2 1 o Geraniaccc?, \Impatiens. 



end, 1^-3 J in., \ariablc, o\'atc or oval or ovate-lanceolate, 

 tapering or rounded at base, more or less acuminate, acute, 

 spinous-serratc or -crenate or nearly entire, glabrous or pilose, 

 petiole \-\\ in. ; fl. about '\ in., pcd. long, slender, about 4-10, 

 in very short umbellate racemes, peduncles straight, longer or 

 shorter than 1., bracts rather large, ovate, acuminate ; sep. 

 ovate, acute, lip boat-shaped, spur small, half length of lip, 

 slender ; standard small, hooded, wings large, approximated, 

 upper lobe lanceolate, acuminate, lower much longer, half- 

 cc)rdate, acute. 



Moist country, from about 1000-5000 ft., but chiefly in the lower mon- 

 tane zone; rather common. Fl. Oct.-Dec; fl. white or pink, lip striped 

 and dotted with brick-red. 



Endemic. 



The low country form (C. P. 1209) has lari.;er and more pilose leaves. 



18. I. elong-ata, Am. in Coinp. Hot. Mtii^. i. 324 (1835). 

 Thw. Enum. 67. C. P. 346. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 466. 



Perennial, stem about 2 ft., woody below, unbranched,, 

 glabrous, nodose with prominent leaf-scars ; 1. mostly rather 

 crowded near top of stem, 2-3^ in., oval, tapering at both 

 ends, acute, spinous-serrate, glabrous, rather thick, lat. veins 

 very oblique, prominent, pet. f-i in. ; fl. rather large, i}in., in 

 long-stalked (often apparently terminal) racemes, ped. i in., 

 curv^ed, thickened upwards, peduncles erect, much exceeding 1.; 

 sep. lanceolate, acute, lip small, boat -shaped, spur i^ in., 

 slightly tapering, curved ; standard very small, keeled on 

 back, acute, wings large, over \ in., upper lobe small, lower 

 one large, broad, half-rotundate, obtuse. 



Lower montane zone ; very rare. Only known from Adam's Peak, 

 where first collected by Mrs. Walker. I found it half-way up on the 

 Maskeliya side, at about 4500ft., in abundance. 



Fl. March; bright deep rose-pink. 



Endemic. 



A beautiful species ; the whole plant is tinged with red. 



19. Z. cornig-era, Arn. in Coiiip. Hot. Mai^. i. 323 (1835) (non, 

 Hook.). 



Thw. Enum. 67. C. P. 332. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 466. 



Annual, stem erect, 1-3 ft., simple, glabrous below, 

 glandular-hairy above, thick, succulent, swollen at the nodes ; 

 I. mostly crowded at upper part of stem, 2-4 in., lanceolate or 

 linear-lanceolate, tapering at both ends, acute, spinous-crenatc, 

 thin, quite glabrous, red or purplish beneath, petiole very 

 short ; fl. rather small, on very slender, spreading ped. in 

 eruct, lax racemes, peduncle usually slightly exceeding the 1.^ 



