454 xxxn. GERANIACE^E. ( Balsaminefp, Hook, f.) [Impat^rn*. 



A. Pro fir. 135 ; H. /. < T. in Journ. Linn, Soc. iv. 130; II. Lobbiana and 

 salicitblia, Turcz.in llnll. J/o.sr. 1859, i. 270, -27 \. 



Throughout tropical and subtropical INDIA and CEYLOX. DISTRIB. Malay Islands 

 and China. v / 



The common garden Balsam is a very variable plant in habit, pubescence, size and 

 colour of flower, breadth of leaf, shape of lip, and length of spur. Capsule 

 ellipsoid, narrowed at both ends, densely tomentose or woolly. Seeds globose ; testa 

 black, opaque, tul-ercled. 



VAR. 1. vulf/ftrix ; tall, leaves broadly lanceolate, flowers large, spur short. I. I'.alsa- 

 mina, Linn.; Bo.rl. F/. 'I ml. i. 651; Wall. Cat. 4731. Balsamina Imrtensis, 7>' '. 

 i. &.Bheedt, Hort. Mai i\-. t. :.-.'. 



VAR. 2. con-im-n ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, flowers medinm-mzed, spur long nnd 

 slender. I. Balsamina, 1> /:. ,( Qifa. /:<>,!,. Fl. 44. Lcon-im-a. H>///. f,,t. .57:; 

 Mag. 1256. 1. conmta, Linn.; IT/;//. Cat. 4733. I. longifolia, \Vuj1it in ll'all. fat. 

 4734. Balsamina coccim-a mul conmta, IX 1 . Prodr. i. 685-6. 



VAK. ;>. art'iHitu ; diffusely branched, lea\v< -mill narrow-lanceolate, flowers Bmall, 

 ppnr long slender arcuate. 1. an-uata, Mall. Cat. 4785; II'. <( .1. /W//-. i::',. 

 ^\'e^te^l I'l-nin-iiila. 



VAH. 4. niiii-rniitliii; small, 4 in., leaves ovate-lanceolate, flower large, spur slmrt. 

 Western Peninsula. 



VAR. 5. micrant/nr ; small, stem simple, leaves small ovate-lanceolate, flowers small, 

 spur long slnnlcf. \Vr>ti-ru 1'd'ii^ula. 



VAR. 6. rosea; tall, Iravrs Knear-lanceolate, flowers mther small, lip saccat", spur 

 short incurved. I. rosea, l.imH. Hot. llty. 1841, t. 27. \\"eslern Himalaya. 



38. X. scabriuscula, 7/ ///"' /// /'">/>. F/. In<l. /. Carey, ii. 40} ; short, 

 erect, branched, toincntosc. U-avi-s ]rtioled lanceolate or ohovatc serrate, 

 peduncles short, sepals minute, standard orbicular \viii'_ r i'd, wings I'-Iohcd, 

 lip lioat-shapril toinciitosc. spur n. ]\ T <tll. C</f. 47i".), -17:J(;, /// //'/// ; Am. in 

 Honk. Camp. /!'. -I/"'.'/, i. :!:_': // dd /<-. /'/. ///,/. Or. -2.0, t, 144; U.f.& T. 

 t,t ,lnrtt. Llim. Xor. iv. 131. 



Mountains of MAI.AISAK, from the Southern Concan to Wynaad and Kurg alt. 

 2-4000 ft. 



I'siially much branched fVom thr, base, 4-10 in. high. Leave* unifoim, 1-2 in.; 

 jftiole hardly glandular, varialile in length. .l'l<iin-l,-x short, scalirid. Finn-era ^ in. 

 diani., jiink : sepals, lip, and Standard usually very hairy, f 'ttjixuli' ,'j in. long, eilip- 



soid, nuicronate, villous. \\ -, giol.o.-,- ; teata opaque, dark browo, tubercled. 



39. I. glandulifera, Am. in I fool-, fonij*. Hot. M.KJ. ii. 3^2; almost 

 shrubby, leaves subterminal 4-8 in. glabrous ovate or elliptic-lanceolate 

 acuminate serrulate, petiole very long glandular, flowers fancied axillary 

 and shortly pedicelled, sepals subulate, standard orbicular 2-lobed spin-red 

 behind, wings 2-lobed lateral lobe small rounded, terminal broad halt'-obovate 

 pendulous, lip saccate hairy, spur short minute. Tltw<tt/<* Eunm. (Hi; 11. f. 

 d- T.iit Journ. Linn. tioc. iv. 131. I. cornigera, lloolc. Lot. Mwj. t. 40^3, not 

 of ' Ariiott. 



Central province of CEYLON, alt. 4-6000 ft. 



>S'/V/M 2-iJ ft., very robust. Leaves glabrous on both surfaces, serratures very small 

 ciliolate and setigerous ; petiole 1-3 in., usually with pedicelled glands. Flowers rose- 

 eolutired, 1^ in. long ; pedicels pubescent, shun ; standard with a large green spur 

 behind; lip sometimes conoid and almost glabrous ; spur involute. Capsule unknown. 



40. I. macrophylla, Gardner in Bot. May. t. 4662 ; almost shrubby, 

 stem very thick, leaves subterminal 6-16 in. usually pubescent beneath 

 ovate or lanceolate acuminate serrate, petiole very long glandular, flowers 

 mostly fascicled on the stem below the leaves shortly pedicelled, sepals 



