xxxn. GERANIACE^:. ( Balsaminece, Hook, f.) 469 



Temperate Western Himalaya ; common from NIPAL to MARRI, alt. 6-8000 ft. 



A handsome often gigantic species, 4-10 ft., with the stem as thick as the thumb, 

 fleshy. Leaves very variable as to disposition, size, breadth, petiole, and cutting of 

 the margin, base rounded or acute ; stipules of stout gland-tipped setae. Peduncles 

 2-5 in., stout, straight, erect ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers usually pale 

 red-purple, sometimes white ; sepals -^ in., green. Capsule |-| in., clavate, or 

 much narrowed towards the base, top abruptly beaked, glabrous, usually drooping, very 

 turgid in the middle. Seeds large, broadly obovoid ; testa opaque, spongy. Very 

 closely allied to /. longicornu, sulcata, and Thomsoni. Edge worth considers that 

 1. moscliata differs specifically in its musky odour, habit, and more deeply serrated 

 leaves. Seeds eatable raw, tasting like nuts. 



VAR. 1 ; leaves crenate-serrate, serratures glandular. 



VAR. 2. moscliata; leaves alternate and whorled, coarsely serrate, less glandular. 

 I. moscliata, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 38. 



VAR. 3. Candida; uppermost leaves opposite or whorled, flowers white spotted with 

 crimson. I. Candida, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1840, Misc. 85; 1841, t. 20. 



VAR. 4. macrochila; upper leaves alternate, terminal lobes of the wings longer 

 dimidiate-ovate falcate. 1. macrochila, Lindl. Bot. Jteg. 1840, t. 8. ' 



89. I. Thomson!, Hook f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 128 ; tall, robust, 

 branched, quite glabrous, leaves opposite below whorled or alternate 

 above, petioled ovate acuminate coarsely serrate, stipules pulvinate', 

 peduncles erect, flowers umbelled, sepals ovate-lanceolate, standard entire, 

 wings 2-lobed, lip conical narrowed into the rather long spur, capsule 

 narrowly clavate. 



Inner ranges of the Temperate Himalaya, PITI and KUNAWUR, alt. 9-10,000 ft., 

 T. Thomson; KUMAON and GARWHAL, alt. 12,000ft., Stracli. & Wint. ; SIKKIM, alt. 

 12,000 ft., /. D. H. 



Probably a small state of I. Eoylei or sulcata, 2-12 in. high, with flowers only half 

 the size, a conical or trumpet-shaped lip narrowed into the spur, and a narrower cap- 

 sule ^-1 in. long. It is only found in the interior and drier Himalayan ranges, and 

 varies exceedingly in the size of all its parts. The flowers are pale and spotted. The 

 stipules usually form a large glandular tubercle. 



90. I. sulcata, Wall. Cat. 4764 in part ; stem stout erect grooved 

 quite glabrous, leaves usually opposite and whorled elliptic-ovate or lan- 

 ceolate coarsely crenate-serrate, stipules pulvinate, flowers many umbelled 

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

 inflexed, capsule elongate horizontal. H. f. & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 

 129. I. gigantea, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 38. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 7-12,000 ft., from MARRI to SIKKIM. 



A gigantic annual herb, said to attain 15 ft. in height, but 1 never saw it more than 

 8 in Sikkim, with furrowed fistular stems, so like /. Boylei that I suspect it may prove 

 to be a variety of that plant, differing in the more crenate leaves, stipules (a very vari- 

 able character), and the longer narrow inclined capsules 1 in. long, which are but 

 slightly clavate, and have similar large eatable seeds. It should also be compared with 

 states of /. longicornu. The 4 lateral sepals are sometimes developed in Sikkim. ^ 



Var. minor ; smaller, lip conical. Kuuawur, alt. 8000 ft., T. Thomson. 



91. X. amplexicaulis, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 37; tall, 

 branched, quite glabrous, leaves sessile lower opposite oblong-lanceolate 

 upper alternate ovate-lanceolate amplexicaul, all crenate-serrate, stipules 

 pulvinate or obsolete, flowers umbelled or racemed, standard orbicular 

 2-lobed, wings 2-lobed, lip saccate acute or obtuse, spur short inflexed, 

 capsule slender horizontal. //./. & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 129. 



Western Temperate Himalaya, alt. 6-12,000 ft. ; KULU, Edgeicorth ; SIMLA, Lady 

 Dalliousie; KUMAON, Stretch. <& Wint. 



