472 xxxn. GERANIACE^E. ( Balsamineae, Hook, f.) [Impaf' 



niinate coarsely crenate upper sessile, stipules setose, peduncles 1-2, sepals 

 large ovate-cordate, standard orbicular spurred behind, terminal lobe of 

 -wings very long pendulous, lip subcampanulate, spur short spiral, capsule 

 long slender. 



Temperate and subtropical woods of tho SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 4-7000 ft. 



Kt< in 8-10 in., slender, sparingly branched. Leaves membranous, 1-3 in., narrowed 

 into the slender cylindrical peiiole, apiciilatc in the en-natures. ]\(ln,n<-1i x sometimes 

 2 and connate at the base, ebracteatc. very slender, shorter or longer than the leaves. 

 Flowers 1% in. from the spur to the tip of the apiculate standard : \\ings violet-purple, 

 the terminal lobe sometimes 1^ in. long, elliptic-oblong; liji deeply eonoidal, inflated, 

 narrowed into the spiral spur, pale rose-col.. nn'd streaked with purple. <'tij>*tt!e I in., 

 very slender, tfeet/* small, globose, puberulous. A lovely })lant, closely allied to 

 /. iirtiiita, but the llowers are almost invariably solitary, and it wants the curious 

 united bracts. 



98. I. porrecta, Wall. Cut. 7275 ; slender, quite glabrous, stem simple 

 creeping below, leaves petioled ovate or lanceolate acuminate serrulate 

 2-glandular near the base, peduncles ^-:}-flowerod, bracts setaceous gland- 

 tipped, sepals ovate-lanceolate, standard orbicular spurred at the bark, ter- 

 minal lobe of wings elongate pendulous, lip la rue i:oii"id deep narrowed 

 into a rather long abruptly hooked .spur. 11. j. <0 T. in ./'/////. Linn. 

 Sot iv. 138. 



KHASIA Mrs., M'tilil; in marshes at Kala Pane-, alt. 5-000(1 ft., J. D. If. ,0 T. T. 



simple, 12 --is in, succulent. Leave* 1 .', _", in., membranous, many-nerved; 



petiole 1-1 i in. /Vcfattote with the pedicels shorter than tin- leav- -. large, 



lOn^, pftlfr yellow or Straw-coloured, beautifully striated with red; stamlard :iiid 



wings as in /. <lix<-<>lu,^ but the lip is very difli-ient. being almost triangular in profile, 



narrowed into ;i spur as L)iig as itself. ' y immature, apparently not more 



than }, in., aciimiiiate. 



'.)'.). I. scabrida, 1)(\ Proilr. i. fiS7 ; glabrous or ]ubcsccnt, leaves 

 ovate or lanceolate acuminate serrate, stipules of two large glands, pe- 



/// Jnm-ii. Linn. .Vor. iv. 136. 1. tricornis, Lin'll. Jint. H<<I. Ls-i(), t. l) ; ll<>k. 

 Hot. M<></. t. -lo") 1. 1. cristata <md I. calycina, \Vnll. in l!-^- ! >. /'/. I nil. L<(. 

 Carey, ii. 456 and 463. 1. llamiltoniana, Don r,-o<l,\ 204. 



Shady woods of the temperate Himalaya, from KUXAWAK to 15noT.\\, alt. 6-10,000 ft. 



Ifobust, often much branched, '.] 5 ft., rarely quite glabrous. Leaces 2-6 in., 

 or narrowed into the naked petiole. Flmi-fm 1 in ., pol'len-yellou-, sjiotted with red, 

 sometimes panic-led, generally in several axils; peduncle 1-2 in., pedicels as long; 

 .standard cordate at the base, lateral lobe of wings short rounded, terminal much smaller, 

 oblong. Capsule 1-2 in., slender, straight, ribbed, glabrous or puberulous. Seeds 

 ;e, oblong, scarcely tubercled. De Candolle describes the spur as very lng 

 (iongissimus), which is certainly not the case. 1 have no Sikkim specimen, but have 

 a figure of the plant amongst Caihcart's drawings, which has 4 lateral sepals. 



loo. I. tropaeolifolia, Griff, mss. ; nearly glabrous, stem stout succu- 

 lent branched, leaves petioled elliptic-obovate acuminate crenate-serrulate, 

 peduncles succulent 2-3-rlowered, flowers large yellow, sepals broad orbi- 

 cular-ovate, standard orbicular thick green with a dorsal spur, wings very 

 large clawed 2-lobed with an inflexed thickened auricle on the inner 

 margin, lip funnel-shaped narrowed into a stout incurved spur. 



MISHMI HILLS, Griffith. 



Annual, a foot high; stem diaphanous, flexuous. Leaves 2-3^ in., rather thick, 



