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beneath ; pedicels solitary or fascicled ; sepals linear, spur slender 

 elongated, incurved, vexillum orbicular acuminate, wings semiobo- 

 vate, auricled at the base. Syn. I fasciculata, Lam. ; Wight Ic. 

 748 ; Bot. Mag. 4631 ; I heterophylla, Wall, in Roxb. Fl'lnd. ii, 

 458. The Concans. 



5. I OPPOSITIFOLIA, Linn. Leaves opposite, from narrow 

 linear lanceolate to broad obovate lanceolate, acute, membranaceous, 

 slightly serrated, serrattires bristly; pedicels axillary, solitary or 

 in pairs, not half the length of the leaves, very slender; lower 

 sepal cucullate, with a very short conical, nearly straight spur. 

 Spr. syst. i, 808 ; Syn. Balsamina oppositifolia, DC. Prod, i, 686 ; 

 I rosmarinifolia, Retz. Very common in the Concans. 



6. I TOMENTOSA, Heyne. Leaves short- petioied, oblong lance- 

 olate, acute serrated, slightly hispid above ; pedicels solitary or 

 twin, along with the flowers, pubescent; sepals linear lanceolate 

 acuminate; spur very short, obtuse, incurved; capsule oblong 

 glabrous, few-seeded ; seeds black, shining. Syn. I reticulata, Wall.; 

 I ramosissima, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. in, 230. Flowers in 

 September. Phoonda Ghaut. 



7. I LAWII, Hook. Fil. and Thorns, loc. cit. p 122. Stems 

 erect branched, and with the leaves beneath quite smooth ; leaves 

 shortly oblong, obtuse at the base, sessile, the upper ones smaller, 

 cordate, stem-clasping, remotely serrated, a little rough above ; 

 pedicels short; flowers large; sepals linear falcate; vexillum 

 orbicular ; lip small, without a spur. Southern Concan. A very 

 beautiful species. 



8. I INCONSPICUA, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 4741. Small-branch- 

 ed, diffuse, smooth; leaves narrow oblong, linear or lanceolate, 

 serrate ; pedicels puberulous ; flowers minute ; sepals linear subulate ; 

 lip boat-shaped, acuminate, without a spur. Syn. I pusilla, Heyne. 

 A very inconspicuous and variable plant. 



9. I KLEINIJ, W. and A. Prod. 140. Erect, with spreading 

 branches ; leaves opposite, from obovate and obtuse to lanceolate 

 and acute, with a large gland on each side near the petiole, upperside 

 hairy on the veins, under glaucous ; pedicels solitary or twin, in fruit 

 reflexed ; lateral sepals linear, posterior concave, hairy, lower one 

 with slender spur twice the length of the flower. Syn. Balsamania 

 minor, DC. Prod. 1, 686. Very common in the rains. 



10. I DALZELLII, Hook, and Thorn, loc. cit. Quite smooth, 

 branched ; leaves all shortly-petioled, ovate or oblong lanceolate, 

 cordate at the base, acuminate, spinulously serrulate, slightly hairy 

 above, pale beneath ; flowers middling-sized, yellow ; sepals linear 

 lanceolate acuminate; lip saccate, terminated by a short spur; 

 vexillum broadly cowled, winged on the back ; stem 8 to 14 inches 

 high. The South Concan. 



