66 BALSAMINE^. 



below, with short silvery hairs on the upper side ; faintly 

 serrate, the teeth hardly more than mere points 5^ to J^ 

 inch apart : lower leaves obovate-obtuse, narrowed to 

 the short petiole ; upper oblanceolate, or oblong-ovate, 

 cut off square at the base : veins three or four pairs. 

 Pedicels solitary or ^fascicled in the upper axils, slender, 

 ij^ to 2 inches hairy. Flowers ^ inch lateral, sepals J^ 

 by i/i 2 inch linear-acute, hairy; lip with a sac % to J4 

 inch deep. Standard rose-pink, nearly circular, distinctly 

 keeled, mucronate. Wing petals pinkish-purple or 

 mauve ; the outer (and main) lobes rounded, J4 inch 

 across; posterior lobe i/io inch wide, falcate. Capsule 

 VstoY^ inch. Seeds dark brown, smooth and shining. 

 t. 51. Wight Ic. t. 969. 



Nilgiris : in swamps, Ootacamund downs {Bourne 5208, 



5988) Dodabetta. Pykara on bank above the rapids. Not 

 recorded from other hills. 



In F.B.I, this species is reduced to I. tomentosa Heyne from which 

 however it differs in several respects, prominently in not having the small 

 horizontal spur at the bottom of the sac. (Wight No. 453 and his 

 I. ovalifolia !) 



In the figure : a. two-lobed lateral petal ; b. the anterior petal (outer in 

 bud) ; ;:. a narrow lateral sepal ; d. posterior sepal (anterior in flower). It 

 is petaloid and produced into a nollow sac [E.T.B.] 



Bourne No. 3208 was named by Sir J. D. Hooker, but I feel sure by 

 a slip, I. diversifolia I'Vall. var ecalcarata. 



Impatiens tomentosa Heyne, Wight's Kew dist. 

 No. 317 a?id Ic. t. 749; F.B.L i 449 ex parte, VIII 23; 

 Red Liberty Cap. Stems usually a little branched below, 

 red, very variable as regards hairiness, from glabrous to 

 densely pubescent in the same locality, and as regards 

 length running up to 18 inches and rooting at the lower 

 nodes in water of varying depth, but by the edge of deep 

 constant pools short and erect. Petioles variable, % 

 inch or less. Upper leaves narrow, oblong-acute, M to 

 lYz inches by % inch; lower shorter and broader, the 

 lowest sometimes J4 inch only and ne arly as broad; 



