Im,patiena.\ xxxii. geramace^. (§ Balsamineee, Hook, f.) 461 



A vn. — Dmbellat^ and SubcapitaTjE. (See 7. Goughii, trildbata, 

 and others in A m., /. Tangachoe and others in A Tin.) 



auu oouers m A ui., 1. MungacnoB ana otnt 

 ■ Spur very dender, as long as or exceeding the fli 

 il. X. fimbrlata.. ffnnh. Tfffr-of. Fl/yr. ii t, ^d.f 



lower. 



61. X. fimbrlata, Rook. Exot. Fhr. ii. t. 146; glabrous, stem erect 

 subsiinple, leaves opposite and alternate long-petioled ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate subserrulate, peduncle terminal long erect bearing at the top a 

 suboapitate crowded raceme clothed with recurved ciliate bracts. I. brac- 

 teata. Caleb. inRoxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Garey, ii. 459 ; Wall. Gat. 4760j H.f. & T. 

 in Joum. Linn. Soc. iv. 142. 



Marshes in the Khasia Mts., alt. 4-6000 ft., abundant. 



Stem 1-2 ft., simple or branched, succulent. Leaves 2-5 in., opposite alternate and 

 whorled sometimes on the same, specimen, flaccid, ciliate or not at the base ; petiole J-2 

 in. ; stipules 0. Peduncle 2-6 in., strict, absolutely terminal in all the specimens, with 

 sometimes an axillary one, naked ; raceme ^-2 in., oblong or globose, very dense 

 and covered with crimte-green slender recurved bracts, which are j— 4 in. tlong, 

 clothed with long pink hairs and conceal the bases of the capillary pedicels. Flowers 

 rose-purple, | in. diam. ; sepals small, lanceolate ; standard small, ovate, with a recurved 

 point ; lateral wing-lobes small, rounded, terminal semi-ovate large broad clawed; lip 

 boat-shaped ; spur | in., very long, slender, incurved. Capsule ^ in., ellipsoid, acute 

 at both ends, turgid, glabrous. Seeds few, obovate, compressed, very hairy. — The Flora 

 Exotica name having a year's priority over Colebrooke's, I am compelled to adopt it. 



62. X. janthina, Thwaites Enum. 68; small, glabrous, stem simple 

 1-4-leaved, leaves opposite broad-elliptic or orbicular acuminate subserrate, 

 peduncle terminal erect, flovyers umbelled, bracts oblong, sepals broadly 

 cordate, standard hooded, wings 2-lobed, lip saccate narrowed into the 

 involute spur. H.f. & T. in Joum. Lmn. Soc. iv. 142. 



Cetlon ; Hinidoon and Pasdoon Corles, at no great elevation, Thwaites. 



Whole plant, 4-10 in. ; stem sometimes very thick and succulent. Leaves 2-5 in., 

 base rounded or subacute, not ciliate, sometimes oblique, very membranous ; petiole 

 J-2 in. ; stipules 0. Peduncle erect, 3-5 in. , very slender ; umbel terminal, 3-5-flowered, 

 with sometimes a small lateral one; pedicels J-1 in.; bracts broad, green, obtuse. 

 Flowers 4-| in diam., violet; standard not winged, veryooucave ; lateral lobe of wings 

 rounded, obtuse, terminal acute. Capsule J in., ellipsoid, subacute, glabrous, many- 

 seeded. — A very curious species, quite unlike any other, but allied to the preceding and 

 following. 



. 63. X. umbellata, Heyne in Roxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Garey, ii. 464; small, 

 glabrous, stem simple stout leafy at the top, leaves crowded petioled broad- 

 ovate or elliptic obtuse or acute crenate, peduncles subterminal erect 

 1- CO -flowered, sepals broad-ovate, standard orbicular, wings spreading lobes 

 obtuse, lip small boat-shaped, spur long slender incurved. Wall. Gat. 4759 ; 

 W. & A. Frodr. 137; Wight im Madr. Joum. v. 9, t. 4 ; 7c. t. 745 ; H.f. 

 & T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. iv. 143. 



Mountains of Malabak, in Tinnevelly near Courtallum only, Wight. 



Stem 4—8 in., very rarely branched, naked below. Leaves 1-2 in., sometimes orbi- 

 cular, membranous, crenatures ciliate, base ciliate or not ; petiole very variable, i-1^ in. 

 Peduncle and pedicels stout; bracts small, green. Flowers fin. diam.; standard not 

 spuned ; wings with subequal lobes ; spur 1 in., graceful. Gapside j in., ellipsoid, 

 turgid, glabrous. Seeds echinate (Wight). — Wight describes the root as tuberous, 

 which is 1 think an error ; it is fibrous and annual in his specimens. 



64. X. subcordata, Am. im, Hook. Gonvp. Bot. Mag. i. 323 ; glabrous, 

 stem prostrate and rooting at the base stout, leaves loug-petioled ovate or 



