lchra, H. f. & T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. iv. 139; glabrous, 

 rate n /? ^^^^t simple, leaves petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate ser- 

 Sepals 1 ^^"i ^^^^^ ^^^^^ 1-2-flowered, bracts lanceolate, flowers large, 

 iiarrrl 1 . ' Standard winged at the back, wings broad, lip funnel-shaped 

 ^^^rrowed mto the stout hooked spur. 



knifti/^ff^*^^*^® ^^ ^^^ subtropical and temperate regions of Easteux Nipal and the 



on both rf ^"'^ ^^^^*' nodose at. the scars, rarely divided. Leaves 2-4 in., glabrous 

 cie« 1 2 * *r^^' rather coriaceous, not or rarely ciliate; petiole stout, naked. Pedan- 

 from tlie' r' 7' ^*^"^' ^^^^^ ' pedicels often as stout and as long. Floioers 2 in. long 

 screaked '^i. ^^^ ^1*"^ *^ *^*^ ^^ *'^^ standard, pale rose-coloared or straw-coloured, 

 fipYerv 1^^ ^^^' sepals ^ in., green, acute; terminal lobe of wing semi-ovate obtuse ; 

 ^brous ^^T ' ^^^^ sometimes spiral. Capsule J-l in., erect, narrowly ellipsoid-oblong, 



I subacute. Seeds many, immature, pubescent? 



acuj^n'5''^"*^**^^' ^<^- Prodr. I 687; shrubby, perennial, leaves elliptic 

 pedunH ^^i^y-nerved pubescent on both surfiices, petiole stout long, 

 slender fl "^inerous 3-5-flowered, bracts linear, pedicels very long 

 spreadir T^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^P'^^^ ^^^^^> standard orbicular 2-lobed, wings lobed 

 frodr if L ^^ILtrumpet-shaped, spur very stout long curved W. & A. 

 ^.c. iv. 140^ ^^^'^^ ^^' t- 966; Wall. Cat 4762; UJ. & T. in Mem. Linn. 



An e^rlpt"^ ^^ Malabar and Travancor, common at 4-6000 ft. 

 ^VfM t* - ^^*^*^ branched shrub. 8 ft. hitrh : branches glabrous, nodose at the scars. 



**^'»R obl ^^^^^^^J neither winged nor .spurred; wing-lobes flat, subequal, divari- 

 •^eaked V^l ^^^^ ^~H in- Capsule erect, 1 in., ellipsoid, narrowed at both ends, 



oeerfs many, unripe, large, opaque, obovoid; testa thick, pitted. 



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