: -mountainous districts in the South, and it 
m thence have been inferred that the 
. Ceylonese species were the same: besides, 
several of those from Ceylon are so very 
similar to the species from the Peninsula, 
that at first sight they might have been 
supposed identical, but considerable differ- 
ences are soon found to exist in the shape 
of the petals and spur. Thus, Z. rosmari- 
mifolia of Ceylon has quite the aspect of ` 
the narrow-leaved forms of I. fasciculata, 
but its spur is short, while in the other it 
is very long: J. gibbosa has the habit of 
I. Leschenaultii, but no spur; T. appen- 
diculata that of I. umbellata, but also dif- 
fering widely by the spur. 
To the Ceylon species I have added a 
new one from the Peninsula, which appears 
.to have been collected and mixed with 
I. latifolia, and consequently omitted in 
the Prodr. Fl. Penins. I have likewise 
altered slightly the character.of J. sca- 
briuscula, in consequence of a specimen I 
have seen in Sir W. J. Hooker's herbarium ; 
and perhaps that of 7. Kleinii ought to be 
also modified, as I have lately received 
- Specimens from Cannanore, on the Mala- 
bar coast, collected by Ensign Campbell, 
Which differ slightly from those in Dr. 
Wallich's and Dr. Wight's collections, but 
not so much so perhaps as to enable them 
to rank as a distinct species. 
In drawing up the following —_ 
characters, I have still adopted the sam 
language as in the Prodr. Fl. Penins., L 
P. 135; that is, I have called the anterior 
petalum of Roeper (in the Linnea, rx. 
P. 121, tab. 1.) a posterior sepal, and his 
Jour lateral petals two two-lobed ones: 
but it is but justice to my friend the Pro- 
fessor at Bâle, to confess that he has now 
So well elucidated his theory of the struc- 
ture of the flowers of this family, which I 
certainly did not formerly understand in 
the way he intended, that it might be 
better at once to follow his views. 
Linn. 
4 Foliis alternis, pedicellis axillaribus 
D. unifloris solitariis vel pluribus 
l. I. gibbosa sa (Arn.); erecta ramosa glabra 
IMPATIENS. 
NEW SPECIES OF INDIAN BALSAMINE.E. 
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vel ad apicem pilis sulphureis nitentibus 
= bh Pg A J Pd 24 41m 
tisalternisovato-oblongisac ominatis basi 
cuneatis crenulato-serratis onde a ad " 
tioli apicem | 
binis folium subequantibus, sepalis late- 
ralibus lanceolatis anteriore basi gibboso 
ecalcarato vel obscure apiculato duplo 
brevioribus, posteriore petala sube- 
quante, petalis ad medium bifidis lobo 
anteriore obovali posteriore oblongo et 
paullum breviore, capsula sulphureo-pu- 
bescenti.—In Zeylane montibus. 
Habitus fere I. brevicornu, cui maxime 
affinis, at foliis adultis longioribus, 23— 
3 poll. longis, calcare capsulaque differt. 
2. L brevicornu erecta ramosa 
basi integerrimis et cuneatim acuminatis 
sursum serratis, serraturis incurvis setu- 
ligeris, petiolis apice biglandulosis, pedi- 
cellis binis vel solitariis folio brevioribus, 
sepalis lateralibus oblongo-lanceolatis 
parvulis ceteris breviter cuspidatis, cal- 
care arcuato conico acuto floribus multo 
breviore, capsulis (parvis) ovato-oblon- 
gis basi apice acuminatis glabris.—In 
Zeylana. 
Species affinis Z. Leschenaultu, at 
calcare perbrevi facile distinguenda. Fo- 
lia subpollicaria. 
3. I. leptopoda(Arn.); herbacea subramosa 
demum glabra, parte novella capsulaque 
pilis brevibus fragilibus nitidis sulphu- 
reis tectis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acu- 
minatis mucronato-serratis basi in peti- 
olum eglandulosum cuneatim attenuatis, 
serraturis inferioribus glanduloso-seti- 
feris, pedicellis subsolitariis gracilibus 
t 
petalis obcordato-bilobis brevioribus, 
calcare filiformi gracili pendulo flore 
explanato subduplo longiore, capsula 
oblonga utrinque attenuata.—In Zeylane 
montibus ad alt. 6000 ped. 
4. I. cuspidata (Wight et Arn.); erecta 
glabra herbacea parce ramosa, foliis 
alternis longe petiolatis membranac 
oblongo-lanceolatis basi apice attenuatis 
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