170 XXXI. GEEANI.VCE.E. 



short teeth on tlie niarf^ins ; nerves flahellate, conspicuous beneath ; 

 petioles 1-2 in. long. Flowers ^ in. in diam., 6-15 in each raceme ; 

 racemes l-l in. long ; bracts broadly ovate, obtuse or acute ; pedicels 

 slender, ^-1 in. long. Sepals obliqiielv ovate. Standard short, broader 

 than long. Wings 3-lobed, the lobes subequal or the inner the smaller. 

 Spur rather shorter than the flower, -p- in. long, incurved, clavate, rounded 

 at the apex. Capsules ^ in. long, ellipsoid. Seeds minute, granulate. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 1, p. 442 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 266. 

 Impatiens scapijlora, W. & A. Prodr. p. 137 ; Wight, Icon. i,. 967 ; 

 Grah. Cat. p. 34 {not of He3-ne). 

 KoNKAN : Western Glials, De Crespir/ny ex Woodroiv ; S. Konkan, Graham. 



2. Impatiens Stocksii, llool-. f. ^' Thoms. in Joum. Linn. Soc. 

 V. 4 (lb6U) p. 119. A small glabrous plant scarcely reaching 5 in. 

 high. Eootstock tuberous, perennial. Leaves g-1 in. in diam., orbi- 

 cular-oblong or broadly ovate, crenate, usually with a small tooth between 

 the crenatures ; petioles g-l^ in. lona:. Flow'ers few, 3-6 together; 

 racemes 1-lj in. long ; bracts small, ovate, acute ; pedicels |— i in. long, 

 rather stout for the size of the plant. Sepals yV in. long, ovate, obtuse. 

 Standard somewhat rhomboidal, as broad as long. Wings with 3 obtuse 

 lobes, the lower the longest. Spur 0. Capsules g— 1- in. long, ellipsoid. 

 Seeds minute, linear-oblong. Fl, B. I. v. 1, p. 442 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 42; Woodr. in Joum. Bomb. Nat. v. 1 (1897) p. 266. 



Konkan : Stocks ! ; mountains of the Konkan, Woodrow. Kanaka : Law ! 



3. Impatiens acaulis, Am. in Hoolc Comp. Bot. Mar/, v. 1 (1835) 

 p. 325. llootstock tuberous, perennial ; scape 3-12 in. high. Leaves 

 all radical, variable in size and shape, 1^—5 in. in diam., suborbicular, 

 ovate or oblong, obtuse or subacute, glabrous, subentire or crenate, often 

 with irregular short teeth, base subcordate or rounded, truncate or 

 subacute ; petioles l-2i in. long. Flowers pink, I-I5 in. across, 

 in racemes 1-4 in. long ; bracts ovate ; pedicels |-1 in. long. Sepals 

 ovate, obtuse. Standard short, obovate, concave, broader upwards. 

 A\''ings2-partite, the terminal lobe the hu'gest. Spur long, very slender, 

 curved. Capsules | in. long, ellipsoid, acute at both ends. Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 443; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 42 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 201 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 260, Impatiens scapijlora, Hook, in 

 Bot. Mag. v. 64 (1837) t. 3587 {not of Heyne).— Flowers : Sept.-Nov. 



A veiy beautiful plant found on wet I'ocks on many of tiie Konkan and Deccan 

 hills. It is very connnon at Maiiablesiiwar, often out of reach on the snnnnit of 

 rocks over whicii water trickles. It may be found in similar places at Khandala. 



KoNKAs : mountains of the Konkan, Slacks \; the Ghats, DahcU tj- Gibson; 

 Matberan, R. M. JJirdwuud. Dkccan : Mabablcsbwar, Cookel; Kliandala, IFoodruwl; 

 Lanoli, Woodrowl; Fitzgerald Ghat, below Mabablcsbwar, CooAxl, H. M. Birdwood. 



4. Impatiens rivalis, Wi;fht, in Madr.Joum. v. 5 (1837) p. 13, t. 8. 

 Kootstock tubercjus ; scape 0-J8 in. l>igli. Leaves very variable in form 

 and pubescence, 2-7 in. long, ovate-oblong or elliptic, glabrous or more 

 or less hairy above, irregularly, sometimes obscurely, crenate-serrate 

 with distant short stout teeth, base cordate, rounded or acute; petioles 

 reaching 7 in. long. Flowers as in the preceding species ; bracts ovate. 

 Standard broader than long, vault(Hl. Wings 3-partite. Spur very 

 long, curved. Capsules as iu /. acaulis. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 444 ; Wight, 



