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mina fasciculata, DC. prod. 1. p. 686.—B. heterophylla, G. Don in Mil. 
dict. 1. p. 749.—Rheed. Mal. 9. t. 47. 
The leaves vary much even on the same specimen; but usually in those 
from the Peninsula they are broader and shorter than in the specimens from 
Silhet ; with the latter, however, Rottler’s agree. 
456. (15) I. diversifolia (Wall.:) diffuse, rooting at the joints: leaves op- 
posite, from narrow linear to ovate, somewhat cordate at the base, acutely 
dentate-serrated, glabrous on both sides: pedicels solitary or several to- 
gether, longer than the leaves, filiform: lateral sepals linear-lanceolate, half 
the length of the corolla; anterior ovate, acuminated, with a filiform spur 
nearly as long as the flower ; posterior scarcely exceeding the staminal co- 
lumn, larger than thé small posterior lobes of the petals, much smaller than 
the large semi-obovate anterior ones: stigmas distinct: capsule oblong, 
flabrous.— Wall.! L. n. 4749; Wight! cat. n. 457.—1. Malabarica, Klein /— 
- heterophylla, Wall.! L. n. 4748.6. 
457. (16) I. tomentosa (Heyne :) stems diffuse, glabrous: leaves opposite, 
sessile, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, acutely serrated; upper side slightly hispid; 
under pale, glabrous: pedicels axillary, solitary or in pairs, pubescent, about 
as long as the leaves, in fruit deflexed: anterior sepal cucullate, with the 
spur short and inflated at the point: stigmas united: capsule oblong, taper- 
ing at both ends.— Heyne ! in Wall! L. n. 4751; Wight! cat. n. 440.—l. re- 
tieulata, Wall.! L. n. 4750.—I. fasciculata, Klein! in herb. Wight. — 
Readily distinguished from J. fasciculata, to which it is closely allied, by 
the form of the spur: in this short with a swollen tip, in that long and 
tapering. 
458. (17) I. oppositifolia (Linn. :) branches diffuse, filiform, flaccid: leaves 
ionis = — dap deter at the top of the stem to broad 
obovate-laneeolate near the base, acute, membranaceous, slightly serrated, 
Serratures bristly: pedicels axillary, solitary or in pairs, not half the length 
of the leaves, very slender: lower sepal cucullate, with a very short conical 
nearly straight spur: anterior lobe of the petals elongated, tapering much 
towards the base: stigmas united: capsule glabrous, narrow, tapering at 
both ends, with about 2 seeds towards the middle and a constriction be- 
tween them.— Linn.! in herb. Herm.!; Spr. syst. 1. p. 808; Wight! cat. n. 
.—l. mysorensis, Wall! L. n. 4743. a.—Balsamina oppositifolia, DC. 
prod. 1. p. 686. j 
A most distinct species, marked by its exceedingly membranaceous deli- 
cate appearance, its flowers large in proportion to the plant, the almost un- 
guiculate lobe of the petals, and by the form of the capsules. We exclude 
the synonym of Rheede (Mal. 9. t. 31.), quoted by Linnæus and most bota- 
nists, because it appears to us to belong to Scrophularineæ, and is perhaps a 
Species of Bonnaya. I. rosmarinifolia, Retz, according to Bertolone’s de- 
scription, (Roem. & Sch. Syst. 5. p. 348), approaches very closely, but seems 
to differ by the leaves “ green above and glaucous beneath, and appa- 
rently not membranaceous, 
459. (18) I. inconspicua (Benth. :) branched, diffuse, glabrous: leaves 
posite, NE sessile, from ne to Lern ei lightly cordate at the 
ase, remotely and slightly bristle-serrated ; under side pale, pu : Lad 
dicels solitary or several together, shorter than the leaves, pubescent: late x 
sepals nearly equal to the flowers, linear ; lower one gibbous without a spur: 
capsule oval, glabrous, few-seeded.—Benth.! in Wall.! L. n. 4741 —I. pusilla, 
Heyne! in Wall.! L. n. A745. Dv. 
These two synonyms appear at first sight to belong to very distinet species; 
ut à more careful examination suggests that J. inconspicua 1s a luxuriant, 
_ the T. pusilla a starved, form of the same plant: at least we can perceive no 
 M"nüportant mark by which to separate them, 
