2o8 GeraniacecB. {impatiens. 



The violet-coloured flowers give this curious little plant a very different 

 appearance to all the other species ; the purple colouration extends to 

 the pedicels and bracts. 



13. Z. Kookeriana, Ar7t. in Coiup. Bot. Mag. i. 324 (1835). 

 /. biglandulosa. Moon Cat. 18. Thw. Enum. 66. C. P. 2425, 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 463. Bot. Mag. t. 4704. 



Perennial, stem 3-4 ft, semi-woody below, often nodose 

 with prominent leaf-scars, glabrous ; 1. large, 5-7 in., crowded, 

 spreading, oval, acute at base, slightly acuminate, acute, 

 shallowly spinous -crenate, glabrous, petiole long, ii-3 in., 

 with 2 conspicuous round glands at the summit ; fl. very 

 large, 1-2 in. diam., ped. \\-2\ in., 3 or 4 together at end of 

 peduncle, which is shorter than 1., bracts caducous ; sep. small, 

 ^-i} in., narrowly lanceolate, lip funnel - shaped, gradually 

 tapering into the much-curved spur 2-2^ in. long ; standard 

 wider than long, strongly keeled on back, emarginate, crisped 

 on margin, cupped in centre ; wings very large, lobes very 

 unequal, upper obovate, shallowly 2-lobed, lower more deeply 

 2-lobed, all crisped on margin. 



Montane zone, 3000-6000 ft. ; common. Moon's locality is Uva. Fl. 

 Oct.-March ; white, stained and veined with vinous red. 



Endemic (?). 



It is questionable whether this should not be combined with I. grandis, 

 Heyne, of the S. Indian mountains, in which case it would take that 

 name. This is figured in Bedd. Ic. t. 153, who considers the Ceylon 

 plant to be the same, but Hooker, in Fl. B. Ind., distinguishes them by 

 apparently good characters. Arnott, 1. c, also keeps them distinct, but 

 considers a Ceylon specimen of Walker's to be probably /. gmndis. 



Perhaps the most beautiful of our Balsams, and certainly the one with 

 largest flowers. Well known in cultivation at home ; the amount of red 

 in the flowers varies very much, it is sometimes altogether absent. 



14. I. subcordata, Am. in Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 323 (1835). 

 Thw. Enum. 67. C. P. 1230, 2789. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 461. 



Annual, stem i-ij ft, branched at the base and often 

 decumbent there and rooting, stout, succulent, glabrous ; 

 1. 2-2^ in., ovate, more or less cordate at base, acute, coarsely 

 spinous-serrate or crenate, glabrous above, pale beneath with 

 white, scurfy scales, petiole 1-2 in. ; fl. rather small, J in., on 

 ped. about as long, 2 or 3 together at end of peduncles much 

 shorter than 1., bracts oblong, acute ; sep, ovate, acute, con- 

 spicuous, lip small, boat-shaped, spur \ in., slender, cui-ved ; 

 standard small, broadly oval, apiculate, wings large, the lobes 

 very unequal, upper very small, rounded, lower large, oval,, 

 obtuse ; capsule glabrous. 



