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Impaticns klcinii IV, & A,; F.BJ, i 445, VIII 14. 

 Stem very slender, branched. Ls. I to 2 in., elliptic, acute 

 at both ends. Spur very slender. Wings spathulate 

 not cleft. 



W. Ghats : 6,000 feet. [G.F.M.F.] Fpon, 5301. 



Impaticns tcnella Heyne\ F.B.I, i 447, VIII 17. A 

 small plant 4 to 10 inches, with slender stems and narrow 

 sessile leaves. Pedicels J^ to I inch, usually in pairs, 

 horizontal, not deflexed in fruit. Flowers 54 inch dia- 

 meter, pink, spur shorter. 



Nilgiris : 6,000 feet, Courtallum. 



Gen, Dist, Mountains of Malabar, etc. 



Impaticns pusilla Bentham ; Vol. I p. 65, and Vol. II 

 t. 50, as I. inconspicua Benth. ; G.F.M.P, i 140. Wt. Ic. 

 t. 750 under name /. rosmarini folia, 



Impaticns latifolia Linn. ; Vol. I p. 68, but add : 

 Stems covered with sulphury powder. Flowers pale 

 purple. 



Western Ghats, South Kanara to Pulneys, up to 8,000 feet. 



I. cuspidata Wt.; F.B.I, included in I. latifolia; 

 G.F.M.P. i 142. A shrub, 3 to 5 feet, well branched. 

 Stems and branches covered with bluish white powder. 

 Leaves alternate, opposite or several at a node, often 

 unequal in size. Flowers pale pink ; standard broadly 

 obcordate, nearly flat ; lip small with long straight spur ; 

 basal lobe of wings longer than the distal and notched. 

 t. Wight Ic. t. 741. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor on Lamb's Rock Road, common. May — 

 September. Fyson 6204, 6338, 6550. 



Impaticns floribunda Wt. ; G.F.M.P. i 142. Habit of 

 the last two, but inner lobe of wing quite small. 

 Nilgiris to Travancore, 6,000 to 7,000 feet. 



