Inpcttiens.] xxxii. geraniace^. (§ BalsamineEe, Hook, f.) 467 



slender, erect ; bracts J in., persistent ; pedicels 4-1 in., slender. Flowers 4-14, ] in. 

 long, campanulate, brilliant scarlet, yellow in the centre ; standard vaulted, dorsally 

 winged ; tip of spur swollen.— Major Beddome regards this as allied to I. Walkeri, of 

 Ceylon. 



82. X. Tang'acbee, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. p. 30, t. 147 ; glabrous, stem 

 stout short subprocumbent, leaves obscurelywhorled s a bsessUe narrowly 

 eUiptic-lanceolate acuminate serrate, peduncles exceeding the leaves very 

 stout erect, flowers subumbelled or racemed, pedicels erect, sepals oblong, 

 standard short broad, lateral wing-lobes truncate terminal broadly cuneate, 

 lip small boat-shaped, spur slender incurved. 



Anamallay hills in Tkavancoe, alt. 4000 ft. and upwards, in river-beds, Beddome ; 

 Bolemputty, Wight, 

 A_ short simple or forked herb, 6-10 in. Stem naked and rooting below. Leaves 



with a broadly trnncate and crose ap^x ; spur 1 in., straight or incurved. Capside 

 J in., gibbous, glabrous. Seeds many, very small. 



83. X. leptura, Rook. f. ; quite glabrous, branches slender, leaves long- 

 petioled elliptic acuminate crenate membranous, peduncles axillary slender 

 2-3-fld, bracts deciduous, sepals broad ovate very oblique, standard small 

 vaulted, lateral wing-lobes small rounded, terminal very large suborbicular, 

 lip small saccate, spur long very slender incurved. 



Anamallay hills, in Malabae, alt. 4500-5500 ft., Beddome. 



Leaves 4-6 in., very membranous, with or without gland-tipped bristles at the base, 

 crenatures ciliate ; petiole 1-3 in. , slender. Peduncles shorter than the leaves : bracts 

 ovate, small ; pedicels J-1 in. Flowers 1 in. across the broad flat wings ; standard 

 quite small, not winged or spurred dorsally ; lateral wing-lobes very small, concave, 

 overlapping the very large terminal ones which are quite entire ; spur l-lj in., fiexuous,< 

 turned to one side. Capsule J in., ellipsoid, beaked, turged in the middle, glabrous. 

 Seeds many, orbicular, young pilose, probably large. — I have only fragments of this 

 very distinct species, which is labelled I. cordata? by Major Beddome. 



** Spur short, or 0. (See also /. comigera). 



84. X. Wig'htiana, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. p. 30, t. 146; sufiraticose, 

 erect, glabrous, leaves long-petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate serrate, 

 petiole with many stipitate glands, peduncles slender shorter than the leaves, 

 bracts ovate, racemes lax, pedicels capillary, sepals small, standard small 

 orbicular ovate apiculate, lateral vnng-lobes small spreading, terminal very 

 large long oblong obtuse, lip funnel-shaped, spur short incurved. 



Moist forests in the Anamallay hills, Travancoe, alt. 3-4500 ft., Beddome. 



Leaves 5-6 in., with a few scattered hairs above on the nerves, membranous, lineolate 

 between the nerves ; petiole 14-24 in., slender. Peduncles flowering almost through- 

 ' out their length; bracts very small; pedicels spreading in fruit. Flowers 1-l.J in. 

 long, white mottled with pink ; standard with a green dorsal ridge ; upper wing-lobe 

 oblong, pointing forwards, terminal narrow, obtuse ; spur very short, hooked. Capsule 

 i in., trapezoid, glabrous. Seeds about 5, globose, hairy. 



85. X. Walkeri, Hook Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 324, t. 18 ; tall, erect, quite 

 glabrous, leaves very long-petioled eUiptic-lanceolate acuminate serrulate, 

 peduncles stout erect, flowers 6-8, bracts broadly ovate^ pedicels slender 

 erect, sepals small ovate-cordate, wings small 2-partite, lip elongate serrate 

 ventricose incurved laterally compressed, spur very short incurved. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5237. 



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