336 XXX. BALSAMiNACE^.. [Impaticns. 



Stem slender shrubby; flowers white small. 



Leaves ovate; nerves conspicuous . . (ii) I. Ridleyi 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate; nerves almost 



invisible . . . . . • (i-2) I. cryptoneura 

 Stem succulent herbaceous. 



Leaves ovate or oblong ; flowers large white . (13) I, Scortechinii 



(i) I. Griffithii Hook. fil. Joiirn. Linn. Sac. iv. 120; F.B.I. 

 i. 445 ; King, I.e. 203. 



Herb i to 2 ft. tall, slender, puberulous. Leaves opposite 

 petiolate or in whorls of 3 above, sessile linear-lanceolate acute, 

 base acuminate serrate-toothed, beneath glaucous; nerves 6 pairs 

 red sparsely hairy, above hairy all over, 3"5 in. long, "2 to "3 in. 

 wide. Pedicels slender i to 175 in. long. Flowers i in. across 

 rose pink. Sepals ovate-oblong acuminate, spur slender i"5 in. 

 long. Capsule elhptic swollen in the middle. Hah. Damp spots 

 on mountains near water, Malacca, Mt. Ophir, on Gunong Tunduk 

 at 3000 ft. altitude (all collectors). Kedah, Gunong Jerai at 3000 ft. 

 altitude (Lobb). Native name : Inai Bukit. 



(2) I. Wrayii Hook. fil. Kew Bulletin 1909, p. 6. 



Herb i ft. tall, glabrous with young parts often hairy. Leaves 

 opposite or whorled in threes, lanceolate acuminate or ovate or 

 oblong-lanceolate entire or spinulose-serrate, base narrowed, 2*25 

 to 3 in. long, -5 to 75 in. wide ; petioles '2 in. long. Pedicels 

 1*5 in. long. Flowers rose pink with crimson centre, i in. across. 

 Sepals ovate long-cuspidate 3- to 5-nerved, spur I'l in. long, slender. 

 Standard orbicular or obovate keeled with a central process. Wings 

 bilobed, basal lobe oblong obtuse, lateral larger obcordate. Capsule 

 ellipsoid. Seed hairy. Hab. On rocks in streams. Perak, Batang 

 Padang (Wray). 



(3) I. sarcantha Hook. fil. in Ridl. Joitrn. F.M.S. Miis. iv. 8. 

 Herb 4 to 12 in. tall. Stem hairy. Leaves opposite or in 



whorls of 3 at the top, lanceolate acuminate narrowed at base 

 serrulate-spinulose, above hairy, beneath glaucous; nerves con- 

 spicuous 6 pairs hairy, 3 to 4 in. long, -25 to 75 in. wide ; petioles 

 •9 in. long. Sepals ovate keeled cuspidate; spur slender i'2 in. 

 long. Petals standard obovate refuse "5 in. long keeled caudate, 

 wings oblong truncate broadest at the top, all rose pink with a 

 dark eye. Capsule lanceolate blunt i in. long. Seed obovate 

 compressed glabrous. Hab. Pahang, Telom on rocks in streams 

 (Ridley). 



(4) I. polycycla Hook. fil. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 9. 

 A branched herb with nearly glabrous stem. Leaves in whorls 



of 2 to 5, lanceolate acuminate narrowed to base serrate-spinulose 

 with scattered long hairs above, glaucous and glabrous beneath; 

 nerves hardly visible, i to i'5 in. long, '4 in. wide; petioles '2 in. 

 long. Peduncles i'5 to 2 in. long. Flower i in. across rose pink. 

 Sepals '2 in. long ovate caudate; .spur i"5 in. long very slender. 

 Capsule ovoid dilate in centre '5 in. long. Seeds pilose. Hah. 



