Impatiens.] xxx. balsaminace^. 337 



Perak, on a sand-bank in the Kcrtai River, Temengoh. A single 

 plant (Ridley). 



(5) I. Curtisii Hook. fil. Kew Bulletin igog, p. 6. 



Large branched glabrous herb. Leaves mostly opposite (a few 

 alternate), ovate acute, narrow at base, their edges minutely 

 serrulate or crenate, glaucous beneath sparsely hairy above and 

 beneath on the midrib and nerves about 8 fine pairs, 2*5 in. long, 

 i'5 in. wide; petioles slender 2 in. long. Pedicels i in. long. 

 Flowers 75 in. wide, pink. Standard cuneate obcordate with a 

 mucro in the notch, wings deeply bilobed, basal lobe obovate 

 refuse mucronate. Capsule '4 in. long gibbous fusiform. Seed 

 obovoid papillose. Hab. Wet rocks in forest. Perak, Thaiping 

 Hills, abundant at Maxwell's Hill, 3000 ft. altitude (all collectors). 



(6) I. exilipes Hook. fil. in Ridl. Jonrn. Roy. As. Soc. 

 S. Br. 75, p. 10. 



Branched glabrous herb about 2 ft. tall. Leaves opposite in 

 whorls of three, broadly lanceolate acuminate narrowed to base, 

 serrate-spinulose, quite glabrous, glaucous beneath ; nerves 6 pairs ; 

 3 to 475 in. long, 7 to i in. wide; petioles '5 in. long. Pedicels 

 2 to 3 in. long. Flowers rose pink, i in. across. Sepals ovate- 

 oblong cuspidate, spurred one boat-shaped mucronate -4 in. long; 

 spur slender i'3 in. long. Petals standard obovate cuneate truncate 

 with a short point and a short rounded keel; wings broad, basal 

 lobe oblong refuse, upper petal obovate refuse. Capsule short 

 •6 in. long broad fusiform, beaked. Seed obovoid flattened glabrous. 

 Hab. Damp spot by the forest road, Perak, on the road between 

 Tapa and Jor, abundant at one spot (Ridley). 



(7) I. oncidioides Ridl. Hook. fil. Keio Bulletin, 1909, p. 11. 

 Succulent herb 2 to 4 ft. tall. Leaves ovate-lanceolate to 



ovate acuminate acute, narrowed at base, edge crenulate denticulate, 

 1*5 to 6 in. long, i to 2 in. wide; nerves 18 pairs; petioles i to 

 I '5 in. long. Racemes subterminal with i or 2 large yellow flowers 

 occasionally striped Indian red on upper lobes, 1*5 in. across. 

 Sepals ovate cuspidate; spur slender i"5 in. long. Petals standard 

 ovate keel rounded green; wings very unequally bilobed, lower 

 lobe narrow oblong, upper large hatchet-shaped, shortly bilobed; 

 filaments rather long. Capsule fusiform i in. long. Seed flat 

 ovoid glabrous. Hab. In damp muddy spots in forests at about 

 2000 to 4500 ft. altitude. Selangor. Menuang Casing (Kloss) ; 

 Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson) ; Sempang Mines, Semangkok. 

 Perak, Gunong Kerbau 4500 ft. altitude (Robinson) ; Telom ; Ulu 

 Batang Padang, 4900 ft. altitude (Wray). 



The " Golden Balsam " is very distinct from any other species here in its 

 large yellow flowers — a very beautiful plant. 



(8) I. mirabilis Hook. fil. Bot. Mag. t. 7195; King, I.e. 203. 

 Stem fleshy brown dilate at base above, branched, 2 to 5 or 



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