Impatiens.'] xxxii. geraniacea: (oliver). 30l 



Var. )8. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, very pale beneath, acute or almost rouuded at the haw?. 

 Stem slightly pubescent. 



Iiower Quinea. Angola, prov. Ambaca, 3000 ft.. Dr. Weluntsch ! 



9. I. Sakeriana, Hook.f. in Jonm. Linn. Soc. vii. 185. Herbaceous, 



glabrous or pubescent above, 6-8 ft. high. Leaves in whorls of 3-8, rarely 

 opposite, 2-6 in., petioles 1-3 in., oblong-lanceolate, crenate or serrate, 

 with short cilia on the teeth or in the crenatures. Flowers 2-8, racemed on 

 the ends of stout peduncles that are longer than the leaves. Bracts small, 

 short, broad. Pedicels slender, f-1 in. Sepals small, broad. JStnndard 

 short, concave, apiculate. Wings seniilunate, scarcely longer than the mouth 

 of the lip, 2-lobed. Lip funnel- or trumpet-shaped, gradually narrowed into 

 a short spur with a swollen tip, together | in. long. Capsule short, acumi- 

 nate. 



Upper Ouinea. Caraaroons mountain, 7000 ft. (July and Nov.), Mann! 



10. I. palpebrata. Hook. f. in Joum. Linn. Soc. vii. 186. Small. 

 Stem 2 in., herbaceous, annual, glabrous. Leaves few, 1 in,, alternate, ovate- 

 or oblong-cordate, deeply coarsely crenate, with a few long cilia at the base ; 

 petioles |-1 in. Flowers small, purple and green, racemed at the end of a 

 slender, solitary, erect peduncle 3 in. long. Bracts small. Pedicels \ in. 

 Sepals minute. Standard small. Wings linear-oblong, pendulous, with 

 small auricles at their bases. Lip shallow, rather suddenly contracted into a 

 short, stout, straight spur ^ in. long, the tip of which is bent forward and 

 acute. Capsule small, short. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal (July), Ma)/>i ! 



11. I. hians, Hook. f. in Joum. Linn. Soc. vi. 7. Herbaceous, 2 ft., 

 glabrous. Leaves alternate, distant, 2-4 in., broadly ovate, rounded at the 

 base, shallowly crenate, with cilia in the crenatures and veiy long ones at the 

 base; petiole very slender, 1-2 in. Flowers dark red and greenish, racemed 

 on axillary rather stout peduncles. Bracts ovate, acute. Pedicels J in. 

 Sepals lanceolate. Standard concave. Wings linear, narrow, notched on 

 the outer margin, as long as the mouth of the lip. Lip with a very oblique 

 mouth, elongate funnel-shaped, straight, \ in. long, with a short, tluck, in- 

 flexed tip. Capsule linear. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, alt. 1000-2000 ft. (Dec), Mann ! 



12. I. macroptera, Hook.f. in Joum. Linn. Soc. vii. 1S6. Herbace- 

 ous, 2-4 ft., glabrous, branched. Leaves alternate, 3-6 in., on slender pe- 

 tioles of 1-2 in., ovate, long-acuminate, rounded or cuneate at the base, cre- 

 nate with cilia in the crenatures. Flowers large, umbelled at the apex of a 

 peduncle 4-6 in. long. Bracts large. Pedicels short, \ I in. Sepals 

 dimidiate-ovate. Standard orbicular, apparently horned at the back. Wings 

 very large, 1^2 in., pendulous, obovate, with suborbicular auricles. Lip 

 broadly obliquely trumpet-shaped, suddenly contracted to a short incurved 

 spur. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, 4000-5000 ft. (April) ; Sierra dil Crystal (July), 

 Mann ! 



