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468 XXXII. GERANiACEiE. (§ Balsaminese, Hook, f.) [Impatkns. 



. Central Provinces of Ceylon, alt. 4-6000 ft. , i ^ • 



Boot tuberous, perennial. Stem 1-2 ft., stout, simple or branched. Leaves \k-A m., 

 thick, serratures ciliate, petiole {-\ in. Peduncles stout, erect; racemes 4-8-flowered ; 

 bracts small, persistent; pedicels slender, erect, spreading in fruit. Flowers %'\ va,, 

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■walls undulate ; spur slender, hooked, swollen at the tip. 



bous, glabrous, ^"eet/^ unknown. ,. - 



86. I- tavoyana, Benth. in Wall Cat 4773 ; short, quite glabrous, 

 stem stout succulent, leaves petioled ovate acuminate subserrate base wM 

 long cilia, peduncles subterminal erect slender, flowers small m snort 



minute ^'^'-J^'^'^ia'^^*"^"^^^"''*^^^^'^"' oiir^fila nnrrnw. standara 



Texasseium at Moulmein, Lohh, 

 . Annual. Stem 4-10 in., simple or branched. Leaves 2-3 in., very membranous, 

 serratures ciliate, hairs at the base not glandular ; petiole \-\ in, Fedundes l-d in., 

 erector spreading; raceme terminal, 8-1 4-flowered; bracts setaceous, persistent, pe - 

 eels 4-1 in. Flo7cers 4 in. long, white ? with purple streaks on the hp , sepals vamwe 

 in shape, usually linear ; standard with a gi-een spur at the tip ; claw of wings 4 i ^ 

 Jong, verj narrow, strap-shaped, blade shorter than the claw, obovate-cuneate, wi 

 callous auricle at the base ; lip large for the plant, very concave, acummate ; sp 

 sometimes as long" as the lip, and turned up along its baae. Capsule \ in.; ^^^^^''^ 'J 

 acutely beaked, glabrous. Seeds 2-3, oblong, compressed, opaque, g'^^^?"^;r* ° „« 



The form 

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87. Z. racemulosa, Wall. Cat. 7274; stem simple erect leafy, leaves 

 long-petioled elliptic-ovate acute crenate-serrate, petiole eglandular, r^cem 

 flexuous axillary 6-8-flowered, bracts ovate, pedicels capillary, no^ ^^ 

 I m., sepals obliquely ovate, standard small orbicular, termmal looe 

 wings very large f orbicular violet, lip boat-shaped, spur incurved sxenu • 

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KuAsiA Mts., in marshes, alt. 4-5000 ft., Gomez, &c. ; Bhotan, Herb. ^"^'J;,C. 



Stem 6-8 in., succulent, sometimes thick. Leaves \\-2\ in., membranous, e.x^ f^ 

 late. Racemes 1-2 in., horizontal ; pedicels scattered, spreading, i m- ;. - ^"r J^gep 

 ^ coriaceous, persistent, glandular at the tip. Floioers | in. across thevnngs, o r 



fine violet colour; standard not spurred at the back ; lateral lobes of ^'"^s «'"*,', j.jjj3. 

 i-f in., obtuse, curved into a semicircle. Capsule short, I in., clavate, acute, g 

 Seeds few, small.— A very beautiful plant, allied to none. 



B. Capsule linear. 

 B I.— Oppositifolia and Verticillata. (See 7. tripetala in ^ .^^X 



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Rovlei 



.„. ^_., Walp. Rep. i 475 ; tall, robust, branches qui^^.f^gSy 



leaves usually opposite and whorled lanceolate or ovate-lariceoia^. '^^ ^^ 



serrate, stipules of seta, peduncles subterminal, flowers many umu ^^^^^ 



racemed, standard 2-lobed, wings broad, lip saccate very obtuse, spu ^^.^ 



V capsule clavate beaked cemuous. H.f. dh T. in Jouni.'Ltnn. ^oc. ■ -^ 



T . . J/glan dulifera, Royle III. 151, t. 28, f 2 ; Lindl. Rot. Reg. 1840, t. 2/ , ^ 



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