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(50) I. parvirotia. (Bedd.) 
Ident. Madr. Journ. IV. p. 66. 
Spec. Cuar. Herbaceous, sub-erect, branched, glabrous: leaves 
alternate, minute, cuneate, deeply serrated on the upper half: pe- 
duncles axillary, solitary, 5-6 times longer than the leaves, with a 
small bract towards the apex, erect in flower, much reflexed in 
fruit: upper sepals small and slightly vaulted over the staminal 
crown, lateral ones small and pointing upwards, lower one boat- 
shaped without a spur, upper of compound petals small, lower large 
spreading: flowers white, upper petals tinged with pink. 
Annamullay Hills at 8000 feet. 
(51) 1. parasitica. (Bedd.) 
Ident. Madr. Journ. IV. p. 66. 
\Sprc. Coan. Stems very succulent, often moniliform, throwing 
out roots: leaves crowded at the apex of the stem, glabrous, long- 
petioled, ovate, acute, crenate, serrate with incurved bristles: pe- 
duncles axillary, short, bearing 2 (rarely 1) very long pedicels: 
upper sepals with a foliaceous crest, lateral ones linear, acute, lower 
one saccate with a spur-like point; upper of compound petals much 
smaller than the lower one, both hid in the saccate sepal: capsule 
glabrous, ovate, gibbous: seeds numerous, small: upper sepals and 
petals green : saccate one, dark-red. 
Annamullay Hills at 6000 feet. 
(52) I. Tancacner. (Bedd.) 
Ident. Madr. Journ. IV. p. 66. 
Spec. Cuar. Herbaceous, sub-procumbent, glabrous: leaves 
alternate, sub-verticelled, acuminated, deeply serrated: peduncles 
axillary, 2-3 times longer than the leaves, 4—8-flowered towards 
the apex: bracts large, boat-shaped: pedicels erect in flower, 
slightly reflexed in fruit: upper- sepals large, lateral ones ovate, 
pointed: spur long, tapering, lateral of compound petals about half 
the size of the lower ones, with a mucro: capsule smooth, gibbous ; 
seeds numerous, very small: flowers pink. 
Annamullay Hills in beds of streams. 
(58) I. serosa. (H. f. § T.) 
Ident. Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. vol. IV. p. 123. 
. Spec. Cuan. Herbaceous, branched ; branches opposite : leaves 
petioled, bristly-stipulate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, obscurely 
serrated, distantly long-bristled at the margin towards the base, 
somewhat hairy on both sides: pedicels slender ; larger sepals ob- 
liquely ovate: spur elongated, filiform, very slender, incurved; 
flowers purple. 
Mountains in Malabar. 
