466 XXXI]. GEKANiACE^. (§ BalsamineaB, Hook, f.) [Impaiiem. 



J in., ellipFoid, teated, glabrous. Seeds suborbioular. pustular, and shortly hairy,— 

 The glands of the leaf-base and petiole are sometimes spirally involute. 



78. X. elon^ata, Am. in Hook Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 324; tall, stout, 

 glabrous, simple or branched, leaves stout-petioled elliptic acuminate 

 serrate thick, peduncles far exceeding the leaves very stout, racemes lax, 

 pedicels horizontal, sepals rather large ovate, standaa'd small, lateral lobes 

 of wings small, terminal large, lip small, spur long very slender. Thwak^ 

 Enum. 67 ; U.f.dc T. in Journ. Linn. Hoc. iv. 150. 



Adam's Peak in Ceyloh, alt. 3-4000 ft. 



Apparently about 3 fl. high; stem woody below, straight or flexuous and scarred 

 above. Leaves 2-3 in. ; serratures gland-tipped. Peduncle very lax ; raceme 4-10 in., 

 stout ; bracts ovate, acuminate, persistent ; pedicels 1-14 i"-i horizontal, thii kened up- 

 wards. Flower 1 in. long, red ; sepals acuminate, the small dorsally spurred standard 

 about equalling the lateral lobes of the wings ; terminal lobe oblique ; spur IJ in., tip 

 thickened. Capsule J in., ellipsoid, beaked, glabrous. 



79. I. cornig'era, Am. in Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 323; quite glabrous, 

 stem simple rather stout, leaves (rarely opposite) petioled elliptic-lanceolate 

 acute or acuminate crenate, peduncles subterminal slender erect, racemes 

 short lax, pedicels capillary, sepals small ovate, standard oblong acuminate, 

 lateral wing-lobes minute, terminal subquadrate with a broad claw, spur 

 long or short rather stout circinate at the tip. Thwaites Envim. 67 ; 

 H.f. <b T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 150. 



Warmer parts of Ceylon, in damp woods. 



Stem 6-24 in , stout or slender, usually the former, often naked below and very leafy 

 above. Leaves very variable, 3-6 in., sometimes variegated with white along the mid- 

 rib, rarely seirate, crenatures ciliate; petiole ^-1 in. Peduncles erect, longer or 

 shorter than the leaves; raceme 1-2 in.; bracts small, ovate, acute; pedicels 1 in., 

 horizontal, towers 1 in. long, yellow, variegated with green or pale rose ; standard 

 concave, orbicular when spread out ; terminal lobe of wings with concave sides and 

 broad oblique notched apex ; spur very variable, sometimes inflated below. Capsvh 

 J in., ellipsoid, turgid, beaked, glabrous. Seeds few, orbicular, compressed, shining.— 

 The shining smooth compressed seeds ally this to I. Kleinii, &c. 



80. X. Arnottii, Thwaites Enum. 67 ; quite glabrous, stem simple 

 rather slender, leaves petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate crenulaite 

 sparsely hairy above, peduncles strict subterminal, flowers few and shortly 

 racemed or subumbelled, sepals small cordate, standard small, lateral 

 wing-lobes small, terminal large clawed semicircular, lip small, spur slender 

 incurved. 



Central Province of Ceylon, alt. 1-3000 ft., rare, Thwaites. 



Very similar to /. cornigera, but more slender, racemes shorter or flowers sometimes 

 umbelled, red-purple, tinged yellow in thfe centre, and with very differently shaped ter- 

 niinal winglobes which are notched at the apex on one side. — The base of the stem in 

 this and iis allies seems to form a perennial tuber. 



81. I. phoenicea, Bedd. in Madr. Journ. iii. 175; Ic. Fl. Ind.Or. 

 p. 30, 1. 148; suffruticose, erect, glabrous, leaves petioled lanceolate, narrowed' 

 at both ends serrate, peduncles axillary as long as the leaves racemose, brdcts 

 cordate, raceme few-flowered, sepals ovate, standard broad ovate, wings 

 small, lateral lobe cordate overlapping ,the much larger oblong terminal 

 one, lip with spur trumpet-shaped incurved. 



Pulney hills in the Sohtheen Caenatic, aIt.^6-7000 ft., Seddome. 

 Apparently a slender sparingly branched herb, quite glabrous. Leaves 3-4 in,, mem- 

 branous, serratures with rather long cilia ; petiole J-1 in., naked. Peduncles axillary, 



