Impatims.] xxxii. geraniace^. (§ Balsaminefp, Hook, f.) 483 



spur exceeding the flower; capsule cylindric, often incurved.— Nilghiri Mts., Perrofct, 

 • *. 187. 



LcLAVicoRND, Turcz. Ic, 1859, 1. 271. The description will apply to any of the 

 . wngspuired species of group A 1. 



. I- DEBius, Turcz, Ic. 1859, i. 271, may he I. tenelia or any of its allies. * 



I. A83AMENSIS, Griff. NoL PL Asiut. iv. 459, t. 576, f. 1. It is impossible to say 



what plant is meant here. The description answers best to /. stenantha in its habit, 



▼eryion^ peduncles, small flowers, and glabrous foliage, &c. ; but the figure cited is 



. fiat of a very robust and very pubescent plant (like /. 8cabrida\ with an immense 



ower,^ totally differing from the description in every respect. — Banks of the Burram- 



PooU in sandy places near Dibong Mookh, G^nj^^A. / 



'• *J^^AYENsis, Griff\ he, 457, t. 576, f. 2. From the imperfect description this is 

 probably one of the forms of /. J5afcawiwa.— Mergui, Griffith, 



^? From Ramgunga in Kumaon, alt. 7200 ft., Strach. S TFm^.— Resembles 7. hwu 

 .^^'^i Edgew., but has very hroad green sepals. 



*•? Baltal in Kashmir, T. Thomson; and Marri, Fleming, — Probably a form of 

 i. amphorata or /. bicornuta. ' 



A. ? Marri, Fleminq. — Probably a form of laxiflora. but the leaves are sharply ser- 

 iate and buds larger. 



1 !*•/ ^hagump, Griffith (? Khagumpa in Bhotan). — A suffruticose species with the 

 V ^' ^- ^^vi^ata, but flowers twice as large, and the very large standard herbaceous 

 clah}!''!*^^^^ ; ^ving8 apparently rounded ; lip large, deeply boat-shaped ; spur stout, 



at the tip. 





9. KITBROCS&A, Blume. 



^ Sl^-bw^ erect marsh herb. Leaves narrow, alternate. Flowers in 



uort axillary 1-2-flowered peduncles, irregular. Sepals 5, coloured, im- 

 g^^^*'^i 2 outer lateral, Hat; posticous one produced into a short LoIIdw 

 ivj^' ^^^ ^1 tiie anticous outer, very large, concave. Bisk-glands 0. 

 0^^^ 5, filaments short flat : anthers slightly cohering around the pistiL 

 ^^rs^ 5-celled ; stigmas 5 sessile ; ovules 2-3 in each cell Drupe baccate, 



wne bony truncate 5-celled, cells 1-seeded. Seeds curved, corrugated, 

 goumen 0; cotyledons plano-convex, thickish, radicle short superior.— 

 ^fiiB. One tropical Asiatic species. ^ 



„^- H. tPiflora, W. & A. Prodr, i. 140 ; //. / & T. in Jonm. Linn. 



"^^•iv. 156. 



hP h 1 ^' angustitolia, mume mj 

 D.^;/'*^^^. i 687 ; Wall Cat. 4756. L ? ] 

 ^v7'' J' ^^«?. L 652; Wall. Cat. 4755. 



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Impatiens triflora, Linn. 

 tans, Willd. ; DC- Frodr. i. 687 ; 

 Tytonia natans, G. Don, Geii. 



749 ; iiurm, Fl, ZeyL\, 16 {inaccurate). 



inZ.k 2*^^*^^ Bengal, the Eastern and Western Peninsula, Cevlon and Birma 



kITT^'^'''''^' Java. 

 W r -^^^w* floating, fistular, flexuons, rooting at the Bodes, often many yards 

 lanLl ♦ '^^^ 1-2 ft., erect, 5-angIed, as thick as the finger. Leaves 1-5 in., lu.ear- 

 Ucu,^» serrate, sessile; stipular glands 2. Peduncles short, usually 3-flowered ; 

 ^W 1^' " -^^^^r^ J ">. ai**™., variegated red, white, and yellow. Drupe sub- 

 J as large as a cherry, smooth, red, succulent. 



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