476 xxxn. GERANIACE^E. ( Balsaminese, Hook, f.) [Lnpu'.' 



oblong, compressed ; testa rugose. The following varieties are distinguished as species 

 by Mr. Edgeworth : 



VAR. 1. amphorata proper; stipular glands pedicelled, standard crested, wings un- 

 equally hatchet-shaped, lip very obtuse, spur incurved, capsule subterete. 1. ampho- 

 rata, jEdgeworth, I.e. I. longicornu. Wall. Cat. 4729, in part. I. umbrosa, Nob. in 

 Linn. Soc. Journ. I. picta, Knowlts & Wescott Floral Cabinet, t. 128 (according to 

 a specimen in Herb. Luidlcy). 



YAK. 2. vmljroxa; stipular glands sessile obtuse, pedicels glandular, lip gradually 

 narrowed into the incurved spur, capsule subtorulose. 1. umbrosa. J''i/>/< w. in '/'/"//*. 

 Linn. Soc. xx. 39. 1. loii'-nconm, var. a and S, nob. I.e. I. bicolor, Boyle 111. 151, 

 t. 28. I. Roy lei, Klot:..^h / &tM 7V. }\',dd. 121, t 15 I 1 -. 



VAR. 3. -pollens ; stipular glands unequal ear-shaped, pedicels thickened eglandular, 

 flowers smaller paler, lip gradually narrowed into a revolute spur. 1. palleiis, J'j!'j>.n:. 

 I.e. 39. I. longicornu, var. pallen.s, Xob. I.e. 



109. I. Edg-eworthii, Hook.f.; tall, robust/branched, glabrous, leaves 

 large petioled elliptic acuminate acutely serrate, i>e(luiieles subterminal 

 fascicled, raceme short, interrupted, bracts large keeled persistent often 

 whorled, flowers large- yellow and red, sepals very large orbicular midrib 

 crested, standard orbicular m-strd, lateral wing-lubes obliquely oblong, 

 terminal oblong, lip tunnel-shaped narrowed into an incurved .spur. 

 I. longicornu, var. y cri.stata, ^\l>. /,/ Jnrn. Lam. Soc. iv. 14K 



Western Temperate Himalaya at Kundau and the Bcas Valley in KULU, E<l<jr- 

 irortJt. 



This resembles very closely /. liconwta in habit, stature, pud foliage, but the leaves 

 are sharjily serrate, the set-natures tipped with glandular lristl.-s. the sepals are very 

 large, nearly .', in. long, eivsted <>n ihe midrili. and the lip is broadly iunncl-sliape<L 

 without the callous given points of that speeios. Fn.ni /. tmilroxd it dilli-rs in the 

 same point> (except the last;. The stipular glands are tumid ; the bracts hoal-shap-d, 

 with long still' glandular points; the flower 1 in. long from the tip of the standard to 

 the spur: the s.-pals green, rest of the flower yellow streaked with red, except the 

 broad crested midrib of the standard, which is green. Capsule and 



I. amphorato, 



110. I. mishmiensis, Ilonl; / ; quite glabrous, stem stout branched, 

 leaves petioled elliptic-oblanceoiate acuminate serrate, ])eduncles .stout 

 axillary, rimvers largo white in broken whorls, bracts larire whorled ]>er- 

 sistent, sejials large bnal ovate, standard orbicular obtusely spurred at 

 the back, terminal wing-lobes elongate, lip funnel-shaped narrowed into a 

 short incurved spur. 



JMismu M-I-S., (,'riiiith. 



A stout ap])arently succulent plant, 4 ft. high. Leaves 6 in., crowded towards the 

 ends of the branches, menihranous, sometimes gland-tipped, nerves very slender; petiole 

 1^-2 in. ; stipular glands or obsolete. I'ulundc* stout, sliorter than the leaves ; hracts 



in., spreading, acuminate, concave, green ; pedicels ;'j-l in. 2 1 'iowers few, ninn- or 

 less umbelied, about 1A in. diani. ; sepals and standard flesh-coloured; wings apparently 

 clawed and 2-lohed, loth lobes being narrow, the terminal larger, tinged with yellow, 

 and with 2 yellow spots ; lip large ; spur about 1 in. Capsule unripe, l-l in., linear. 



111. I. radiata, Hook.f.; tall, quite glabrous, much branched, leaves 

 long-petioled elliptic-ovate or lanceolate acuminate creiiate, peduncles 

 fascicled towards the ends of the branches erect, pedicels very numerous 

 more or less whorled, bracts persistent, flowers small yellow or purplish, 

 sepals small, standard orbicular, terminal wing-lobe elongate, lip conical 

 ending in a short straight spur. I. racemosa, II. f. < T. in Linn. 

 Journ. iv. 147, not of De Candolle and Wallich. 



