468 XXXII. GEHANiACE^. (§ BalsaminesB, Hook, f.) [Impatiens. 



Central Provinces of Ceylon, alt. 4-6000 ft. 



Soot tuberous, perennial. Stem 1-2 ft., stout, simple or branched. Leaves 14-4 in., 

 thick, serratnres ciliate, petiole ^-1 in. Feduncles stout, erect; racemes 4-8-flowered; 

 bracts small, persistent ; pedicels slender, erect, spreading in fruit. Flowers |-1 in., 

 scarlet, rarely yellow ; sepals small, ovate ; standard very small,' hooded ; wings veij 

 small, lateral lobes rounded, almost hidden under the standard ; terminal lobes orbi- 

 cular protruded, notched on the inner margin towards the rounded end ; lip very large, 

 walls undulate ; spur slender, hooked, swollen at the tip. Capsule J in., ellipsoid, gib- 

 bous, glabrous. Seeds unknown. 



86. I. tavoyana, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 4773; short, quite glabrous, 

 stem stout succulent, leaves petioled ovate acuminate subserrate base with 

 long cilia, peduncles subterminal erect slender, flowers small in short 

 racemes, bracts minute, pedicels spreading capillary, sepals narrow, standard 

 small oblong concave spurred at the tip, terminal wing-lobes very long- 

 clawed pendulous oblong % lip boat-shaped with a gibbosity or short slender 

 spur. H.f.&T.inJoui-n. Linn. Socisr. 146. I. lineata, Turcz. in BxM. 

 Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1869, i. 271. 



Tenassekim at Moulmein, Lobh. 



Annual. Slem 4-10 in., simple or branched. Leaves 2-S in., very membranous, 

 serratnres ciliate, hairs at the base not glandular; petiole ^1 in. Peduncles 1-3 in., 

 erector spreading; raceme terminal, 8-14-flowered ; bracts setaceous, persistent, pedi- 

 cels \-\ in, Flowers 4 in. long, white ? with purple streaks on the lip ; sepals variable 

 in shape, usually linear ; standard with a gi'een spur at the tip ; claw of wings \ in. 

 long, very narrow, strap-shaped, blade shorter than the claw, obovate-cuneate, with a' 

 callous auricle at the base ; lip large for the plant, very concave, acuminate ; spur 

 sometimes as long as the lip, and turned up along its base. Capsule ^ in. ; trapezoid, 

 acutely beaked, glabrous. Seeds 2-3, oblong, compressed, opaque, glabrous. — An ex- 

 ceedingly curious species, the long slender claws of the wings are unique in the genus. 

 The form of the wing itself, as described, I have not ascertained with sufficient 

 confidence. 



87. I. racemulosa, Wall. Gat. 7274 ; stem simple erect leafy, leaves 

 long-petioled eUiptio-ovate acute crenate-serrate, petiole eglandular, racemes 

 flexuous axillary 6-8-flowered, bracts ovate, pedicels capillary, flowers 

 f in., sepals obliquely ovate, standard small orbicular, terminal lobe of 

 wings very large |-orbicular violet, lip boat-shaped, spur incurved slender. 

 H.f. <Sc T. in J own. Linn. Soc. iv. 138. 



Khasia Mts., in marshes, alt. 4-5000 ft., Gomez, &c. ; Bhotan, Berb. Griffith. 



Stem 6-8 in., succulent, sometimes thick. Leaves 14-24 in., membranous, exstipu- 

 late. Bacemes 1-2 in., horizontal ; pedicels scattered, spreading, J in. ; bracts -^'va., 

 coriaceous, persistent, glandular at the tip. Flowers | in. across the wings, of a deep 

 fine violet colour; standard not spurred at the back ; lateral lobes of wings small ; spur 

 4-i in., obtuse, curved into a semicircle.. Capsule short, J in., clavate, acute, glabrous. ■ 

 Seeds few, small. — A very beautiful plant, allied to none. 



S. Capsule linear. 

 B I.— OpposmroLiA and Vekticillata. (See I. tripetala in B ii.) 



88. X. Boylei, Walp. Rep. i 475 ; tall, robust, branches quite glabrous, 

 leaves usually opposite and whorled lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, sharply 

 serrate, stipules of seta, peduncles subterminal, flowers many umbelled or 

 racemed, standard 2-lobed, wings broad, lip saccate very obtuse, spur short, 

 capsule clavate beaked cernuous. H.f. & T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. iv. 127. 

 I. glandulifera, Eoi/le III. 151, t. 28, f. 2 ; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 22 ; Hook. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4020. 



