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glabra; lobi triangulares^ 3-6 cm. longi, acuminati, acute serrati; 

 petioli foliis aequilongi. Flores racemosi^ 4—6 (-10) cm. longi, 

 purpurei ; pedicelli floribus aequilongi, capsulis bis longiores ; 

 bracteolae 6, lanceolatae, 2-3 (-5) cm. longae, sertiferae, primum 

 marginibus cobaerentes sed flore crescente plus minusve disjunctae. 

 Calyx spatbaceus, deciduus, bracteolis brevior. Corolla generis, 

 Capsula 4 cm. longa, ovata^ acuminata, setosa, Semina globosa; 

 3'5 mm. diametro, lineis puberulis numerosissimis concentricis 

 notata. 



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India. Madras Presidency : Malabar Division ; Baba Budan 

 Hills, Laiv; Brahmagiri Hills, 1350 m., Beddome; Wynaad, 

 Beddome; Coimbatore Division; Nilgiris, Wight 205 (Kew Distr. 

 No,), BeddoTne ; Naduvattam, Lawson : Madura Division ; 



Pulney Hills, Wight 203 (Kew Distr, No.); Pulney Hills, 

 1500 m„,Saw7terc 409, 



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9J^: 804. Reevesia formosana, Sprague [Sterculiaceae-Helic- 



tereae] ; affinis R, thyrsoideaCy Lindl., a qua foliis non acuminatis 

 vnlde obtusis, inflorescentia densa tomentella, pedicellis 

 breyioribus, ramulis bornotinis stellato-pubescentibus difEert, 



Hamuli exstantes in toto ad 13 cm, longi, teretes, hornotini 

 3-5-6'5 cm. longi, 2—2-5 mm, diametro, annotini glabrati, laevius- 

 culij satis pallidi, 2-5-4 mm. diametro. Folia obovato-oblonga 

 vel ovato-oblonga, basi rotundata vel inconspicue subcordata, 

 n2Dice obtusissima vel breviter late obtusissime cuspidata, 3-7-5 cm. 

 longa, 1-5-3 cm. lata, juventute stellato-puberula, praesertim in 

 nervis, demum glabra; petioli 1-1-5 cm. longi, juventute 

 tomentelli, demum pubescentes. Thyrsi densi, 4-5 cm. longi, 

 ubique f ulvo-tomentelli ; pedicelli circiter 3 mm. longi, vix 1 mm. 

 infra apicem articulati. Calyx obconico-campanulatus, vix 5 mm. 

 longus, extra tomentellus; tubus intus glaber; lobi irregulares, 

 late ovati, usque ad 1 mm. longi, intus stellato-pubescentes. Petala 

 spathulata, circiter 7 mm. longa. Columna staminalis l-3-l'4 



cm. longa. 



FoEMOSA. Soutb Cape, Henry 19T0". 



805, Impatiens Allanii, Hook. /. [Geraniaceae-Balsamineae] ; 

 a speciebas aliis birmanicis petalis lateralibus pro floris magni- 



tudine maximis differt, 



Herha bumilis, glaberrima, erecta, paucifoliata, grandiflora, 

 caule gracili laxe ramoso, internodiis elongatis. Folia opposita, 

 ovata, apice acuminata, minute serrulata, basem versus rotun- 

 datam cuneatamve ciliata, 3-5 cm. longa, submembranacea, laete 

 viridia, subtus pallida, nervis lateralibus utrinque 5-6, petiolata; 

 o'landulae intrapetiolares; deficientes, Inflorescentiae in axi 

 primaria ramisque, pedunculatae, pauciflorae; pedicelli graciles, 

 1-2 cm. longi; bracteae lanceolatae, longe acuminatae, 3-4 mm. 

 longae, membranaceae, persistentes ? ; flores ampli, Sepala 

 duo lateralia lanceolata, longe acuminata, 8^ mm. longa, 

 membranacea, straminea, 3-nervia; sepalum posticum vexillare 

 (vexillum) expansum, late trigonum, lateribus rotunda tis in 

 apicem acuminatum productis, 11 mm. longum et latum, aureum, 

 Petala lateralia (alae) per paria in pbyllum amplum bilobum 



