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Impaticjis.] XXXII. GERANiACE^. (§ Balsaminecfi, Hook, f.) 



' Temperate Western Himalaya ; common from Nipal to Marri, alt. 6-8000 ft. 

 - A handsome often gigantic species, 4-10 ft., with the stem as thick as the thumb, 

 neshy. Zeaves very variable as to disposition, size, breadth, petiole, and cutting of 

 the margin, base rounded or acute; stipules of stout gland-tipped set». Peduncles 

 ^ oin., stout, straight, erect ; bracts ovate lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers usually pale 

 wa-purple, sometimes white; sepals ^-^ in., green. Capsule \-\ in., clavate, or 

 much narrowed towards the base, top abruptly beaked, glabrous, usually drooping, very - 

 turgid in the middle. Seeds large, broadly obovoid ; testa opaque, spongy. — Very 

 Closely allied to L longicornu, suhata, and Thomsoni. Edgeworth considers that 

 J. 'imschata differs specifically in its musky odour, habit, and more deeply serrated 

 leaves.— Seeds eatable raw, tasting like nuts. 



, Var. 1; leaves crenate-seriate, serratures glandular. ^ 



. Var 2. moschata; leaves alternate and whorled, coarsely serrate, less glandular. 

 1. moschata, Bdgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 38. 



/AK. 3. Candida; uppermost leaves opposite or whorled, flowers white spotted with 

 cnrason. I. Candida, Lmdl in Bot. Beg. 1840, Misc. Sb\ 1841, t. 20. 

 « *^?- ^- ^^dcrocldla ; upper leaves alternate, terminal lobes of the wings longer 

 tnmidiate-ovate falcate. 1. macrochila, Lindl. Bot Beg. 1840, t. 8. 



89, 1, Thomsoni, Hook. f. in Joum. Linn. Soc. iv. 128 ; tall, robust, 

 a'^^^^ .quite glabrous, leaves opposite below whorled or alternate 

 at>ove, petiuled ovate acuminate coarsely serrate, stipules pulvinate, 

 peduncles - " • k ^ . .^ . .• 



"^mi. 



cles erect, flowers umbelled, sepals ovate-lanceolate, standard entire, 

 . 2-lobed, lip conical narrowed into the rather long spur, cap6ule 

 narrowly clavate. 



Inner ranges of the Temperate Himalaya, Pixi and Kunawur, alt. 9-10,000 ft., 

 ioaaT^^^' Kumaon and Garwhal, alt. nfiWit,,Strach.& Wint, ; Sikk-im, alt. 



.Probably a small state of 7. Boylei or sulcata, 2-12 in. high, with flowers only half 

 ? T^' ? conical or trumpet-shaped lip narrowed into the spur, and a narrower cap- 

 %»i*~^ "*• ^?r>g. It is only found in the interior and drier Himalayan r 



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Q^' ^^ ^^^^^^^9 Wall. Cat. 4764 in part ; stem stout erect grooved 

 ^te glabrous, leaves usually opposite and whorled elliptic-ovate or lan- 

 ^late coarsely crenate-serrate, stipules pulvinate, flowers many urabelled 

 jL^^^^ed, standard 2-lobed, wings broad, lip saccate obtuse, s 



\ a J ^^> oi-Huuara ^-looea, wings 



j^exed, capsule elongate horizontal. //. / dj T. in Joum 



Tern 



spur short 



-L gigantea, Edgew. in Trans, Linn. Soc. xx. 38. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 7-12,000 ft., from Marri to Sikkim. 

 8 in f^Fi*^'^^^ annual herb, said to attain 15 ft. in heidit, but 1 never saw it more than 

 J? ^ikkim, with furrowed fistular stems, so like /. Boylei that I suspect it may prove^f 

 abl V^"^*^ ^^ ^^^^ P^^"t. differing in the more crenate leaves, stipules (a very vari- 

 g|i l.^*^^^acter), and the longer narrow inclined capsules 1 in. long, which are but 

 bntiy clavate, and have simflar large eatable seeds. It should also be compared with 

 ^^ ot /. longlcornu. The 4 lateral sepals are sometimes developed m Sikkim. 

 , >ar. minor; smaller, lip conical.— Kunawur, alt. 8000 ft, T Thonuon. 



91.1. 



Amplexicaulis 



in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 37; tall, 



uSf. ,^' l^ite glabrous, leaves sessile lower opposite oblong-lanceolate 

 •PPer alternate ovate-lanceolate amplexicaul, all crenate-serrate, stipules 

 Jf viaate or obsolete, flowers umbelled or raceuied, standard orbicular 

 CaZ 1 ' ^^S^ 2-lobed, lip saccate acute or obtuse, spur short mflexed, 

 ^Psuie slender horizontal, ff.f. & T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. iv. 129. 



Lann!^'^ Teiuperate Himalaya, alt. 6-12,000 ft.; Kulu, Edgeworth; SiulI, Lady 



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