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last wishes of the greatest authority on Zmpatiens, for Sir J. D. 
Hooker had selected a species among the Chitral Balsams to be 
called after Major Toppin, but on Aug. 2, 1911, wrote to him 
saying that after all it was not new, being 7; Leman. Hook. 
Thoms., “you will, I hope,” < added, ° «make up for the loss 
b finding a new species in Burm 
This plant is one of the soneiibinesl as well as one of the most 
beautiful balsams in the Kachin Hills. The Latin diagnosis has 
been drawn up from the discoverer’s own English description. 
l4a. I. kamtilongensis, 7 ti tae species Z. khasianae, Hook. 
f., affinis, sed floris colore distat 
Herba erecta, pilis fuscis hirsuta, ad 30 cm. alta, caule succu- 
lento. Folia ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, crenata, acuminata, 
subtus pallida, petiolata, nervis utrinque 7-8; elandulae stipu- 
laresnullae. Pedunculi 2 cm. longi, hirsuti, biflori, foliis breviores. 
Pedicelli 1-1-5 em. longi. basi bracteati ; bracteae lineares. Flores 
pallide sufflavi vel fere albi. Sepala a lateralia 2, ovato-lanceolata, 
acuminata, ad 10 cm. longa, hirsuta; labelli limbus hirsutus, 
ore 1 em. longo horizontali. Vewilli costa dorso in medio cor- 
nuta. Alae 2c cm. longae; lobus basalis rotundatus, lobus dis- 
talis oblongus; auricula dorsalis conspicua. Capsulae turgidae, 
hirsutae. Semina orbicularia, atrofusca, circa 22. 
Kamti Long Hills. Kumtat: in wet, shady places at 500 m., 
Sinar at 650 m., Dec., 1911. Toppin 4275. 
n capsules examined, a maximum number of 24 seeds was 
found, minimum 17, average 22'3. 
(See page 355.) 
17. 4. ee Hook. i Toppin 3442. Brought by Mr. Grant 
and not collected by myself. Ditfers from 2747 (J. pu loka Hook. 
f. & Thoms.), in the leaves and from 2746 (J. benentea, Hook f. 4 
in having a distinct maroon patch on the wings like 2747, and also 
in the fact that the spur is completely recurved on i itself. Se pals 
light in colour. 
I. annulifer, Hook. Fig 1, flower; 2, lateral sepal; 3 
lifer, . = 7. ; 3, spurred 
sepal; 4, standard; 5, wing. | 4 
