liiipafic>2s.] GeraniacecE. 211 



bracts oval, acute, persistent ; sep. small, ov^atc, acute, lip 

 funnel-shaped, tapering into spur, which is about i in., rather 

 thick, slightly curved, narrowed into the suddenly curled-up 

 end ; standard small, rotundate, hooded, apiculate ; wings 

 f in., upper lobe very small, ovate, lower much larger, long- 

 stalked, exserted, oblique, cordate, attenuate, emarginate ; 

 fr. \ in., tapering at both ends, beaked, glabrous ; seeds few. 



Moist low country ; rather rare. Hiniduma Kande ; Sing he Raja 

 Forest ; Ambagamuwa ; Palabadulla, Kuruwita Korale, common. Fl. 

 March ; standard and spur pink, wings pinkish-white, with a dark yellow 

 blotch. 



Endemic. 



The stems are of a dark blackish-purple colour. Tiie leaves have 

 frequently a band of silvery white down the centre, and the flowers have 

 a singular resemblance to those of an orchid. 



A form with wholly green flowers is figured among the drawings at 

 Peradeniya. 



20. I. Arnottii, Tlnv. Ejwni. 67 (1858). 

 Thw. Enum. 67. C. P. 725. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 466. 



Annual (?), stem stout, tuberous at base, erect, 1-3 ft., 

 simple, glabrous, swollen at the nodes ; 1. closely placed at 

 top of stem, 2|-4 in., lanceolate, acute at base, somewhat 

 attenuate, acute, spinous-crenate, glabrous or nearly so on 

 both sides, purple beneath, petiole h-i in. ; fl. rather small, on 

 long, slender, spreading ped., arranged in a short raceme, 

 peduncles erect, exceeding the 1., bracts lanceolate, subacute ; 

 sep. very small, ovate, oblique, acute ; lip saccate, passing 

 gradually into the long spur, which is | in. or more long, 

 slender, tapering, curved at the end only ; standard rotundate, 

 hooded ; wings f in., upper lobe very small, lower very much 

 larger, stalked, half-rotundate, with a tooth on inner edge. 



Moist low country from 1000-3000 ft., and perhaps extending into 

 montane zone ; rare. Muruta (Gardner) ; Dolosbagie ; Haputale. Fl. 

 Jan. -April ; pale violet-pink. 



Endemic. 



21. I. "Walkeri, Hook. Comp. Bat. Mai^. i. 324 (1835). 

 Thw. Enum. 66. C. P. 1211. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 468. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. t. 18 (drawn by Mrs. Walker), 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5237. 



Perennial, stem 2-3 ft., branched, glabrous, swollen at the 

 nodes, usually purple; 1. scattered, 2^-4 in., lanceolate, acute 

 at base, somewhat attenuate, acute, spinous-serrate, sparsely 

 hairy above, glabrous and purple beneath, petiole \-\ in. ; 

 fl. rather large, nodding, on slender ped. in lax racemes, 

 peduncles scarcely exceeding 1., bracts ovate, acuminate ; sep. 



