172 XXXI. GEEAXIACE^, 



ver)^ minute spur. Capsules |in. long, ellipsoid, shortly pointed, turgid 

 in the middle. Seeds few, subglobose, black, shining. Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 447 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 43 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 266. — Flowers : Aug.-Oct. Veen. Tenia. 



A very variable plant whose different forms are numerous. 



The following varieties are given by Sir J. Hooker in the Fl. B. I. 

 (I.e.):- 



Vae. inconspicua proper, of which the plate 970 in Wight's Icones is 

 taken as the type. 



Stem 4-8 in. high, somewhat robust, branched. Leaves ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, petioled, strongly serrate. Pedicels usually short. 

 Spur 0. 



Var. 2. pusilla. Smaller. Lower leaves more or less petioled, 

 lanceolate, serrate; the upper longei*, narrow, subsessile, remotely serrate. 

 /. jjusilla, Heyne, in Wall. Cat. 4745. 



Vae. 3. filiformis. Slender, much-branched. Leaves subsessile, very 

 long, slender, remotely serrate, the lo\^■er sometimes petioled and lan- 

 ceolate. Flowers few. I . filiformis, W. & A. Prod. p. 140; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 34. 



Khandala, Graham. 



Vae. 4. ramosissima. Eobust, much-branched. Leaves short, sessile, 

 oblong, obtuse or subacute, subcordate or rounded at the base. Flowers 

 reddish-purple. Standard keeled, with a row of hairs along the keel 

 and with a short greenish horn. Wings tinged with darker purple at 

 the base. Lip veined within. Spur minute. /. ramosissima, Dalz. in 

 Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3, p. 230. 



This variefy is very common throughout the Presideucy. It is abuudaut on mauy 

 of tlie Konkan and Deccan hills during September and October. 

 KoNKAN : Law'., Stocks'. 



8, Impatiens oppositifolia, Linn. Si?. PI. (1753) p. 937. Erect, 

 1-li ft. high, glabrous, flaccid. Leaves 1-3 in. long, opposite, 

 subsessile or the lower petioled, linear or linear-lanceolate, oblong or 

 obovate, obtuse or acute, remotely spinous-serrate, glabrous or with a 

 few short hairs above, i)ale beneath ; stipules small, subulate. Flowers 

 about i in. across, purple or purple with an oi-auge tinge ; pedicels 

 elongate, slender, quite glabrous, axillary, solitary or 2-3 together. 

 Sepals liuear, with a callous point. Standard orbicular. Wings with a 

 broadly obovate clawed terminal lobe and a small falcate lateral one. 

 Lip somevA'hat conical. Spur short, stout, usually curved like a hook. 

 Capsules -,\-o- in. long, ellipsoid, attenuated at both ends. Seeds sub- 

 globose, glabrous, black, shining. Fl. B. 1. v. 1, p. 448 ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 34 ; Trim. Fl.Ceyl. v. 1, p. 202 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1897) p. 266. 



Very common in the Koiikans. Konkan: Stoc/.sl, DaLcll'. ; Vingorla, DaLdll; 

 Ghat road, Wadi to Poladpur, Woodrow ! Deccan : rarghat, l)al~rll ! S. M. Countiiy: 

 Bflgaum liills to the North, Ritchie, VIO \ Kanaka: Tinai (N. Kanara), Talbot'.; 

 lialyal (N. Kanara), Talbot'. 



9. Impatiens Lawiiy Uoolc. f. <^" Thorns, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 4 

 (1860) p. 122. Erect, much-branched, 8-12 in. high ; stem stout, 



