463 XXXII. GERANiACE^. (§ Balsamineae, Hook, f.) [Impatiens. 



lanceolate acute or acuminate crenate base rounded or cordate, peduncles 

 short 4-8-flowered, flowers umbeUed or shortlj^ racemed, sepals large ovate, 

 standard orbicular not spurred behind, terminal lobe of wings very large 

 and broad, lip small, spur long slender incurved. Thwaites Enum. 67 ; 

 H.f. <& T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. iv. 144. 



Central province of Cetlok ; alt. 3-6000 ft., Walker, &c. 



Stem 1-2 ft., stout, sometimes mucli diffusely tvanched, smooth or scarred. Leaves 

 very variable, 1-3 in.; crenatures large, ciliate or not; petioles J-2 in., eglaudnlar. 

 J'eduncles 2-4 in., axillary and subterminal ; bracts ^ in., ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 J'lowers J-f in. diam., vphite with red sepals and standard ; spur ^-1 in., slender, in- 

 curved. Capsule \ in., ellipsoid, beaked, glabrous. Seeds subglobose, hairy. 



65. I. viscida, Wight inMadr. Jowrn. v. 12; 7c. t. 746; tall, slender, 

 stem rigid angled rooting below hairy above, leaves petioled elliptic- 

 lanceolate serrate firm, peduncles axillary very long viscid 3-o=-flowered, 

 flowers umbelled or in short racemes, pedicels viscid, sepals suborbicular 

 equalling the smaU standard, terminal lobe of wings large suborbicular, lip 

 small boat-shaped, spur long strong incurved. H. f. & T. in Jowrn. Linn. 

 Soc. iv. 144. 



Pulnej Mts. in the Sohtheen Cabn.4.tic, alt. 5500 ft., in beds of rivers, Wight. 



Stem 2-3 ft., simple or sparingly branched, leafy all the way up, very rigid for the 

 genua. Leaves 2-3 in., pubescen t beneath on the midrib and numerous strong nerves, 

 not ciliate, teeth glandular; petiole 4~li in. Fedvmcles 2-4 in., rigid, erect, terete; 

 bracts ovate-lanceolate ; pedicels short, often hairy. Flowers | in. diam., pink ; sepals 

 acuminate, almost as large as the orbicular acuminate standa,ra ; wings with spreading 

 lobes, lateral short falcate, terminal twice as large hatchet-shaped, tip rounded ; spur 

 stout towards the base, slender on to the tip. Capsule \ in., ellipsoid, beaked, ventri- 

 oose, glabrous. Seeds numerous, globose, hairy. — Pedicels more or less hairy and viscid, 



66. I. cordata, Wight in Madr. Joum. v. 10; glabrous, flaccid, stem 

 prostrate and rooting below, leaves long-petioled ovate-cordate acumi- 

 nate obscurely crenate, peduncle subterminal and axillary 3-4-flowered, 

 flowers umbelled, pedicels glabrous, sepals large ovate acuminate, standard 

 cuneate emarginate, lateral lobes of wings small incurved, terminal large 

 broad spreading, lip boat-shaped, spur long slender incurved. 



Sivagherry Ghats, on the Malabae Mountains, Wight; Anamallay Mts., alt. 

 3-5000 ft. ; Teavanook, .BedcZome. 



Stem 6-12 in., apparently succulent. Leaves 2-3 in., very membranous, crenatures 

 with minute cilia, base ciliate or not, nerves slender, vrith scattered hairs on both sur- 

 faces ; petiole 1-3 in. Peduncles 2-4 in. ; bracts broadly ovate, ^ in., green ; pedicels 

 short, i'hwers 1 in. diam.,_lilac \vith a purple centre; sepals almost equalling the 

 standard ; lateral lobes of wings fleshy, forming a vault over the stamens ; terminal 

 almost orbicular ; spur | in. Capsule \ in., ellipsoid, beaked, glabrous. Seeds unripe. 



67. I. acuminata, Benth. in Wall. Gat. 4754 ; shrubby, glabrous, stem 

 simple stout, leaves crowded upwa,rds petioled lanceolate acuminate 

 crenate, peduncles axillary stout, flowers umbelled or racemed, bracts 

 broad, sepals large ovate-cordate, standard orbicular, wings 2-partitej lip 

 boat-shaped narrowed into the slender incurved spur, H. f. & T. in 

 Joum. lAnn. Soc. iv, 145. 



"Wet rocks in the Khasia Mts., alt. 4-5000 fl. 



Boot perennial? Stem 6-14 in., naked below, almost invariably simple. Leaves 

 3-5 in., often caudate-acuminate, rather thick, crenatures minutely setigerous, not 

 ciliate at the base; petiole 4-1 in., naked. Peduncles 1-1 J in. ; bracts j-i in., obtiise 

 or acute, concave, green ; pedicels ^-1 in., erect. Flowers about 1 in. diam., palared; 



