4:5i XXXII. GERANIACE.S), (§ Balsaminese, Hook, f.) [Impatiens. 



A. Prodr. 135 ; H, f. & T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. iv. 130; ?L Lobbiana and 

 salicitblia, I'urcz. in Bull Mose. 1859, i 270, 271. 



Througliout tropical and subtropical India and Ceylon. — Disteib, Malay Islands 

 and China. 



The common garden Balsam is a very variahle plant in habit, pubescence, size and 

 colour of flower, breadth of leaf, shape of lip, and lengtTi of spur. Capsule J-^in., ' 

 ellipsoid, narrowed at both ends, densely tomentose or woolly. /SeecZs'globose ; testa 

 black, opaque, tubercled. 



_Var. 1. vulgaris; tall, leaves broadly lanceolate, flowers large, spur short. I. Balsa- 

 mina, Linn.; Boxb.Fl.Ind.i. 651; Wall. Caf. 4731. Balsamina hortensis, DO. Prodr. 

 i. 6S5.—Iiheede Sort. Mai. ix. t. 52. 



Vae. 2. coccinea; leaves nan'ow-lanceolate, flowers medium-sized, spur long and 

 slender. I. Balsamina, D^/Zz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 44. I. coccinea. Wall. Cat. 4732 ; Bot. 

 Mag. ]'256. 1. cornuta, Linn. ; Wall. Cat. 4733. 1. longifolia, Wight in Wall. Cat. 

 4734. Balsamina coccinea and cornuta, DC. Prodr. i. 685-6. 



Vak. 3. orcMaio; diffusely branched, leaves small narrow-lanceolate, flowers small, 

 spur long slender arcuate. 1. arcuata, Wall. Cat. 4785 ; W. & A. Prodr. 1 36.— 

 AVes,tern Peninsula. , 



Vak. 4. macrdntha; small, 4 in., leaves ovate-lanceolate, flower large, spur short. — 

 Western Peninsula. 



Vae. 5. micrantha; small, stem simple, leaves small ovate-lanceolate, flowers small^ 

 spur long slender. — Western Peninsula. 



Var. 6- rosea; tall, leaves linear-lanceolafce, flowers rather small, lip saccate, spur 

 short incurved. I. rosea, Lindl. Bot. Beg. 1841, t. 27. — Western Himalaya. 



38. X. scabriuscula, Beyne in lioxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 464 ; short, 

 erect, branched, tomentose, leaves petioled lanceolate or obovate serrate, 

 peduncles short, sepals minute, standard orbicular winged, wings 2-lobed, 

 lip boat-shaped tomentose, spur 0. Wall. Gat. 4729, 4736, in part ; Am. in 

 Hook. Gomp. Bot. Mag. i. 322 ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 29, t. 144 ; H.f. & T. 

 in Joum. Limn. Soc. iv. 131. 



Mountains of Malabak, from the Southern Conoan to Wynaad and Kurff, alt. 

 2-4000 ft. 



Usually much branched from the base, 4^10 in. high. Leaves uniform, 1-2 in. f 

 petiole hardly glandular, variable in length. Peduncles short, scabiid. Flowers ^ in. 

 diam., pink ; sepals, lip, and standard usually very hairy. Capsule | in. long, ellip- 

 soid, muoronate, villous. 8eeds few, globose ; testa opaque, dark brown, tubercled. 



39. I. g'landulifera, Am. in Hook. Gomp. Bot. Mag. ii. 322 ; almost 

 shrubby, leaves subterminal 4-8 in. glabrous ovate or elliptic-lanceolate 

 acuminate serrulate, petiole very long glandular, flowers fascicled axillary 

 and shortly pedicelled, sepals subulate, standard orbicular 2-lobed spurred 

 behind, wings 2-lobed lateral lobe small rounded, terminal broad half-obovate 

 pendulous, lip saccate hairy, spur short minute. Thwaites Emm. 66 ; H.f. 

 d; T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. iv. 131. I. cornigera, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4623, not 

 o/Arnott. 



Central province of. Ceylon, alt. 4-6000 ft. 



&tem 2-3 ft., very robust. Leaves glabrous on both surfaces, serratures very small 

 ciliolate and setigerous ; petiole 1-3 in., usually with pedicelled glands. Flowers roee- 

 coloure'd, IJ in. long; pedicels pubescent, short; standard with a large green spur 

 behind; lip sometimes conoid and almost glabrous; spur involute. Capsule unknown. 



40. I. macrophylla, Gardner in Bot. Mag. t. 4662 ; almost shrubby, 

 stem very thick, leaves subterminal 6-16 in. usually pubescent beneath 

 (ivate or lanceolate acuminate serrate, petiole very long glandular, flowers 

 mostly fascicled on the stem below the leaves shortly pedicelled, sepals 



