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Inpaticns.] xxxii. geraniace^. (§ Balsaminace, Hook, f.) 467 



slenJe 



«r, erect ; bracts ^ in, persistent ; pedicels i-l in., slender. Floivers 4-14, 1 in. 

 t\t ?y^^^}^^^^ brilliant scarlet, yellow in the centre ; standard vaulted, dorially 

 Ceylon ^^^^ swollen.— Major Beddome regards this as allied to /. Walkeri, of 



d\ 'r ^,^**8;ac'»ee, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. p. 30, t. 147 ; glabrous, stem 

 »jpui Short subprocumbent, leaves obscurely whorled sabsessile narrowly 

 emptic-Ianceolate acuminate serrate, peduncles exceeding the leaves very 

 stout erect flowers subumbelled or racemed, pedicels erect, sepals oblong, 

 Bianciard sliort broad, lateral wing-lobes truncate terminal broadly cuneate, 

 up smaU boat-shaped, spur slender incurved. 



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Aimmallay bills in Travancor, alt. 4000 ft. and upwards, in vhQv-hQh, Beddome) 



2^3 P^,^^^ s'^^ple or forked herb, 6-10 in. Stem naked and rooting:: below. Leaved 

 14-21'' ^^^^'^"^ °^ \^^^ surfaces, thick, nerves few slender. Ptdmides very stout, 

 ^ 5 in ; bracts I" in., coriaceous; pedicels ^-l^ in., stout, thickened upwards. 

 ^jT--''^,"*'~^T ^~U in., bright rose; spur stout, straight or hooked, terminal wing-lobe 

 i: ^ .*^^^^dly truncate and erose apex; spur 1 in., straight or incurved. CapsiUa 

 ^, •' ^}^^^^Si glabrous. Seeds many, very smalL 



Peti 1 1 ^if^*^^^' Hook,/, ; quite glabrous, branches slender, leaves long- 

 ^0 fl J 1^ 1^^^^ acuminate crenate membranous, peduncles axillary slender 

 tault^ 1 ^^^^ deciduous, sepals broad ovate very oblique, standard small 

 lin sn l] ^^''^^ "vving-lobes small rounded, terminal very large suborbicular, 

 Y saccate, spur long very slender incurved. 



Zeai"^4^'^ !?ills, in Malabar, alt. 4500-5500 ft., Beddome. 

 crenatu^* -r^""' ^^^^ membranous, with or without gland-tippcd bristles at the base, 

 ovatn r^ ^i^Jf^te; petiole 1-3 in., slender. Peduncles shorter than the leaves ; bracts 



Quiip'oJ^n ' Pedicels J-1 in. Flowers 1 in. across the broad fiat wings; standard 



^trydi^''^"'^' ^^^^^^'^^' young pilose, probably large. — I have only fragments of this 

 J ^"^tinct species, which is labelled /. cordata?hj Major Beddome. 



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^ ^^ ^^^' shorty or 0. {See kIso L comvjera). 



er^{ *;]y*ff^tiana, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. p. 30, t. 146; suffruticose, 

 Petiol ^ .f^J^^Sj leaves long-petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate serrate, 

 bractf ^^^^ stipitate glands, peduncles slender shorter than the leaves, 



HinV^''^*^' racemes lax, pedicels capillary, sepals small, standard smalt 

 large In ^^uf^ apiculate, lateral wing-lobes small spreading, terminal very 

 6 long oblong obtuse, lip funnel-shaped, spur short incurved. 



leall'^'^T* in the Anamallay hills, Travancor, alt. 3-4500 ft., Beddome. 

 between fk '""' ^^^'^ ^^^"^^ scattered hairs above on the nen-es, membranous, lincolate 

 oat th- r 1 "^r^^^i petiole 14-24 in., slender. Peduncles flowering almost thvough- 

 Krr x^VL "^*^J hviicta very small; pedicels spreading in fruit. Flowers l-i\ m. 

 ''^^'^n? nl- |?^^^led with pink ; standard with a green dorsal ridge; upper wing-Iobo 

 i'». tran n^ forwards, terminal narrow, obtuse ; spur very short, hooked. Capsule 



Pfzoid, glabrous. Seeds about 5, globose, hairy. 



glaW; 7 alkeri, ITooL Comp. £ot. Mag. i. 324, t. 18 ; tall, erect, quite 

 Pedunci ' ,^®^ very long-pctioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate serrulate, 

 ^^ct sprT 1 ""* ^"^^c*' flowers 6-8, bracts broadly ovate, pedicels slender 

 ^«ntricnS -^^^^^ ovate-cordate, wipgs smaU 2-partite, lip elongate serrate 

 ^h. tZ-^^^^^Sl^^ laterally compressed, ^pur very' Sliort incurved. Bot. 





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