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Impatwis.] XXXII. GERAxiACEiE. (§ Balsamineie, Hook, f.) 471 



Shaded woods of the Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 5-7000 ft., and Kiiasja Mts.. alt. 3-6000 

 n., Uhotan, at Duplila, Booth; Bikma, at Momyen, /. Anderson. 



rerhaps only a variety of I, spirifer, but a stronger growing plant, often much 



dul I ^^^^^®, ^^^^"^ strongly toothed, often ciliate at the base, petiole usually glan- 



mar, bracts, when present, very curiously twisted, lip deeper, and spur not spiral. 



a/>5iUe 1 in., stout. Seeds orbicular, small, opaque, granulate.— 1 have found 4 late- 

 ral sepals on this species; it was the commonest Dageeling oiie in 18^8, 



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Standard tisually spurred at the back. 



95. I. Jurpia, Ilam. in Wall. Cat. 4761 ; tall, shrubby, branched, 

 gfaprous or pubescent, leaves long-petioled elliptic-lanceolate caudate- 



uminate often oblique crenate, peduncles very long 1-3-flowered, flowers 

 ^e, bracteoles and sepals minute, standard obcordate usually with a long 



rsal spur, terminal lobe of wings obovate or oblong, lip very large saccate, 

 ■Pnr short stout incurved. H.f. & T. in Jour n. Linn. Soc. iv. 140. 



aded woods of tlie temperate and subtropical Himalaya from Nipal to Bhotan; 

 ^i^^siA Mtb., alt. 3-5000 ft. ' . ' ' 



tm 5-8 ft., stout and woody below; branches glabrous or pubescent. Leaves 3-10 



oft' ^^T ^^^^^^"^"s, many-nerved, with scattered hairs above, often red beneath, 



ciliate towards the base; nerves numerous, slender; petiole usually lon.i;: and 



^o<ler, often glandul 



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ar. Peduncles 2-4 in., slender; bracts subulate; pedicels 4-1 ui. 



col 7 "^^^'"^ ^ '"* ^^^^ ^^^^ ^5"^ *^ *'*® *^P ^^ ***^ standai'd, white" or pale straw- 

 oured or orange-red ; standard t\'ith a spur sometimes ^ in. long, at others obsolete ; 

 at t^^ ^. '» lateral lobes rounded, included, terminal exserteJ, twice a.s large, notched 

 l^j.^. f i^ ^[^^^*^» with an infloxed auricle on the inner margin; lip very large and 

 clav't '^^^^^ ^ rounded at the base; spar stoat, obtuse. Capsule 1-1 4 in., narrow linear, 

 t^plenr 1 *'^^"^®'. S'iihrous. Seeds many, small, opaque, suborbicular, tubercled.^A 



dnn. '^^^';-^h)wered species, probably a variety of this, with large bracts and a very short 

 «P^ on the standard. ^ ^ .V 



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t^^^' '-discolor, Wall. Cat 4767; 1 DC. Prodr, L 687; slender, erect, 

 Shi f -I'l ^^^^^ petioled ovate or lanceolate acuminate crenate, peduncles 

 senal ^^^T^y 1-3-fiowered, bracts broad ovate gland-tipped, flowers large, 

 teml' ^f*i ^^ We broadly ovate, standard orbicular spurred at the back, 

 rowl!? • ^^^ ^^ ^^^^S large pendulous, lip very large deep conoidal nar- 

 .vJ • ^^to a short stout involute obtuse spur. JL f. & 1\ m Jo urn. Lnin. 

 ?^- IV. 137. I. Hoffmeisteri, KlotzscJi in Reise Pr. Waldem. BoL 121, 1. 15 A. 



' offio-^^^^ ^^^^>^ ^"*i SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 6-8000 ft. 



tile ba^ V°^ pubescent on the leaves above. Stem 3-5 ft., 

 iianv -^^ r'^"^^'"»^rnenibranous, crenatures coarse, with a br 



decumbent and rooting at 



istle in the sinus; nerves 

 WlJ^^^^^^^ variable, naked.' "Bedunck &nd pedicds to-cther 1-2 in., very slender, 

 larJy^ '"■' scattered. Flowers U-2 in., violet-blue with a pink-purple vemcd very 

 bemM*'P.» s„^nJard small; wings as in 7. argnta, &nd spirifer, which this much re- 

 - "^es in foliage and llowers, but differs wholly in the fruit. Capsvle | m..^8lender, 

 npe Ja acuuiinale beyond the middle, the lower portion bein? seedless. Seeds un- 

 so J fin ^^'*y common Darjeelinc species. De Candolle describes the flower as yellow, 



* suspect that he h^sLurl' T ..^i'J.i\.i;,, 



•' ^- ^^*^ acuminate beyond the middle, the lower portion bein? seedless, 



mmon Darjeeling species. De Candolle describes the flow 

 *P^cies\h*' r"*' ^^ ^'^^ ^^^ ^' urticwfolia (or perhaps Lflavida) in his eye, with which 



uVwl^y^,^^ J^as much in common; in this the leaves are more uniform, less crowded 

 - ? and less drawn out at the apex : and the flowers are more uniformly lateral. 



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 i>arsely pubescent, leaves long-petioled., ovate-lanceolate caudate-acu- 



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