Impatient.] xxxn. GERANIACE^. ( Balsamineoe Hook, f.) 459 



times lanceolate, obtuse acute or acuminate, many-nerved, often pubescent above ; 

 petiole !-f in., pubescent, rarely glandular. Peduncle stout, usually from a subterminal 

 axil, curved, pubescent, most often 1-flowered, with bracts in the middle; pedicel short. 

 Flower 1 in. long without the spur, orange- or golden-yellow, beautifully streaked with 

 purple. Capsule | in., ellipsoid, acute at both ends, turgid, pubescent. Seeds sub- 

 globose, papulose, puberulous, testa thick opaque. A very distinct and beautiful little 

 species. 



VAR. major; more robust, leaves 3-4 in., flowers If in. red quite glabrous. T hasia, 

 alt. 5-6000 ft. 



55. I. latiflora, Hook.f. & Thorns, in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 139 ; short, 

 herbaceous, pubescent, leaves petioled elliptic-lanceolate caudate-acuminate 

 crenate, peduncle erect stout 2-3-flowered, bracts ovate acuminate, flowers 

 large, sepals broad, standard orbicular winged at the back, terminal lobe of 

 wings large semi-ovate acute, lip boat-shaped, spur very long slender 

 incurved. 



Subtropical forests of the KHASIA MTS., alt. 3-4000 ft. ; ? SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 

 2-4000 ft. (specimens imperfect) ; BHOTAN, at Duphla, Booth. 



Stem a foot high, branched or not, sometimes as thick as the little finger, remotely 

 scarred. Leaves 3-7 in., sometimes narrowly lanceolate, glabrous except the nerves 

 beneath, often ciliate towards the base, as is the puberulous petiole. Peduncle solitary, 

 stout, erect, f-1 in. ; bracts variable in position ; pedicels stout. Flowers 1-2 in. 

 diam., pale rose or violet ; sepals acute ; lateral lobe of wings obovate, retuse, smaller 

 than the usually acute terminal one, which is sometimes 1 in. long ; standard retuse ; 

 spur 1-2^ i n -> acute. Capsule immature, probably like that of 1. pulchra. 



56. I, pulchra, H. f. & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. % 139; _ glabrous, 

 stem short stoat simple, leaves petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate ser- 

 rate, peduncles stout erect 1-2-flowered, bracts lanceolate, flowers large, 

 sepals broad, standard winged at the back, wings broad, lip funnel-shaped 

 narrowed into the stout hooked spur. 



Shaded woods in the subtropical and temperate regions of EASTERN NIPAL and the 

 KHASIA MTS., alt. 4-5000 ft. 



Stem 4-10 in., erect, nodose at the scars, rarely divided. Leaves 2-4 in., glabrous 

 on both surfaces, rather coriaceous, not or rarely ciliate ; petiole stout, naked. Pedun- 

 cles 1-2 in , few, stout, erect ; pedicels often as stout and as long. Flowers 2 in. long 

 from the tip of the spur to that of the standard, pale rose-coloured or straw-coloured, 

 streaked with red; sepals | in., green, acute; terminal lobe of wing semi-ovate obtuse ; 

 lip very large ; spur sometimes spiral. Capsule \-\ in., erect, narrowly ellipsoid-oblong, 

 glabrous, subacute. Seeds many, immature, pubescent? 



57. I. fruticosa, DC. Prodr. i. 687 ; shrubby, perennial, leaves elliptic 

 acuminate many-nerved pubescent on both surfaces, petiole stout long, 

 peduncles numerous 3-5-flowered, bracts linear, pedicels very long 

 slender, flowers large, sepals broad, standard orbicular 2-lobed, wings lobed 

 spreading, lip trumpet-shaped, spur very stout long curved. W. & A. 

 Prodr. 137 ; Wight Ic. t. 966 ; Wall. Cat. 4762 ; H.f. & T. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. iv. 140. 



Mountains of MALABAR and TRAVANCOR, common at 4-6000 ft. 



An erect much branched shrub, 8 ft. high ; branches glabrous, nodose at the scars. 

 Leaves 3-5 in., sometimes almost silky beneath, ciliate and glandular towards the 

 base, nerves stout; petiole 2-3 in., often villous, naked or glandular. Peduncles 1-2 in.; 

 pedicels often much longer and exceeding the leaves. Flowers 1-4 in. broad; sepals 

 acuminate; standard neither winged nor spurred; wing-lobes flat, subequal, divari- 

 cating, oblong; spur 1-1 J in. Capsule erect, 1 in., ellipsoid, narrowed at both ends, 

 beaked. Seeds many, unripe, large, opaque, obovoid; testa thick, pitted. 



