.204 Geraniacece. [ifnpatiens. 



spinous-serrate, the lowest scrratures filiform and glandular, 

 nearly glabrous on both sides, slightly scabrous above, ciliate, 

 thin, paler beneath, lat. veins numerous, parallel, conspicuous, 

 petiole very long, the upper part winged, with a row of long, 

 tentacular, marginal glands, red ; fl. numerous, moderate- 

 sized or rather large, on slender, glandular-hairy ped., in 

 fascicles of 4-6 from the axils of lower and fallen 1. ; sep. 

 minute, lij) saccate, f in. deep, densely hairy ; spur very short, 

 blunt, incurved ; standard ^ in., orbicular, hooded, with an 

 erect, sharp beak on back, hairy, wings bifid, large, upper lobe 

 short, rounded, lower lobe half-obovate, exserted from lip ; 

 capsule 'i in., gibbous, pointed, glabrous ; seeds flattened, 

 pilose. 



Montane zone, 3-6000 ft., extending also down to below 2000 ft.; rather 

 rare. Hantane ; Ramboda ; Nuwara Eliya ; Eratne, Kuruwita Korale. 

 Fl. Feb., March, October; pet. pink and green, lip yellow, veined with 

 red inside. 



Endemic. 



The stems, petioles, and midribs are a uniform purplish-red. 



6. I. macrophylla, Gardn. in Bot. Mag. t. 4662 (1S52). 



Thw. Enum. 66. C. P. 12 12. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 455. Bot. Mag. t. 4662. 



Annual, stem very thick, 6-10 ft., scarcely branched, 

 glabrous below, hairy above, succulent ; 1. very large, ^-\2 in., 

 crowded at upper part of stem, ovate, much tapering at base, 

 acute, acuminate, spinous-serrate with the lower serratures fili- 

 form and glandular, glabrous or hairy above, hairy on the 

 veins beneath, lat. veins numerous, parallel, very oblique, 

 conspicuous, petiole very long, winged and gland-bearing in 

 upper part ; fl. rather small, very numerous, on slender, 

 glabrous ped. much shorter than the petiole, in fascicles of 

 4-10; sep. minute, setaceous ; lip compressed, shortly saccate, 

 \ in. deep, sharply acuminate, glabrous or nearly so ; spur 

 very short, inflated and bilobed at end, incurved ; standard 

 \ in., oval, with an erect beak on the top ; wings small, 

 included in the lip, the upper lobe undeveloped, the lower 

 oblong, obtuse ; capsule turgid, beaked, glabrous ; seeds much 

 tuberclcd. 



Montane zone, 4-7000 ft. ; rather common. Fl. Jan., Sept. ; dull 

 orange-red. 



Endemic. 



The largest of our species, and handsome in foliage, but the flowers 

 are inconspicuous. The stem, petioles, midribs, pedicels, and flowers 

 are usually all coloured of a similar brick-red tint. 



