450 xxxn. GERANIACE^E. ( Balsaminese, Hook.,f.) [Impatiens. 



ovate, lip boat-shaped with a very short curved spur. L Gardneriana, \Yijht 

 Herb, not of tite hones. 



Mountains of MALABAR, Wiyltt. 



Annual, erect, 6-10 in., rather stout; brandies opposite, ascending. Leaves 4~f ' }U '> 

 lower serratures almost : stipules - >>r obsolete. Pedicels rather 



shorter than the leaves. l-'lnc< r* .', in. diam., remarkable for the length of the s. pals, 

 apparently purple. Capsule ere* t, ,'j in., acute at both ends, very turgid in the middle. 

 Seeds very lew and large, Bubcompressed, rather broader than long, testa black shining. 

 Ihis has much the habit of /. tnit uti^a^ but it is glabrous with ovate MTV acutely 

 serrate leaves, and different flowers. The pedicel* show no disposition to be dellexed. 



25. I. salicifolia, //. /. <(' T. in Jowrn. Linn. X<>c. iv. 1^4; erect, 

 stout, tomentose, leaves shortly petioled lanceolate M-rratc- all opposite or 

 lower opposite upper whorled, peduncles solitary or fascicled on a common 

 peduncle sometimes zMlmvered, .-tipules Mibulate or <>, ilowers i 

 Bublilate-lanceolate, standard obovate keeled, lip deeply saccate with a 

 short stout hooked spur. 



KHASU Mrs., alt. :; 4000 ft.. (,'niHt/ 



l< i/t stout, l-'J ft., with spreading opposite branehes. I.t<tr< s 2-5 in., acuminate at 

 both cuds, membranous, tome:. .biate on both surfaces, serratures small, the 



ba.-al long-ciliate. J /(// Py variable, of slender 1-lloweied pedicels that are 



solitarv i or collected into a many-llowered axillary cyme, willi subula; 



teoles. Flt,u\-rx dark purple, nearly iriangular in protile, and. $ in. from the tip of the 

 spur ID that of the standard. Cnjisuli- ':( in., elliplie-ianeeola 



J. sdlii-ifoli", Tnre/., puh.i-hed in ; l;ulletin in the ) ear previous to this 



(in the Linnean Journal, 1800) is, 1 bu.-pect, /. 



A III. SUBVERTICILLATJE. 



26. Z. latifolia, Linn. ; tall, stout, erect, branched, quite glabrous, leaves 

 subopposite ami whorled petioled ovate-lan-e-lale creiiate, sejtals ovate 

 cuspidate, standard broad ^-lobed spurred behind, wings broad 2-lobed, lij> 

 boat-shaped, spur long slender straight or incurved. ]\'<dl. ('"(. 17:>7 ; 



IT. & A. Prodr. L38 m part; l)h. <( Gib*. ]'.<>n<l>. /'/. 44; //./'. a- T. >n 

 Jourii. Litni. Snc. iv. 1^1 <.-</. some tvn.); J//y. ///. / <T /o/-. .{/<//. I ml. ( j;j. 

 I. cuspidata, W . <( J. in llk. ('<>,<//>. ]',<>f M<nj. i. :*:>1; Wi'jht /<: t. 741; 

 Tliwaiti-n Ennui. 65. Balsamina latifolia, JJ(J. Prodi-. \. (Js<;. /,'//"</' ///;//. 

 Mai. ix. t. 48. 



Mountains of the Y\~I>TI.P.N PKM.NM'I.A, from CONCAK to TUAVANCOR, alt. 3-7000 ft. ; 

 CEYLON, alt. 4-7000 ft. DISTKIIJ. -lava, fid. M'i^a<l. 



A robust plant, annual? 2-3 ft. high; stem as thick as the finger below, branches 

 alternate. Leaves membranous, 2-5 in., acuminate, baM- alwa\> natures 



oftenseto.se. Flmrt /-,s 1 1 .; in. diam., pale purple, perianth rotate. Min><l<ir< : 

 than the wings, which have a large refuse basal and narrower tenninal lobe ; lip 

 as is the spur. Capsule 1 in., eliiptie, turgid, iniite glabrous, ^fctl* few. large, oblong, com- 

 prc-sed: testa thick, opaque, reticulate. A Nilghiri SJK.-- iinen of Gardner's has long 

 cilia on the petiole and alternate leaves. Thwaiies remarks the variability of the large 

 lobes of fhe wings. I have not cited under this the /. latifolia of l!ot. Mag. t. :")0l'.">, 

 which has very alternate leaves, and must hence be referred to J.jlucc'nbi. 1 hes e species 

 are undistinguishable in herbarium specimens, though so different in the seeds. 



27. X. Xiescheaultii, W<iU. Cat. 4739 ; almost shrubby, leafy, 

 glaorous, leaves opposite and alternate spreading and recurved petioled 

 ovate-lanceolate acuminate base acute creuate, sepals ovate acuminate, 



