456 XXXII. GEKANiACEiE. (§ Balsaminese, Hook, f.) \Impaiien.s. 



on one side. Leaves with few nerves. Fedicels shorter than the leaves, minutely 

 pubescent. Flowers i in. diam. Capsule 4 in., ellipsoid, beaked, glabrouB. 



45. 1. mysorensis, Hoth Ncm. Plant. Sp. 164; stem very slender 

 glabrous, leaves alternate petioled lanceolate acuminate remotely serrulate, 

 pedicels 1-2 axillary, flowers very small, sepals minute, standard suborbi- 

 cular gibbous at the back, terminal lobe of wing largest, lip boat-shaped, 

 spur short straight, capsule tomentose. Wall. Cat. 4743 C;W.<(; A. Prodr. 

 137 ; n.f.& T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. iv. 133. Balsamina mysorensis, DC. 

 Prodr. i. 686. 



MrsoEE, Heyne. 



Stem 6-10 in. Leaves IJ in., quite glabrous. Pedicels half the length of the 

 leaves or less. Flowers red, about ^ in. diam. ; spur about half the length of the lip, 

 which is acuminate. Capsule unripe, 1 in. ellipsoid. — A very obscure plant, belonging 

 apparently to the section with (18) /. incouspicua, .hut with leaves all alternate and a 

 very tomentose capsule. Wight & Arnott, in the Prodromus quote Wight Cat. n. 979, 

 under this species, but give no particulars, taking the description aln^Jst entirely from 

 Koth. I find a good authentically named specimen in Bottler's Herbarium, communi- 

 cated by Heyne himself in 1801, and marked mysorensis, nobis, in Bottler's hand- 

 writing. 



46. X. Farlsbii, H.f.; glabrous, stem very thick and fleshy, leaves 

 large long-petioled elliptic or ovate serrulate, pedicels solitary in the upper 

 axils capillary, sepals very large orbicular-ovate, standard broadly orbicular, 

 wings not lobed very obUquely trapezoid acute projecting furwiirds, lip 

 small oblong concave with a basal gibbosity or very short spur. 



Tenasseeim ; on limestone rocks, near Moulmein, Parish. 



The Kev. Mr. Pariah describes this very curious species as a " biennial or perennial 

 fleshy short-stemmed plant, 10-24 in. high, slightly branched, with large handsome 

 flowers, which are single in the axils of the upper leaves ;" and suggests the names for 

 it of Icmiis or IcmcavMs, which, not being significant in so glabrous a genns, I have 

 ventured to replace by that of its excellent discoverer. It is described above partly from 

 imperfect specimens communicated by himself and partly from his drawing. Stem as 

 thick as the finger, short, smooth. Leaves 5-7 in., membranous, straight or oblique, base 

 sometimes slightly cordate ; nerves many, arched ; petiole 2-3 in., slender, sometimes 

 2-glandular at the top. Flowers 2 in. long from tip of wing to that of standard, white 

 with red streaks on the wings and lip ; sepals J-| in., concave, acute ; wings project- 

 ing forward, the lateral lobes not distinct from the terminal, turned upward and falcate, 

 the rest of the lobe triangular with straight inner edges and acute apex ; lip very small, 

 horizontal, the spur a gibbosity, green. Capsule unknown. 



47. X. caplUlpes, E. f. & T. in Jovn-n. Linn. Soc. iv. 135 ; very 

 slender, glabrous, diffusely branched, leaves long-petidled lanceolate caudate- 

 acuminate, crehate, pedicels 1-2 axillary capillary, flowers very small, 

 sepals falcate, standard very long erect linear-oblong, wings short lobes 

 rounded acuminate, lip saccate, base rounded with a short slender spur. 



Tenassekim ; Moulmein, on limestone rocks, Lobh, Parish. 



Stem 6-10 in., branches long. Leaves 2-5 in., very narrow, flaccid, many-nerved, 

 narrowed into the slender naked petiole. Pedicels i-4 in., extraordinarily slender. 

 Flowers white f i in. from the top of the standard to the base of the spur ; sepals linear, 

 obtuse ; standard remarkably long, obtuse, concave ; wings lohed to the middle, lateral 

 lobe much the largest, sides rounded, acute, tips of both lobes pointed downwards. Cap- 

 sule I in., trapezoid, acuminate, contracted at the base, like that of (87) /. racemulosa. 

 Seeds unripe. 



** Spur longer than the flower. (See I. Balsamina and leptopoda in *.) 



48. X. Munrouii, Wight III. i. 160 ; Ic. t. 1049; softly hairy, stem hard 



