Impatiens.'\ GeraniacecF. 205. 



7. Z. repensq Moon Cat. 18 (1824). G-al-demata, 5". 



Wight, 111. i. 160. Thw. Enum. 66. C. P. 2790. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 455. Wight, 111. i. t. 6r. Bot. Mag. t. 4404. 



Perennial, with thick, prostrate, somewhat zigzag, angular,, 

 branched, glabrous stems rooting at the nodes ; 1. small, | in. 

 long, on erect, glabrous petioles over i in., ovate-reniform, 

 broader than long, truncate or subcordate at base but tapering 

 into petiole, acute, sparingly spinous-crenate with the two 

 lowest teeth filiform, slightly hairy above, paler, glabrous and 

 shining beneath; fl. rather large, ijin. long, solitary, ped. 

 i|— 2 in., glabrous ; sep. \ in., lanceolate, acute, glabrous ; lip' 

 saccate, over \ in. deep, sharply pointed in front, gibbous at 

 base, very hairy ; spur curved, inflated at end ; standard i in., 

 broader than long, keeled and hairy on the back ; wings 

 deeply bilobed, the upper rounded, the lower obliquely trun- 

 cate, with a raised ridge in the centre and an oblong process 

 projecting from inner side ; capsule very hairy. 



Moist country, up to 3000 ft. or more, on rocks ; rare. Four Korales 

 (Moon) ; Sitawaka ; Ruanwelle ; Alagala ; Yatiantota ; Ambepusse ; 

 Bambarabotuwa (Lewis). Fl. most of the year ; bright yellow, lip veined 

 with crimson at the base within. 



Endemic. 



Very unlike the other species in habit and in its yellow flowers. It is 

 much cultivated as an ornamental plant in pots and on rockwork, and 

 looks more like a Tropaoluiii than a Balsam. The Sinhalese name 

 alludes to a certain resemblance of the flowers to those of Ginelina. 



The drawing in Wight, III. was made by Mrs. Walker. 



8. X. leptopoda, Am. in Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 321 (1835). 

 Hk. f and Th. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 132. /. brevicormi, Am. and /. 

 gibbosa, Am. I.e. 321. Thw. Enum. 65. C. P. 140. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 455. 



Annual, stems 1-3 ft., much branched, glabrous ; 1. variable,. 

 I J-4 in., lanceolate or oval, acute at both ends, spinous- 

 crenate, flaccid, glabrous, pale beneath, petiole |- in., slender ; 

 fl. rather small, about f in. diam., solitary or 2 together, on 

 slender, glabrous ped. i-i| in. long; sep. minute, lanceolate; 

 lip boat-shaped, beaked ; spur very slender, slightly curved, 

 I in. or shorter or quite absent ; standard ^ in., broadly 

 obcordate, keeled on back ; wings spreading, divergent, lobes 

 rounded, truncate, eoual in length, the upper broader ; capsule 

 smooth. 



Upper montane zone ; very common. Fl. all the year ; pale pink. 



Endemic. 



A very variable plant. Arnott's species /. brevicornu and /. gibbosa 

 cannot be maintained even as varieties, for flowers with long and short 

 spurs and without spurs are all to be found on the same plant. 



