464 xxxn. GERANIACE.E. ( Balsaminere, Hook, f.) [Impatient 



71. I. leucantha, Thwaites Enum. 67 ; glabrous, stem erect simple 

 rarely forked, leaves in 1 whorl or fascicled rarely opposite shortly petioled 

 lanceolate acuminate serrulate, peduncles several long erect, flowers in a 

 short terminal raceme, bracts ovate-lanceolate, sepals ovate-oblong acute, 

 Standard hooded, lateral lobe of wings small lanceolate, terminal large 

 3-lobed, lip boat-shaped, .spur short straight. 



CEYLON ; at Hinidoon and Kittool Galle, Thwaites. 



&tem 5-10 in., naked below, succulent. Leaves 6-10 in the fascicle, of unequal sizes, 

 3-6 in., serratures acute, base often ciliute : petiole J-i in. Peduncles many, longer 

 or shorter than the leaves, many-flowered ; pedicels capillary, spreading, ^-1 in. ; 

 bracts green, concave. Flowers white, in. diain. ; standard not winged ; wings with 

 the lobes rounded; spur in. Capsules in., unripe, erect, ellipsoid, glabrous, 

 beaked. 



72. I. llnearis, Am. in Hook. Comp. Bnt. )f<t,j. i. 323 ; stem short 

 stout simple, leaves crowded upwards subsessile linear-lanceolate acute sub- 

 serrate, peduncles solitary or 2 stout erect, flowers very shortly umbelled, 

 bracts ovate, sepals short ovate, standard .short spurred at the back, terminal 

 lobe of wings large obovate clawed, lip concave, spur very short. //./. <f T. 

 in Journ. Linn. tioc. iv. 143. 



Adam's Peak, CEYLON, alt. 4-6000 ft., II >///.> r, &c. 



Erect, glabrous ; stem stout, scarred. Leawt many, 1-3 in., all crowded at the top of 

 the stem, rather thick, base not ciliate. Peduncle 1-2 in., very stout ; bracts } in., irrei-n, 

 spreading, acuminate, concave ; pedicels slender, spreading. Fhwert i n - l h'am. ; 

 wings large; spur a mere point. Capsule \ in., ellipsoid, very turgid, acuminate, 

 glabrous. OtetU many, very small, pub'-M-.-nt. 



VAK. petiolata; leaves rather broadly petioled with scattered short hairs on the 

 upper surface. 



73. I. appendiculata, Am. in Ilnok. Comp. ]}t. Mug. i. 323; small, 

 glabrous or pubescent, stem slender, leaves solitary few or many petioled 

 ovate elliptic or lanceolate acute serrulate 1 , peduncles long solitary or few, 

 flowers umbelled or very shortly raceined, bracts broad-ovate or lanceolate, 

 sepals ovate or oblong, standard hooded, lateral lobe of wings lanceolate 

 caudate, terminal large clawed ^-cordate, lip boat-shaped, spur very 

 short. Thwaites Enum. 67. 



Southern and Central parts of CEYLON, alt. 2-5000 ft. 



Very variable, both in habit ami foliage. Stem simple, rarely branched, naked 

 beluw, usually leafy above, with the leaves 1-1 4 in. broad, long-petioled and almost 

 glabrous above; other specimens have 4 similar but pubescent leaves in a whorl, 

 others 1, 2, 3, or a few lanceolate acuminate leaves, 4 in. long. Leaves membranous, 

 usually ciliate towards the base. Peduncle often solitary, subterminal and longer 

 than the leaves, with an umbel or very short raceme of 4-8 flowers ; bracts i in., 

 concave, acuminate, green ; pedicels slender, spreading. Flowers about in. long, 

 white or pale rose-colour; standard streaked transversely with red. Thwaites de- 

 sciibes the lateral lobes of wings as small lanceolate long-caudate, the terminal 

 as larger 4' cor( late and acuminate ; the spur is sometimes reduced to a mere 

 point. Capsule ^iu., ellipsoid, turgid, beaked, many-seeded. Seeds immature, oblong, 

 hairy ? 



74. I. travancorica, Eedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. p. 29, 1. 142 ; small, stem 

 simple stout leafy at the top, leaves crowded small petioled elliptic sub- 

 acute crenate, peduncles 1-3 subterminal erect 2-4-flowered, bracts lan- 

 ceolate, flowers umbelled small, sepals obliquely ovate, standard small 

 concave, terminal lobe of wings large sessile, lip boat-shaped, spur short 

 obtuse or 0. 



