Impatient,] xxxn. GERANIACE.E. ( Balsamineee, Hook, f.) 



Mountains of TRAVANCOR; Myhendra and Aghasteer. alt. 4-5000 ft., Beddome. 



Stem strict^ 6-8 in., naked below. Leaves \ in., rather thick, ciliated in the crena- 

 tun-s ; petiole slender 1 , often as Ions; as the blade. Peduncles 1-2 in. ; bracts green, 

 sululate-lanceolate, spreading. Flowers \ in. diam., white .streaked with red, very 

 membranous; sepals oblique, acuminate; lateral lobe of wings small. Capsule un- 

 known. 



75. I. uncinata, Wu/kl in Madr. Journ. v. 11, t. 6; Ic. t. 747; 

 slender, elect, glabrous, leaves long-petioled ovate or ovate-cordate crenate, 

 peduncles slender "4-8-fld., flowers small subumbelled or shortly racemed, 

 sepals very large obliquely ovate, standard small elliptic, wings divaricating, 

 terminal lobe obovate falcate, lip subcampanulate, spur short, inflated 

 hooked. H.f. & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 144. 



Mountains of the SOUTHERN CARNATIC, in dense shaded jungles near Courtallum, 

 alt. 2-3000 ft., Wight. 



Stem 6-10 in., sparingly branched, leafy. Leaves 2-4 in., very membranous, ciliate 

 often at the base, crenatures large, minutely ciliate ; petiole ] -3 in., rather slender. 

 Peduncle shorter than the leaves; bracts small, rather persistent; pedicels -1 in. 

 Flowers f in. diam. ; sepals very large for the size of the plant ; standard pointed ; 

 lateral wing- lobes oblong, pointed forward, terminal protruded, rather hatchet-shaped; 

 lip shortly campanulate ; spur constricted at the insertion, inflated beiow it, with a 

 more slender upcurved tip. Capsule ^ in., ellipsoid, beaked, turgid, glabrous. /Seeds 

 few, undpe, apparently orbicular and glabrous. 



76. I. eleg-ans, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. p. 29, t. 145 ; stout, glabrous, 

 stem erect stout simple or branched, leaves long-petioled ovate or ovate- 

 cordate acuminate crenate, peduncles slender axillary and terminal erect, 

 flowers 3-5 umbelled or shortly racemed, bracts lar^e ovate-lanceolate, 

 sepals ovate, standard small orbicular- ovate, lateral wing-lobes small 

 rounded arched over the stamens, terminal very large obliquely ovate acute, 

 lip very small boat-shaped, spur 0. 



Anamallay hills, in TRAVANCOR, alt, 2500-5000 ft., common, Beddome. 



Stem 6-12 in., simple or branched, often rooting at the joints. Leaves 2-4 in., very 

 membranous, crenatures minutely ciliate ; petiole 1-3 in. Peduncles 1-3 in. ; bracts 

 in., usually recurved, whorled ; pedicels capillary, spreading. Flowers 1 in. across 

 the wings, pale rose colour with a purple eye, those from the highest localities the largest ; 

 standard apiculate flat with a green dorsal ridge ; terminal wing-lobe sessile, tip obtuse 

 entire, inner margin obscurely retuse towards the tip. Capmle ^ in., ellipsoid, beaked, 

 turgid in the middle, glabrous. /Seeds hairy, subglobo.se. In many respects near 

 /. cordata, in which the side lobes of the wings are also incurved. 



A viii. RACEMOSE. 

 * Spur long and slender. 



77. I. maculata, Wight in Madr. Journ. v. 12; tall, slender, branched, 

 leaves long-petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate serrate hairy above and 

 beneath, peduncles and very long lax racemes much exceeding the 

 leaves, pedicels horizontal, sepals large broad, standard small, lateral lobes 

 of wings minute terminal very large, lip conoid, spur very long slender. 

 //./. T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 149. 



Mountain streams in MALABAR ; Sivaghery hills, alt.,4-7000 ft., Wight. 



Stem 5-6 ft. ; branches and petioles laxly hairy, or glabrate. Ltav^.8 3-5 in., mem- 

 branous, often 2-glandular at the base, serratures not tipped with a bristle; petiole 

 1-2 in., sometimes with 2 or more long stipitate glands. Raceme and stiff peduncle 

 together 6-12 in., quite erect ; bracts ovate, persistent ; pedicels 1 in. Flower nearly 

 1 in. long ; sepals and orbicular standard acuminate ; terminal wing-lobe suborbicular, 

 lateral hid under the standard; spur twice as long as the 11 nvcr, curved np. Capsule 



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