446 XXXII. GERANIACEJE. (§ Balsaminese, Hook, f.) [Impatiens. 



orbicular, wings with Ions claws broadly obovate almost entire, spur 

 slender, capsule narrow. Wight Ic. t. 884 ; H. f. & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 iv. 122 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Flor. 43. I. teneUa, Wall. Cat. 4746 B. Balsa- 

 miua minor, DC. Prodr. L 686.— Hheede Hort. Mai. ix. t. 50, 51. 



Mountains of the Westeeh Pbhinscla, from the Concan southwards, common in the 

 rains. 



A slender herb, rarely 1 ft. high ; branches opposite, spreading. Leaves l-2\m., 

 very variable, glabrous or piluse above, glaucous beneath, rarely sessile, usually nar- 

 rowed into a slender petiole. Pedicels slender, solitary or twin, reflexed in frnit. 

 Flowers ^ in. diam., violet-purple ; spur hardly exceeding the flower or longer, more or 

 less ascending. Capsule J in., ellipsoid-lanceolate. ' Seedi few, subglobose, black, 

 shining. — The small flower, long spur, entire clawed wings, and small capsule with few 

 globose seeds together best distinguish this variable plant. 1 never find the pedicel 

 to have a Hue of pubescence as in /. tenella and inconspicva. 



15. X. diversifolia, Wali. Cat. 4749 ; diffuse with ascending branches, 

 quite glabrous, leaves all opposite faintly serrate lower shortly petioled 

 elliptic or oblong obtuse, upper sessile linear-oblong or ligulate base cor- 

 date, sepals linear acuminate, standard small, wings broadly semi-obovate, 

 spur long filiform. W. & A. Prodr. 139; H. f. & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 iv: 121. I. heterophylla, Wall. Cat. 4748 B. I. Amottiana, Miq.inHerh. 

 Hohenach. 275. 



Westekk Peninsula, from Canaka to Malabak, Heyne, &c. ; Quilon, Wight; 

 Bababoodan hills. Law. 



Stems very succulent, a foot or more long, rooting at the nodes. Leaves \-Z in., 

 the lower smallest and usually petioled, upper often dilated at the base, serratures 

 rarely well defined, all very flaccid when dry ; stipules obscure, glan'lular. Pedieela 

 solitary or twin, with a faint line of pubescence, usually longer than the leaf, deflexed 

 in fruit. Flowers f in. diam. ; perianth rosy, rotate ; spur ascending, sometimes 

 thick, inflated, equalling or exceeding the flower. Capsule ^ in., ellipsoid, turgid. 

 Seeds globose, dark brown, smooth, shining.— Copious specimens in Wight's Herbarium 

 prove this to be a very variable plant, sometimes of considerable size, and not the small 

 species it was assumed to be in the Linnean Journal. Some specimens, probably 

 gathered in marshy places, have very thick suficulent stems and large leaves, flaccid 

 when dry, and others are very slender with leaves not J in. in breadth. 



16. X. lig'ulata, Bedd. in Madr. Journ. ser. 2, iv. 67, t. 7, f . 6 ; Ic. PL 

 Ind. Or. p. 30, t. 149 ; branched, erect, glabrous, leaves uniform subsessile 

 linear-ligulate mucronate base cordate remotely serrate hispid above, stipules 

 setaceous or 0, pedicels with a pubescent line, sepals linear-lanceolate, 

 standard small, lateral wing-lobes broad almost hatchet-shaped, terminal 

 very slender descending into the spur, spur as long as the flower stout 

 incurved. 



Mountains of Tkatancok and Malabar, alt. 1-2500 ft , Beddome. 



Stem 1-2 ft. ; branches slender, spreading. Leaves 3-4 in., horizontal, very uniform 

 in all the specimens, though probably the species occurs with broad and petioled lower 

 leaves. Pedicels 1 or more, very slender, about half the length of tbe leaves. Flowers 

 about 1 in., pink or white ; standard with a dorsal pubescent line ; spur undulate. Cap- 

 sule ellipsoid, swollen in the centre. Seeds about 12, glabrous, shining. — When dry it 

 is difficult, except by the spur, to distinguish this from narrow-leaved states of L in- 

 conspicua, tenella, and oppositifolia ; and, except from the breadth of the spur, from 

 /. diversifolia, it being difficult to make out the curious structure of the 2 wing-lobes 

 (that descend into the spur), except on fresh specimens. According to Beddome'a 

 figure it is the temiinal lobes that are reduced to nan-ow ligulse and descend into the 

 spur ; but as far as I can make out from dried specimens, it is the lateral lobes ; they are 

 filiform, much longer and more slender than Beddome represents, and dilated at tbe apex. 



