458 xxxn. GERAXIACEJE. ( Balsaminese, Hook, f.) [Impatt&u. 



acuminate crenate-serrulate, pedicels axillary solitary or few slender, 

 sepals minute, standard broadly obcordate, wings 2-lobecl spreading, lobes 

 obovate lateral rounded terminal retuse or 2-lobed, lip boat-shaped, spur 

 very long straight and slender, capsule puberulous. I. tlaccida, var. p, //./. 

 & T. in Jo urn. Linn. Soc. iv. 134. 



TENASSERIM, at Moulruein, Lobb. 



Very similar to /. flaccida, but the lobes of the wings are longer and narrower, 

 the standard is obcordate and not spurred behind, and the capsule is smaller and 

 puberulous. 



52. X. pulcherrima, Dalz.' in Hook. Lond. Join-n. Hot. ii. 37 ; stout, 

 succulent, erect, glabrous, leaves petioled ovate-lanceolate acuminate, 

 pedicels 2-3 erect, sepals 2-lid minute, standard orbicular m.lrlu'.l or 

 spurred at the back, wings very broad i-tiil, lip boat-shaped or conoid, spur 

 long stout curved, capsule glabrous, seeds large obuvate rugose. ll<>k. Jlnt. 

 Mag. t. 461") ; //. /'. <( T. /'// /Mini, /,////*. ,W. iv. 134 ;, Dalz. & GH>&. J>"^'>. 

 Flor. 44. 



Warree jungle in the SOUTHERN CONCAX, 



Stem 14-2 ft., simple ur I ranehed. Leaves 3-5 in., flaccid, ciliate towards tin; In so, 

 glabrous or with a IV- \v s-atteivd hairs above; :; in., naked or \vith stipitate 



glands. I'.tl'i,; /.< _' 8 in., deader, spreading. 14-2 in. diam., rose- Or violet- 



purple ; wini^s spreading, flat, variable in shape : lip small; spur 'J in., rather stout, 

 incurved, dupsvle 4 in., very turgid. Seeds 2-8, snbcompr very thick. 



A very fine species, allied to I. j/ua-iiln in the flowers, but the seeds are wholly 

 different. 



53. I. Henslowiana, Am. in //W,-. C<>m r . lint. M>irj. i. 322; 

 perennial?, stem very stout alnn^t shrubby iio<l<>(.- scarred, K-avrs petioled 

 ovate or lanceolate serrate acuminate hirsute, pedicels subsolitary erect, 



si-pals large br-iaii, standard orbicular or obovate, wings broad flat 2-partite, 

 segments 2-lobed, lip small, spur very long incurved slender, capsule 

 glabrous or pilose. Tlt"'<iit>-x Knnn\. Uo ; //./.< T. in Journ. Linn. >W. 

 iv. 1 :;."). 1. albiila, W'ujlit in M>/<//\ ,/nurn. v. 7, t. 1 ; /. t. 7 K5. 



Mountains of M A i. \n.\i:, .-li-t'ts of rm-ks n.-ar < 'onrtallum, alt. 2-7000 ft., W Iff fit, &C. 

 CKVI.ON, in the C.-ntral I'n^incr, alt. -1 0>U<! It., on rocks. 



Mem 8-K', in., as thick as tin- thumb, \vo.dy, Miiin-tiiin.'s so closely covered with s'-ars 

 as to be nodose, simple or branched. Leave* 3-5 in., crowded at the ends of the thick 

 branches, serraimvs tine or coarse, both surfaces usually hirsute, sometimes -l;il>rate : 

 petiole ^-3 in., naked or glandular. Pcdicd* 2-5 in., stout, glabrous or pubescent. 

 J''/oircrx 1-2 in. diam., white nr i>ale pink ; sepals remarkably large, broadly ovate, 

 .-icuminate : standard winged at tlie back (in \\ ight's figure) ; wings with very broad, 

 fiat, semi-obovatc lobes ; spur stout or slemler, 1 1 A in. < 'u/miile -1 in., rather slender. 

 ASV.-"/.v not ripe. The habit and large sepals and capsule are excellent characters of this 

 plant. 



A v. LATERIFLOILE. 



54. I. bella, H. /. <C- T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 138; diffuse, stem 

 short densely pubescent creeping below, leaves broadly ovate or orbicular 

 crenate, petiole slender, peduncle pubescent L S-flowered bracteate in the 

 middle, flowers large yellow, sepals large ovate, standard orbicular-obovate 

 gibbous or bluntly spurred at the back, terminal lobe of wing elongate 

 obovate, lip conical saccate narrowed into a long incurved spur. 



KHASIA MTS., in marshes at the Kala Pane, alt. 5000 ft., Griffith, &c. 

 A small species, 6-10 in., growing in loose tufts ; stem rather stout, rooting much at 

 the base, glandular and almost tomeutose with crisped hairs. Leaves 1-3 in., some- 



