Impatiens.\ xxxn. GERANIACE^:. ( Balsaminese, Hook, f.) 461 



A vn. UMBELLATE AND SUBCAPITAT.E. (See /. Goughii, trilobala, 

 and others in A m., /. Tangachce and others in A vni.) 



* Spur very slender, as long as or exceeding the flower. 



61. I. fimbriata, Hook. Exot. Flor. ii. t. 146; glabrous, stem erect 

 subsiinple, leaves opposite and alternate long-petioled ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate subserrulate, peduncle terminal long erect bearing at the top a 

 subcapitate crowded raceme clothed with recurved ciliate bracts. I. brac- 

 teata, Coleb. inRoxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 459 ; Wall. Gat. 4760j H.f. & T. 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 142. 



Marshes in the KHASIA MTS., alt. 4-6000 ft., abundant. 



Stem 1-2 ft., simple or branched, succulent. Leaves 2-5 in., opposite alternate and 

 whorled sometimes on the same specimen, flaccid, ciliate or not at the base ; petiole -2 

 in. ; stipules 0. Peduncle 2-6 in., strict, absolutely terminal in all the specimens, with 

 sometimes an axillary one, naked ; raceme ^-2 in., oblong or globose, very dense 

 and covered with crinite-green slender recurved bracts, which are -| in. long, 

 clothed with long pink hairs and conceal the bases of the capillary pedicels. FLoicers 

 rose-purple, f in. diam. ; sepals small, lanceolate ; standard small, ovate, with a recurved 

 point ; lateral wing-lobes small, rounded, terminal semi-ovate large broad clawed ; lip 

 boat-shaped ; spur f in., very long, slender, incurved. Capsule ^ in., ellipsoid, acute 

 at both ends, turgid, glabrous. /Seeds few, obovate, compressed, very hairy. The Flora 

 Exotica name having a year's priority over Colebrooke's, I am compelled to adopt it. 



62. I. janthina, Thwaites Enum. 68; small, glabrous, stem simple 

 1-4-leaved, leaves opposite broad-elliptic or orbicular acuminate subserrate, 

 peduncle terminal erect, flowers umbelled, bracts oblong, sepals broadly 

 cordate, standard hooded, wings 2-lobed, lip saccate narrowed into the 

 involute spur. H.f. & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 142. 



CEYLON ; Hinidoon and Pasdoon Corles, at no great elevation, Thwaites. 



Whole plant, 4-10 in. ; stem sometimes very thick and succulent. Leaves 2-5 in., 

 base rounded or subacute, not ciliate, sometimes oblique, very membranous ; petiole 

 -2 in. ; stipules 0. Peduncle erect, 3-5 in., very slender; umbel terminal, 3-5-flowered, 

 with sometimes a small lateral one; pedicels ^-1 in.; bracts broad, green, obtuse. 

 Flowers 4~| in diam., violet; standard not winged, very concave ; lateral lobe of wings 

 rounded, obtuse, terminal acute. Capsule ^ in., ellipsoid, subacute, glabrous, many- 

 seeded. A very curious species, quite unlike any other, but allied to the preceding and 

 following. 



63. I. umbellata, Heyne in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 464 ; small, 

 glabrous, stem simple stout leafy at the top, leaves crowded petiojed broad- 

 ovate or elliptic obtuse or acute crenate, peduncles subterminal erect 

 1-co -flowered, sepals broad-ovate, standard orbicular, wings spreading lobes 

 obtuse, lip small boat-shaped, spur long slender incurved. Wall. Cat. 4759 ; 

 W. & A. Prodr. 137; Wight in Madr. Journ. v. 9, t. 4 ; Ic. t. 745 ; H.f. 

 & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 143. 



Mountains of MALABAR, in Tinnevelly near Courtallum only, Wight. 



Stem 4-8 in., very rarely branched, naked below. Leaves 1-2 in., sometimes orbi- 

 cular, membranous, crenatures ciliate, base ciliate or not ; petiole very variable, |-1 in. 

 Peduncle and pedicels stout; bracts small, green. Flowers f in. diam.; standard not 

 spurred ; wings witb subequal lobes ; spur 1 in., graceful. Capsule ^ in., ellipsoid, 

 turgid, glabrous. Seeds echinate (Wight). Wight describes the root as tuberous, 

 which is 1 think an error; it is fibrous and annual in his specimens. 



64. I. subcordata, Arn. in Hook. Comp. Sot. Mag. i. 323 ; glabrous, 

 stem prostrate arid rooting at the base stout, leaves loug-petioled ovate or 



