463 XXXII. GERANiACEiE. (§ Balsamiiiese, Hook, f.) [Impatiens. 



lanceolate acute or acuminate crenate base rounded or cordate, peduncles 

 short 4-8-flowered, flowers unibelled or shortly racemed, sepals large ovate, 

 standard orbicular not spurred behind, terminal lobe of wings very large 

 and broad, lip small, spur long slender incurved. Tkwaites Fnum, 67; 

 H.f. & T, in Jou7m, Liyin, Soc. iv. 144. ■■. ' 



Central province of Ceylon; alt. 3-6000 ft., Walker^ &c. 



Stem 1-2 ft., stout, sometimes mucb diffusely branched, smooth or scarred. Leam 

 very variable, 1-3 in.; crenatures large, ciliate or not; petioles ^-2 in., egiandular. 

 Peduncles 2-4 in., axillary and subterminal ; bracts ^ in., ovate-lanceolate, acute. 

 Flowers |-| in, diam., white with red sepals and standard ; spur 4-1 i";) slender, m- ^ 

 curved. Capsule \ in., ellipsoid, beaked, glabrous. Seeds subglobose, hairy. 



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65. Z. viscida, Wight iuMadr, Journ. v. 12; /c.t. 746; tall, slender, 

 stem rigid angled rooting below hairy above, leaves petioled elliptic- 

 lanceolate serrate firm, peduncles axillary very long viscid S-cc-flowereOj, ;: 

 flowers umbelled or in short racemes, pedicels viscid, sepals suborbicuia 

 equalling the small standard, terminal lobe of wings large suborbicular,_lip 

 small boat-shaped, spur long strong incurved. //. /. & T. in Journ.Ltnn. 

 Soc. iv. 144. 



Pulney Mts. in the Southern Carnatic, alt. 5500 ft., in beds of rivers, Wid^^* ftp . 



Stem 2-3 ft., simple or sparingly branched, leafy all the way up, very rigid for tiie 

 genus. Leaves 2-3 in., pubescent beneath on the midrib and numerous strong ^^^^'^^; 

 notcihate, teeth glandular; petiole i-l| in. Peduncles 2-4 in., rigid, erect, terete^ 

 bracts ovate-lanceolate; pedicels short, often hairy. Flowers I in. diam., pink; ^^R^ ■ 

 acuminate, almost as large as the orbicular acuminate standard; wings with ^P^^ "° 

 lobes, lateral short falcate, terminal twice as large hatchet-shaped, tip rounded ; sp 

 stout towards the base, slender on to the tip. Capsule J in., ellipsoid, beaked, vent • 

 cose, glabrous. Seeds numerous, globose, hairy. — Pedicels more or less hairy and v»8C . 



G6, I. cordata, Wight in Madr. Journ. v. 10 ; glabrous, flaccid, stem 

 prostrate and rooting below, leaves long-petioled ovate-cordate acum - 

 nate obscurely crenate, peduncle subterminal and axillary 3-4-flowere 5 

 flowers umbelled, pedicels glabrous, sepals large ovate acuminate, stanaa 

 cuneate emarginate, lateral lobes of wings small incurved, terminal i^^S. , 

 broad spreading, lip boat-shaped, spur long slender incurved. 



Sivaghcrry Ghats, on the Malabar Mountains, Wight; Anamallay M^s-* ^ .:^ V 

 3-5U0O ft. ; Travancor, Beddome. . i^g ; 



Stem 6-12 in., apparently succulent. Leaves 2-3 in., very membranous, crena ^^^ 

 vith minute cilia, base ciliate or not, nerves slender, with scattered hairs on bo -^^^^ 

 faces; petiole 1-3 in. Peduncles 2-4 in. ; bracts broadly ovate, J in., green ; F ^^^ 

 short. Flowers 1 in. diam., lilac with a purple centre; sepals almost ^*1"^ "^j^al 

 standard; lateral lobes of wings flesh}^ forming a vault over the ^^^'^^J^ S nripe, 

 almost orbicular; spur | in. Ca;psvle ^ in., ellipsoid, beaked, glabrous. Seeds'^ r" 



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67. I. acuminata, Benth, in Wall. Cat. 4754 ; shrubby, S^^^'^^^'S ' 

 simple stout, leaves crowded upwards petioled lanceolate ^j^^^^^^ts 

 crenate, peduncles axillary stout, flowers umbelled or racemed, d 

 broad, sepals large ovate-cordate, standard orbicular, wings 2-parut, ^^ 

 boat-shaped narrowed into the slender incurved spur. H. /• ^ ^' 

 Jowm.^ Linn. Soc. iv. 145. =. r ' 



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, AVct rocks in the Khasia Mts., alt. 4-5000 ft. ■"- , v ' ,t:?^ar«i 



Boot perennial? Stem 6-14 in., naked below, almost invariably sample. ^^^ ^^ 

 t-5 in., often caudate-acuminate, rather thick, crenatures minutely setiger^ » ^^ 

 Aliatcat the base; petiole 4-1 in., naked. Peduncles 1-1^ in.; bracts *-i ^^lered; 

 or acute, concave, green ; pedicels i-l in., erect.: i' Flowers about I iu. a^am » P ^ 





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