189 
truding, much longer than the short round posterior one: capsule 
oval, glabrous: flowers rose-coloured. 
Frequent in swampy grounds and marshy sides of small streame 
on the Neilgherries, flowering chiefly in the rainy season. 
(18) I. prversiroria. (Wall.) 
Ident. W.& A. prad. I. p. 189. 
Syn. ¥. Malabarica, Klein. 
Sprc. Cuar. Diffuse, rooting at the joints: leaves from nar- 
row linear to ovate, acutely serrated, glabrous: pedicels solitary; 
or several together, longer than the leaves, filiform: lateral pee 
linear-lanceolate, half the length of the corolla, anterior. ovate, 
acuminated, with a filiform spur nearly as long as the flower: pos-- 
‘terior larger than the small posterior lobes of the petals, but much 
smaller than the large anterior ones: capsule oblong, glabrous. 
Malabar. Peningula. 
(14) I. romzntoss. (Heyne) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 139. 
Syn. I. ramosissima, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. III. p. 280. 
Engray. Wight’s Icon. t. 749. 
Spec. Cuar. Stems glabrous: leaves sessile or short-petioled, 
oblong-lanceolate, acutely serrated, slightly hispid above, pale and 
glabrous beneath: pedicels axillary, solitary or twin, pubescent ; 
anterior sepal cucullate, with a short spur inflated at the point: 
capsule oblong, glabrous. 
In marshy places on the Neilgherries, Pulney Hills and Mysore, 
flowering in August and September. Also found on the Phoonds 
Ghaut. : 
(15) I. oppositizorza. ( Lina. ) 
Adent. W. & A. prod. I. p. 139. 
Syn. I. rosmarinifolia, Rets—Balsamina oppositifolia, Dee. 
prod. I. p. 686. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 883. 
Spec. Cuar. Branches diffuse: leaves from narrow linear-lane 
eeolate to broad obovate-lanceolate, acute, membranaceous, slightly 
serrated :. serratures bristly : pedicels axillary, solitary oy twip, not 
half the length of the leayes, very slender: lower sepal cucullate, 
with a very aot. conical, nearly straight spur: capsule glabrous, 
harrow, tapering at both ends, with about 2 seeds towards the mid- 
dle, and a constriction between them. 
"Malabar and Concans, flowering in July. Courtallum. 
