468 xxxn. GERANIACE^:. ( Balsaminese, Hook, f.) [Impa 



Central Provinces of CKYLOX, alt. 4-6000 ft. 



Hoot tuberous, perennial. Stem 12 ft., stout, simple or branched. Learcs U-4 in., 

 thiek, serratures ciliate, petiole ,'j-l in. /' <lniicl< x stout, erect: racemes 4-8-il> 

 bracts small, persistent ; pedicels slender, erect, spreading in fruit. FLm; /* --I in., 

 scarlet, rarely yellow ; sepals small, ovate; standard very small, hooded; \\~\\\ - 

 small, lateral fobes rounded, almost hidden under the standard ; terminal lobes orbi- 

 cular protruded, notched on the inner margin towards the rounded end ; lip very large, 

 walls undulate; spur slender, hooked, swollen at the tip. ' ' in., ellipsoid, gib- 



bous, glabrous, tiecds unknown. 



86. I. tavoyana, JJ>nth. in W<i1l. ( 1 <>t. 4773; short, quite glabrous, 

 stem stout succulent, leaves petioled ovate acuminate subserrate base with 

 long cilia, peduncles subterminal erect slender, flowers small in short 

 racemes, bracts minute, pedicels spreading capillary, sepals narrow, standard 

 small oblong concave spurred at the tip, terminal wing-lobes very long- 

 clawed pendulous oblong ?, lip boat-shaped with a gibbosity or short si 

 spur. //. f. i(.' T. in Journ. Linn. Xnc. iv. 146. I. lineata, Tare:, in ttull. 



Nat. Mtec. 18-v.), i. 271. 



TKNASSKIMM at Monlmein, Loll). 



Annual. X<c,m 4-1 in., simple or branched. Lf-ares 2-3 in., very membranous, 

 serraturos ciliate, hairs at. the base not glandular; petiole {,-1 in. /', </mn-!i * 1-:; in., 

 spreading . i MJowered; bia. t. pedi- 



1 in. Fliiwerx !, in. long, white? with purjile streaks on the lip, sepals variable' 

 in shape. usually linear : standard with a i:reen spur at the tip ; claw of win. 

 long, very narrow, Strap-shaped, blade .shorter than the claw, obovfl with a 



callous auricle at the base; lip large for the plant, very concave, acuminat. 

 sometimes as long as the lip, and turned up along its base. Capsule \ in.; ti 

 acutely beaked, glabYoOf ''. oblong, compressed, opaque, glabrous. An e.\- 



!y curious species, the long slender claws of the wings are unique in tin 

 The form of the wing itself, as described, I have n< I ined with sufficient 



confidi 



87. I. racemulosa, Wall. > ; : stem simple erect leafy, leaves 

 long-petioled elliptic-oval -nale-st-rrate, ]>etiole eglandular, racemes 

 llexuoiis axillary (i s-llowered, bracts ovate, pedicels capillary, flowers 

 :|- in., se]>als oliliquely ovate, standard small orbicular, terminal lobe of 

 ^ings very large '.-orbiettlar violet, lip bout-shaped, spur incurved slender. 

 //./. <(- T. in Jon',-,,. LUIII. ,s'oc\ iv. 138. 



KIIASIA MTS., in marshes, alt. 4--f>oo<>ft., Uana':, tS:c .; Hno-rAx, I/i-rh. flritjith. 



I 6 8 ill-,' Succulent, sometimes thick. /.<<//>> 1 .', I'. 1 , in., membranous, exstipu- 

 late. Hue* mi's l-'J in., hori/.ontal ; ])cdicels scattered, spreading, \ in. ; brad - 

 coriaceous, ] landular at the tip. Floirrrx -Vj in. across the wii 



line violet colour; standard not spin red at the back : lateral lobes of wings small ; spur 

 .',-^ in., obtuse, curved into a semicircle. fVy^/Jr short. .\ in., clavate, acute, glabrous. 

 Seeds few, small. A very beautiful plant, allied to none. 



B. Capsule linear. 

 B i. OPPOSITIFOLIA and VERTICILLATA. (See I. triprtala in B n.) 



I. Roylei, JJW/>. ]!]>. i. 475 ; tall, robust, branches quite glabrous, 

 leaves usually opposite and whorled lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, sharply 

 serrate, stipules of seta, peduncles subterminal, flowers many umbelled or 

 racemed, standard 2-lobed, wings broad, lip saccate very obtuse, spur short, 

 capsule clavate beaked cernuous. H.f. & T. in .lnr,i. Linn. Hoc. iv. 1^7. 

 J. uhmdulifera, lloyk III. 151, t. 28, f. 2; Lindl Bot. Key. 1640, t. 2-2 ; Hook. 

 Lot. Mag. t. 4020. 



