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m., Toppin 2679. 
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I. violaeflora, Hook. f.—Fig. 1, flower; 2, lateral sepal; 3, spurred sepal ; 
4, standard; 5, wing; 6, capsule. 
An erect branched and hairy plant 15-45 cm. in height. Stem 
glabrous or slightly hairy on the upper portion, not swollen at 
the nodes. Stipular glands and stipules nil. Leaves alternate, 
crowded at the top of the stem, ovate-lanceolate, covered with 
white scattered hairs and with distinctive red hairs on the margins 
of the lower half up to 5 mm. in length. Inflorescence axillary, 
crowded and pedicelled from the upper leaf axils. Bracts minute, 
lanceolate, at base of pedicels. Fruiting pedicels decurved. 
Flowers rotate, deep rose in colour, reverse side of the petals being 
of much lighter tinge, 2°cm. in diameter. Sepals 2, minute. i 
glabrous or with a few soft hairs. The spur very slender up to 
3°25 em. in length, nearly straight. Wangs, the two lobes sub- 
equal with no dorsal auricle but a yellow spot marking the posi- 
tion. Standard notched, with a slender keel, broadly cordate. 
Pollen light pink. Pod turgid in the centre, covered with white 
hairs. When ripe the line of cleavage is longitudinal, commenc- 
‘ing from the centre of the pod which is entirely composed of thick 
glistening contractile tissue; when the pod has split in length it 
contracts on itself transversely thus ejecting the seeds. Seeds 
dark brown, rough, with no hairs when ripe, but covered with 
white tomentum when green. The number depends largely on 
the nature of the ground. Collected on the hard roadside, the 
average number in 10 capsules was 6°5 (6-8). Collected in boggy 
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13. I. porrecta, Wall.; N.E. Burma: Neau Hka at 500 m.; 
rge at 550 m.; in wet junel “> full dane. 
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