Impatient.} xxxn. GERANiACE^:. ( Balsamineae, Hook, f.) 445 



base. Leave* % to nearly 4 in., serrate, linear-oMorig obovate or almost rounded, 

 sharply serrate, acute or obtuse, base acute rounded or subcordate, glabrous or sparsely 

 hairy, rather thick, glaucous beneath, basal serratures often setaceous ; stipules subu- 

 late, gland-tipped, recurved. Pedicels shorter or longer than the leaves, solitary or 

 fascicled, fruiting deflexed. Flowers ^ 1 in. diara., rose-purple or white ; perianth 

 flat ; lip boat-shaped. Capsule ^-f in., elliptic, turgid in the middle. Se< ds many, 

 shortly oblong, smooth, nearly black, shining. The Litmeau type is a straight broad- 

 leaved form, but the narrow-leaved occurs in China. 



11. X. G-riffithii, H.f. & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 120 ; lower leaves 

 opposite petioled uppermost sessile whorled in threes, all narrow linear- 

 lanceolate, sepals ovate-oblong acuminate, standard broad obcordate 

 spurred behind, wings broadly 2-lobed, spur long filiform. 



EASTERN PENINSULA; Mounts Ophir and Gerai, &c., alt. 3000ft., near Malacca, 

 Griffith, &c. 



A beautiful species, closely allied to /. ckinensis, but very distinct in the foliage, all 

 the leaves being narrowed at the base, and the upper in threes ; they are 1^4 in. long, 

 rather thick, whitish beneath, glabrous and somewhat hairv on the upper surface, as is 

 the stem sometimes, teeth remote, lower setaceous. Ped'cels solitary, very rarely in 

 pairs. Flowers 1 in. diarn., perianth flat, rose-lilac. Capsule unripe, like that of 

 I. chinensis. 



12. I. Cfrardneriana, Wight Ic. t. 1050; nearly glabrous, stem creeping 

 at the base, leaves whorled in threes sessile or shortly petioled ovate- 

 oblong acute sharply serrate, sepals short, standard obovate apiculate 

 dorsally winged, wings 2-lobed, lobes similar obovate retuse, lip boat- 

 shaped with a long slender spur. H.f. & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 121. 



Pastures below Sisparah in the western slopes of the NILGHIRI MTS., Wight & 

 Gardner. 



/Stem procumbent at the base and rooting, simple, ascending. Leaves l|-2 in., 

 distinctly petioled, very sharply serrate, ciliate towards the base. Peduncles longer 

 than the leaves, filiform. /Sepals ovate, acuminate ; wings very short and subequally 

 2-lobed, neither of the lobes clawed, the terminal rather the larger. Capsule oblong, 

 small, pointed, glabrous. 1 have seen no specimens of this plant; that so named in 

 Wight's Herbarium and distributed from it (No. 312) is an opposite-leaved species, with 

 a very short spur, and wholly differently shaped wings. 



13. I. setosa, II. f. &. T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 123; .stem branched, 

 leaves all opposite or uppermost whorled most of them long petioled elliptic- 

 lanceolate acuminate distinctly serrulate, upper sessile with long cilia at the 

 base, stipules of many setae, standard suborbicular with a dorsal wing, 

 wings broad, spur very slender. 



Mountains of MALABAR ; Agamalay, near Palaghautcherry, Wight ; Sisparah Ghat, 

 alt. 3-4000 ft., Beddome. 



A tall erect branched annual, 1-2 ft. high ; stems below as stout as a goose-quill, 

 quite glabrous, minutely dotted with black ; branches opposite. Leaves 2-4 in., the 

 lower on petioles |-1 in. ; petiole and both surfaces sparsely pubescent, margins at the 

 base and stem at the upper nodes with long cilia. Pedicels quite glabrous, solitary or 

 twin, slender, equalling the leaves. Flowers 1 in. diam. ; perianth rotate, violet-purple; 

 sepals rather large, oiliate, apiculate ; standard suborbicular, with a broad dorsal wing ; 

 wings broad, 3-lobed ? ; spur curved upwards. Capsule (diseased) 1 in. long, terete, 

 very slender. 



14. I. XLleinii, W. & A. Prodr. 140; slender, branched, nearly gla- 

 brous, leaves all opposite usually petioled elliptic-lanceolate or oblong or 

 obovate acute or acuminate distantly serrulate, pedicels glabrous, stipules 

 of 2 glands or obsolete, flower small, sepals linear-subulate, standard small 



