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glabrous. Leaves sessile or nearly so, |-1 by 4-f in., smaller upwards, 

 oblong or ovate, obtuse or acute, distantly spinous-toothed or subserrate, 

 upper surface scabrid, the lower glabrous and paler, base rounded or 

 cuneate, the upper leaves sometimes cordate ; stipules 0. Flowers | in. 

 across ; pedicels equalling the leaves, detlexed in fruit and with a line 

 of pubescence. Sepals lineai'-lanceolate. Standard orbicular, cuspidate. 

 Wings with very broad obovate subsessile terminal, and small lateral 

 lobes. Lip boat-shaped. Spur 0, or rudimentary. Capsules 5 in. long, 

 ellipsoid, acute at both ends. 11. B. I. v. 1, p. 448; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 43; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 266.— Flowers : 

 Oct. 



KoNKAN : S. Xonkan, Bahell cf- Gihson; W. Gbats, JVoodroxv; S. Konkan, iazo ! 

 S. M. Country : Castlerock, Woothow. 



10. Impatiens Dalzellii, Hool-. f. ^- TJioms. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 V. 4 (1860) p. 123. Smooth, erect, branched, 10-18 in. high. Leaves 

 2-5 by f-l| in., lanceolate or oblong (the upper often linear), acute or 

 acuminate, spinous-serrate (the basal serratures often with long cilia), 

 glabrous or with short hairs above, pale beneath, base cordate, truncate 

 or acute ; the lower leaves with short petioles, the upper sessile or sub- 

 sessile ; stipules 0. Flowers yellow, about g in. across ; pedicels shorter 

 than the leaves, solitary or sometimes fascicled on the very short 

 peduncle, not, or rarely, deflexed in fruit. Sepals long, linear-lanceolate, 

 somewhat falcate, acuminate, exceeding the hp in length when in bud. 

 Standard orbicular, hooded, winged on the back and horned. AVings 

 with an obovate lateral lobe, slightly incumbent on a clawed obovate 

 terminal one. Lip boat-shaped, acuminate, streaked inside with red 

 veins. Spin' very short. Capsules about ^ in. long, ellipsoid, turgid in the 

 middle, tapering at both ends, smooth. Seeds few (rarely as many as 5), 

 large, black. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 449 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 43 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 266.— Flowers : Sept.-Oct. 



KoNKAN : Gch-dts, Dalzelll, Sfocks I Deccan : Purandbar, Woodrmvl; Mahableshwar, 

 Cooke ! 



Very common at Mabableshwar in tbe early part of October. — It may be at once 

 recognized by its yellow flowers. 



11. Impatiens tomentosa, Heyne, in Wall. Cat. (1828) 4751. 

 Stem erect, not much branched, the upper part more or less clothed 

 with rufesceut hairs. Leaves |-1 by ^-g in., elliptic- or ovate-oblong, 

 the uppermost sometimes linear, acute or subobtuse, all distantly spinous- 

 serrate, more or less hispid or tomentose above, pale and tomentose 

 beneath, the nerves often clothed with rufous hairs, base usually rounded ; 

 petioles short, more or less rufous-hairy. Flowers 5-i in. across ; 

 pedicels solitary, rufous-hairy, deflexed in fruit. Sepals linear-lanceolate, 

 ciliate. Standard orbicular- oblong, slightly keeled, apiculate. Wings 

 with a small ovate acute lateral lobe incumbent on a large, sessile 

 terminal one. Lip saccate, acuminate, hairy outside. Spur short, stout, 

 hooked or 0. Capsules ^ in. long, turgid in the middle, acute at both 

 ends. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 449 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 43 (exclud. syn. /. ramo- 

 sissima). — Flowers : Sept. 



Deccan : Phuuda Ghat, Balzell ^- Gibson. 



Tbis appears to be a rare plant in the Bombay Presidency. Dalzell gives Phunda 

 Ghat in the Kolhapur State as its habitat, but I have seen no specimens from thence. 



