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iiatft, glabrous. Seeds oLlong, rugose, compressed, brown. — I have made this to in- 

 clude the common Himalayan Impatiens of the group with much larger flowers than 

 TQCdmosa^ crenate leaves, rounded tips to the buds, a long slender spur, and persistent 

 narrow bracts ; whether all the following varieties are referable to it cannot be 

 mined from dried specimens. Edgeworth's specimens in Herb. Bentham are not m an 

 examinable state. It difl'ers from /. leptoceras (to which I had referred vanous of the 

 forms) in the broader shorter leaves, persistent bracts, and habit of growth: from 

 J. anffustijloraj in the roimded buds and lip not ending in a beak ; and from L sten^, 

 antha by tlie same characters and persistent bracts. 



Vab. 1. Edgeworthii ; stipular glands 3-4 on each side of the petiole sessile, staiij 

 dard mucronate at the back, lateral wing-lobes obovate erect spotted yellow, lernnnaj 

 flat lanceolate rosy or purple ?,*spur straight wliite spotted yellow aitd purple. — I. laxi^ 

 flora, Edgew. Z.c. Banks of streams at Sevaria, alt. 7-9000 ft. Kumaon, Strach ^ 

 mni. (Imp. 19). . • > , , .y^' 



Var. 2. Stracheiji; stipulary glands various, flowers yellow, lateral wing-lobes large 

 rounded spreading, terminal short, narrower obtuse. — Simla, T. T.; Birnia, 7300 it.. 

 Madden; Jagcsur and Naintal, in Kumaon, Sir. & Wint (Imp. 3); Sikkira, at 

 Choongtam, J. D.E. . . . i" 



Var. 3. sikkimensis; sfipular glands several small or 0, standard green with purpie 

 Fpots, wings lilac spotted with purple, lip yellow-green. — Sikkim at Lachoong, ^y^ 

 9000 ft. ■ . 



Var. 4. Uasiana; stipular glands or sessile or pedicelled, flowers paj^'5'|^*'*'T; 

 lateral wing-lobes small spreading rounded, terminal with a very broad rounded basal- 

 lobe on the outer margin and tongue-like obtuse apex. — Khasia, not common at tom- 

 rang, Nunklow, Surareem and Molim. I. leptoceras var. a in part;. ^./. d;^^.;* 

 Journ. Linn, JSoc. iv, 153. 





118. 1- paludosa, ffooJc.f.; small, sparingly leafy, quite glabrouj 

 leaves shortly petioled elliptic-ovate or lanceolate acute or obtuse creuac^ 

 serrate, peduncles 1-2 much longer than the leaves 2-4 flowefejv R?^^/f 

 broad boat-shajied, flowers yellow, buds rounded, sepals orbicular-ovate, 

 standard orbicular, lateral wing-lobes small spreading rounded, termina 

 very large spreading lobed at the side obtuse, lip boat-shaped apiciuai 

 narrowed into a long slender incurved spur. I. leptoceras, var. C ^v- ^* .* 

 in Jmtrn, Linn. iSoc. iv. 153. 



Khasia Mts.; marshes near Nonkrim and Pomrang, alt. 5-6000 ft., /• D- S. & ^- ' 

 Stem 4-10 in., rather rigid. Leaves 1-2 in., rather distant, thickish, crenatures ^ i 

 basal bristles ; petiole \-\ in. Peduncles 1-3 in., terminal and lateral ; ^^^j^/^ S^^^ 

 spreading or reflexed. Flowers with the spur 1-1 J in.; sepals more than halt a. 6 

 as the keeled standard; terminal wing-lobes about J in. broad; spur clubbed at tn. ^r 

 Capsule I in,, cjhndric, apiculate, glabrous. Seeds minute, subouovate, F'"^? *^ ijut 



hilum, rough, opaque.— 1 was long disposed to rank this merel v as a form of i iaxijto , 

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119. I. angrustlflora, nook /; simple or branched, quite gjj.^ 

 leaves petioled elliptic-ovate or lanceolate caudate-acummate ^^^.^tg 

 ]>eduncres subterminal clustered slender erect, bracts s^^^^^^,/^^^^ard 

 persistent, flowers yellow narrow, buds acuminate, sepals f ^^^ ^ te liP 

 orbicular or oblong, lateral wing-lobes small, terminal ^^^"^^^'^^^ 

 trumpet-shaped horned at the very oblique tip narrowed into a Ji^"« ^, 

 curved spur. L leptoceras )?, ^, H.f. & T. in Journ. Linn. >!)oc. iv. l?* 



^iS Khasia Mts., alt. 5-7000 ft., L6b\ &c. ; Bhotan, Griffiih/^y v^ ' '- :!f 'Las d«e 

 V Very similar to /. laxiflora, but at once distinguished by the narrow ^^^^^ j^gs^ 

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