AD TLOEAM INDICAM (BALSAMINE^). 135 



47. I. Hensloviana {Am. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 322). Caule 

 sufFruticoso crasso noduloso, foliis hirsutis pubescentibus glabratisve 

 lanceolatis ovato-lanceolatisque utrinque acuminatis serratis basi v. 

 petiolo glanduloso, pedicellis ebracteolatis subsolitariis elongatis 

 erectis, floribus magnis, sepalis amplis late ovatis acuminate mucro- 

 natis, labelli limbo parvo calcare elongate gracili incurvo, vexillo ob- 

 cuneato v. orbicular! bilobo, alis horizontaliter patentibus bipartitis 

 segmentis obovatis bilobis. 



I. albida, Wight, Ic. 743, et in Madr. Journ. Science, v. p. 7 .i.\. 

 Hub. Mont, tropicis Ceylonise ! alt. 4000-6000 ped.. Walker, Sfc, et 



Malabariffi, alt. 2000-3000 ped. ! Wight (fl. Sept.-Oct.). 

 Species pulcherrima, ssepissime tota pubescenti-pilosa, sed interdum 



glabrata v. imo glaberrima, ob caules crassos, pedicellos elongatos, 



flores magnos et sepala lateralia arapla facile dignoscenda. Capsula 



glaberrima v. pilosa. 



48. I. SPIRIFER {H.f. Sf T.). Glaberrima v. pilosula, foliis longe peti- 

 olatis ovato-lanceolatis caudato-acuminatis grosse crenatis in peti- 

 olum angustatis supremis subverticillatis sessilibus basi glandulis 

 stipulatis, pedicellis subterminalibus erectis solitariis v. rarius binis 

 basi carinatis, floribus li poll, purpureis fauce flavis sepalis amplis 

 oblique ovato-cordatis cuspidatis, labello saccato subcampanulato in 

 calcar breviusculum spiraliter tortum sensim angustato, capsula lineari- 

 lanceolata. 



Hab. Sylvis temperatis subtropicisque Himalayae orientalis Sikkim, 



alt. 4000-7000 ped. ! J. D. H. (fl. Oct.-Dec). (v.v.) 

 Species insignis, 2^-pedalis, inter banc sectionem et § E media, ob 

 pedicellos cum binis basi connatos. Folia 1-3'', interdum puberula. 

 Pedicelli pollicares. Labellum pallide roseum, rubro-lineatum. Vex- 

 illum orbiculatum, apiculatum, dorso cornutum; alarum segmentis 

 late purpureis, posticis lineari-oblongis pendulis. Capsula pollicaris. 

 Semina parva, orbicularia, puberula. 



A very beautiful species, readily distinguished by the large flowers, 

 short, spirally-incurved spur, long, deeply-conical, posticous sepal, and 

 long capsules. It is very closely allied to I. arguta, H. f. & T., but 

 difi^ers in the almost invariably solitary flowers, and in the absence of the 

 curious twisted bracteoles, 



49. I. CAPiLLiPEs {H.f. ^ T.). Parvula, diffuse ramosa, glaberrima, 

 caule gracillimo, foliis 1-2" petiolatis lineari-lanceolatis lanceolatisve 

 grosse crenatis nitidis flaccidis eglandulosis, pedicellis solitariis v. binis 

 capillaribus 1-floris, floribus minutis, sepalis falcatis, labello saccato 

 sacco ventricoso cylindraceo calcare minimo incurvo, vexillo lineari 

 oblongo elongato, alarum lobis acuminatis. 



Hab. Peninsula Malayana ad Moulmein ! Lobb. 



Species valde singularis ob folia hyalina angusta, flaccida grosse crenata, 

 pedicellos capillares, flores minutos vexillumque elongatum. Caules 



l2 



