68 BALSAMINEiE. 



finger : branches perfectly glabrous, smooth, four-angled, 

 and conspicuously swollen at the nodes. Leaves sub- 

 opposite or whorled : blade M to 2 by 54 to ^ inch, 

 elliptic, acute at both ends or acuminate, crenate, with a 

 few very distinct hair-points, t/t6 inch long, towards the 

 base, glabrous; petioles shorter ; stipules linear, i/io 

 inch. Flowers nearly white, with some pink. Flower- 

 stalks mostly solitary in the upper axils, I inch, very 

 slender, glabrous. Lateral sepals minute : lip boat- 

 shaped, yellow : spur slender tinged with red on the 

 lower side, and ending in a slightly swollen yellow tip. 

 Corolla open, nearly flat, I by ^ inch : terminal lobe of 

 wing I to 6 ?4 inches, nearly straight on the inside but 

 notched near the end and broadest opposite this notch ; 

 lateral lobes triangular, ^ by J4 inch. Standard, 

 circular, notched at the top with small spur behind. 

 Capsule up to % by % inch. Seeds thickly rugose. 

 t. 53. Wight Ic. t. 970^7/5. 



Common near Ootacamund in shady places or even where 

 partly exposed as on the edge of a shola, and in flower at all 

 times. Fjson 54, 2203, 2325, 3006. 



This is the wild Balsam most commonly grown in gardens at these 

 levels. 



Impatiens latifolia Linn. ; F.B.I. i 450, VIII 26. In 

 general habit and shape of leaf-like I. leschenaultii but 

 larger, the leaf-stalks and blades 2 to 4 inches long. 

 " Stem grooved. Fruiting pedicels erect, flowers pink- 

 purple very flat-looking" [E.T.B.]. t. 54. Wight Ic. 

 t. 741. 



Nilgiris : (Wight, Gamble, Meebold) Neduvattum to 

 Pykara by streams. 



Not apparently as high as Ootacamund. All my specimens from this 

 level appear to be 1. leschenaultii Wall, but it is very difficult to distinguish 

 the two species. F.B.I, describes fruiting pedicels as deflexed. 



In t. 54 : a. pedicel with lip boat-shaped lip and spur, staminal column 

 and standard in face view ; b. pedicel with lateral sepals and standard froixi 

 behind ; c. a two-lobed wing [E.T.B. sheet No. 6l47j- 



