Inpatiens.] xxxii. geraniack^. (§ Balsaminese, Hook, f.) 469 



Temperate Western Himalaya ; common from Nipal to Maeri, alt. 6-8000 ft. 



A handsome often gigantic species, 4-10 ft., with the stem as thick as the thumb, 

 fleshy. Leaves very variable as to disposition, size, breadth, petiole, and cutting of 

 the margin, base rounded or acute ; stipules of stout gland-tipped setae. Peduncles 

 2-5 in., stout, straight, erect ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers usually pale 

 red-purple, sometimes white; sepals J-J in., green. Oapsule 4-| in., olavate, or 

 much narrowed towards the base, top abruptly beaked, glabrous, usually drooping, very 

 turgid in the middle. Seeds large, broadly obovoid ; testa" opaque, spongy. — Very 

 closely allied to 7. longicornu, sulcata, and Thomsoni. Edgeworth considers tbat 

 Z. moschata differs specifically in its musky odour, habit, and more deeply serrated 

 leaves.— Seeds eatable raw„tasting like nuts. 



Var. 1 ; leaves orenate-serrate, serratures glandular. 



Vae. 2. moschata; leaves alternate and whorled, coarsely serrate, less glandular. 

 I. moschata, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 38. 



Vab. 3. Candida; uppermost leaves opposite or whorled, flowers white spotted with 

 crimson. I. Candida, Lindl. in Bot. Beg. 1840, Misc. 85 ; 1841, t. 20. 



Vak. 4. macroehila ; upper leaves alternate, terminal lobes of the vfings longer 

 dimidiate-ovate falcate. 1. macroehila, Lindl. Bot. Beg. 1840, t. 8. 



89. I. Thomsoni, Hook f. in Joum. Linn. Soc. iv. 128 ; tall, robust, 

 branched, quite glabrous, leaves opposite below whorled or alternate 

 above, petioled ovate acuminate . coarsely serrate, stipules pulvinate, 

 peduncles erect, flowers umbelled, sepals ovate-lanceolate, standard entire, 

 wings 2-lobed, lip conical narrowed into th.e rather long spur, capsule 

 narrowly clavate. 



Inner ranges of the Temperate Himalaya, Piti and Kunawue, alt. 9-10,000 ft., 

 T. Thomson; Kumaon and Gaewhal, alt. 12,000 ft., Strach. & Wint. ; Sikkim, alt. 

 12,000 ft., /. D. H. 



Probably a small state of J. Boylei or sulcata, 2-12 in. high, with flowers only half 

 the size, a conical or trumpet-shaped lip narrowed into the spur, and a narrower cap- 

 sule 4-1 in. long. It is only found in the interior and drier Himalayan ranges, and 

 varies exceedingly in the size of all its parts. The flowers are pale and spotted. The 

 stipules usually form a large glandular tubercle. 



90. I. sulcata, Wall. Cai. 4764 in part ; stem stout erect grooved 

 quite glabrous, leaves usually opposite and wHorled elHptic-ovate or lan- 

 eeolate coarsely crenate-serrate, stipules pulvinate, flowers many umbelled 

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

 iuflexed, capsule elongate horizontal. H. f. <Ss T. in J own. Linn. Hoc. iv. 

 129. I. giganteaj Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soa. xx. 38. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 7-12,000 ft., from Maeei to Sikkim. 



A gigantic annual herb, said to attain 15 ft. in height, but 1 never saw it more than 

 8 in Sikkim, with furrowed fistular stems, so like /. Boylei'iaaX I suspect it may prove 

 to be a variety of that plant, differing in the more crenate leaves, stipules (a very vari- 

 able character), and the longer narrow inclined capsules 1 in. long, which are bat 

 slightly clavate, and have similar large eatable seeds. It should also be compared with 

 ■states of J. ZoBfjfjcoTOM. The 4 lateral sepals are sometimes developed in Sikkim. 



Var. minor; smaller, lip conical. — Kunawur, alt. 8000 ft., T. Thomson. 



91. X. amplexicaulls, Edgew. in Trans. Lmn. Soc. xx. 37 ; tall, 

 branched, quite glabrous, leaves sessile lower opposite oblong-lanceolate 

 upper alternate ovate-lanceolate amplexicaul, all crenate-serrate, stipules 

 pulvinate or obsolete, flowers umbelled or racemed, standard orbicular 

 2Jobed, wings 2-lobed, lip saccate acute or obtuse, spur short infiexed, 

 capsule slender horizontal. S.f. S T. in Journ. Linn., Soc. iv. 129. 



Western Temperate Himalaya, alt. 6-12,000 ft. ; Kdlu, Edgeworth; Situla, Lady 

 Balhousie; Kujiaon, Strach. & Wint. 



