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Impatiens.] xxxii. geraniace^. (§ Balsaminea?, Hook, f.) i70 



?Var, 2j leaves small obtuse or subacute, peduncles few longer than the leaves, 

 terminal wing -lobe strap-sliapcJ obtuse, flowers orange-vellow speckled with red, month 

 oMip hardly horned.— I. leptoceras, var. ft ff. f. & T. in Joum, Linn. Soc. iv. 153, 

 Miasia 3lts., at Myrung and Nonkrim— perhaps a diffureut species. 



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■B racts persistent ; spur long, slender. 



116. I. 



lib I. racemosa, I)C. Prodr. L 6SS; erect, quite glabrous, slender, 

 Dranclierl, leaves petioled elliptic-ovate or lanceolate acuminate crenate, " 

 peduncles lateral and subterininal slender erect, bracts persistent, flowers 

 rt-m., sepals ovate, standard orbicular, wings with a filiform process 

 oescendm^ into the spur, lip boat-shaped with a"curved spur equallim? the 

 FOicel I. racemosa, Wall Cat 4730 in part ; I tingens, Edgew. in Trans. 

 ^«nw .W. XX, 41 ; //. /. d: T. in Journ. Linn. ;Soc, iv. 151. L micrantha, 

 ^on Prodr. 203. - . i ■ ^' 



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Temperate Himalaya ; from Simla, alt. 5-7000 ft., io Sikkim, alt. 6-12,000 ft. 



ew 2-3 ft. high, sometimes ghandidar above. Leaves 3-9 in,, membranous, crena- 



j^^?"" ^ ^^'^le iu the sinub or near it; petiole ^-2 in., slender, naked or wjih 



Sfeiie or pedicclled stipular glands at the base. Racemes usually exceedimr the 



M^^V^^^^'^^"^*''^' '''^' ^'~^'^'^'^'^'*^*'^^^ bracts ovate, with stout glandular points; 



I ceis slender. P'lmrem smnU (l in ^ x-pllnw • opniils vprv varijihlfi nvnffi nr ohlnnrr 



» ei8 Slender. Flowers small (^ in.), yellow ; sepals very variable, ovate or oblong, 



Hate '^T I ^^'^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ wing into the spur. Capsule ^-| in., linear-chivate, acumi- 

 j g abrous, Seedx large, oblong, compressed, rngose. — A careful examination of those 

 io^tif^"^ ?Y a'li^^li's /• racemosa that agree with De Cnndoile's description, prove its* 

 ^ T ^} \ Edgeworth's /. tivgens^ both having the curious filiform process of the 

 ^^g^ concealed in the spur; and this obliges me to alter the nomenclature adopted in 

 (^UcIT"^**" Journal, together with the description, as far as the Khasian specimens 

 proces ^^^^ \^ excluded) are concerned. I have failed to prove the existence of the said 

 *nalvs^^^ r" ^"^^^^^ Sikkim specimens, which are in a very unsatisfactory state for an 

 pJant '^ • ^"^'^ delicacy as that of the spur ; but I think I detect their presence. Tlie 

 ^\"a!IiJh"^^ ^^^.^^"^^'•^' ^" ^'^^ '^^^l* ^^^ parts, but is always small-flowered. '^'~" ^^ 

 J y.^^ specimens have linear-lauceolate bracts. There are two 8he<' 



Some of 



a' . ^^^ ^'*^ sranaara as keeled and crested, wu 

 Fecimen, ^vdiich precisely accords with WaUich's. 



qW/' V i^^******"*' Edgeiv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 40; tall, branched, 

 Pedun t ^^^,^^' leaves petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate crcnatc, 

 eels T ] '^^bterminal slender fascicled, bracts persistent lanceolate, pedi- 

 standflH l^'*^^'^'' I in. yellowish, buds rounded at the end, sepals small, 

 or p1( ^^'bicular, lateral wing-lobes rounded or oblong terminal rounded 

 Spur ^"Sate, lip conical apiculate narrowed into a long usually curved 



j^f^rate Himalaya, alt. 5-10,000 ft. from Simla to Sikkim; Khasia Mrs., alt. 



»8nltl!'i\^-* ^^*^^^^^^- Zerti?^9 8-5 in., membranous, crenafures rounded with basal 

 ^^allvo!' ^"^tles, nerves slender; petiole 1-3 in.; stipular glands vanous. PtdancUs 



-pals usually small 

 ings very variable 



r^stST^^S v(^neties ajfbeionglo'one 'speci'esy;^!^^ c^'^H^^s tip ; 



'b"t or conical, tip often clubbed.. (?ff7>-*w/e 1-1 in., narrowly clavate, mucro- 





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