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464 XXXII. GERANIACE^. (§ Balsamineop, Hook, f.) [Jmpatieiis. 



71. 1. leuoantha, Thwaites Enum. 67 ; glabrous, stem erect simplj 

 rarely forked, leaves in 1 whorl or fascicled rarely opposite shortly petiolea 

 lanceolate acuminate serrulate, peduncles several long erect, flowers in a 

 short terminal raceme, bracts ovate-lanceolate, sepals ovate-oblong acute, 

 standard hooded, lateral lobe of wings small lanceolate, termmal large 

 3-lobed, lip boat-shaped, spur short straight. ,: 



rEVLOx; at Hini'Ioon and Kittool Galle, T/iz^aiVe*. . . ' 



IStem 5-10 in., naked below, succulent. Leaves 6-10 in the fascicle, of unequal sues, 

 3-G in-, serratures acute, base often ciliate ; petiole \~\ in._ Peduncles many, loii^'«^ 

 or shorter tlian the leaves, many-flowered; pedicels capillary, spreading, J-1 ^"'^ 

 hracts green, concave. Flowers white, \ in. diam. ; standard not winged ; wings ^v 

 the lobes rounded ; spur J in. Capsules J in., unripe, erect, ellipsoid, glabro , 

 beaked. 



72. I. linearis, Am. in Hook Comp. Bot Mag. i. 323 ; stem sbjrt 

 fctuut simple, leaves crowded upwards subsessile linear-lanceolate ^*^"?^i|"j 

 serrate, peduncles solitary or 2 stout erect, flowers very ^1^*^^^^. "?^ j^j^ 

 bracts ovate, sepals short ovate, standard short spiirred at the ^^^w^V^ f 

 lobe of isings large obovate clawed, lip concave, spur very short, i/*/- ^ .- 

 in Journ. Linn. iSoc. iv. 143, 



spreading, acuminate, concave ; pedicels slender, spreading. Floioers i in. "I* *' 

 wings large; spur a mere point. Capsule \ in., elHpsoid, very turgid, acumm j 



glabrous. Seeds many, very small, pubesct^nt. , i|jg 



\ x^. peiiolata ; leaves rather broadly petioled with scattered short hairs on ^ 

 tipper surface. 



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73. X. 



Hooh 



Comp. Bot. Mag. i.323; smflj 



glabrous or pubescent, stem slender, leaves solitary few or many V^^^. 

 ovate elliptic or lanceolate acute serrulate, peduncles long '^*^^^^?'^^' *^^ inJ 

 flowers umbelled or very shortly raceined, bracts broad-ovate or ^^"^ ] J^ 

 feepals ovate or oblong, standard hooded, lateral lobe of wings ^^"^^^^Z^ 

 caudate, terminal large clawed ^-cordate, lip boat-shaped, spur v; 

 short. Thwaites Enum. 67. 



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Southern and Central parts of Ceylon, alt. 2-5000 ft. ' , ;, --W^ 



Very variable, both in habit and foliage. Stem bimplc, rarely branched, ^^^^^ 

 below, usually leafy above, with the leaves 1-1 4 in. broad, long-petioled ana ^^^' 

 glabrous above; other specimens have 4 similar but pubescent leaves in ^. ^^^^ 

 others 1, 2, 3, or a few lanceolate acuminate leaves, 4 in. long. Leaves memo 

 usually ciliate towaids the base. Peduncle often solitary, subterminai ana i^ ^^ 

 than the leaves, with an umbel or very short raceme of 4-8 flowers ; ^^^^\ \^g^ 

 concave, acuminate, green ; pedicels slender, spreading. Flowers ^^ ^,i ^.^ites d«* 

 white or pale rose-colour; standard streaked transversely with ^^*^-'~i,; tannin*' 

 sciibos the lateral lobes of wings as small lanceolate long-caudate, tbe ^^^ 



"« larger ^-cordate and acuminate; the spur is sometimes ^6*^"^^*^. ." yonft 

 oint. Capsule ^ in., ellipsoid, turgid, beaked, many-seeded. Seeds immature, 

 airy? ^ ,, 



74. I. travancorioa, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. p. 29, 1. 142 ; sf?^^!^^^jj 

 ►simple stout leafy at the top, leaves crowded small petioled ^|^P\g j^n- 

 acute creuate, peduncles 1-3 subterminal erect 2-4-flowered, orac ^^ 

 ceolate, flowers umbelled small sepals obliquely ovate, ^^^J^ I^^^ 

 concave, terminal lobe of wings large sessile, lip boat-shaped, sp 

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