W.J XXXII. GERANiACE^. (§ BalsamineEe, Hook, f.) 477 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 6-12,000 ft. ; Khasia Mts., alt. 5-7000 ft. 



A largo leafy species, 3-5 ft., with copious inflorescence. Leaves 3-5 in., often fas- 

 cicled towards the top of, the stem, crenatures large, bristles basal ; petiole i-3 in 

 with two large stipuliform glands at the b'aee. Peduncles 3-8 in,, corymbosely crowded 

 strict, stiff, with 2-5 whorls of Stiff spreading pedicels 4-2 in. long; bracts whorled' 

 i-i in., ovate, with long stout glandular points, i^'ioioera 4 in. including the spur 

 yellow or purohsh, bud rounded at the top ; sepals lanceolate, with long points like the 

 bracts ; standard neither winged, keeled nor spurred ; spur straight with a swollen tip 

 much shorter than the pedicel. Capsule |-1 in., strict, rarely inclined, usually in a line 

 with the pedicel, linear, hardly at all olavate, glabrous. Seeds between obovoid and 

 oblong, small and smooth or nearly so, apiculate at the hilum.— A very distinct plant, 

 though m a dry state small specimens are indistinguishable from several of its allies 

 m B. V. The Sikkim specimens have larger seeds than the Khasian. 



B V. — EacEMOSjE. 

 * Bracts deciduous ; spur long, slender. 



112. I. insigrnls, DC. Prodr. i. 688; glabrous, stem simple robust, 

 leaves sessile elliptic-lanceolate acuminate serrate thick, nerves many- 

 strong, peduncles subterminal usually numerous stout long erect, raceme 

 terminal, bracts large caducous, flovcers crowded red, sepals large, standard 

 broadly oblong recurved, wings small 2-lobed, lobes short, lip conoidal 

 tapering into a long curved spur. Wall. Plant. As. Ban-, ii. 83, t. 194 : 

 Cat. 4766; R.f. & T. in Jowrn. Linn. iSoc.iv. 150. 



NipAL, Wdllich. 



Stem 1-2 ft., quite simple, very stout, hard, angled, swollen at the nodes, leafy. 

 Leaves 2-5 in., almost coriaceous, serratnres close-set, tipped with a stout bristle, midrib 

 and nerves prominent, transverse nerves very distinct ; stipules of 2 glands. Peduncles 

 often crowded at the top of the stem, 4-8 in., rigid ; bracts J in., boat^haped, acute ; 

 pedicels J-J in., erect in flower spreading in fruit. Flowers 14 in., dark rose ; sepals 

 broad, acuminate ; standard neither keeled nor spurred ; lateral wing-lobes ovate, 

 obtuse, terminal longer, oblong ; lip with a stout point or horn, gradually contracting 

 below into the flexuous spur, together 1 in. long. Capsule I in., narrow clavate, apicu- 

 late, glabrous, cernuous.— ^Specimens in the Walliohian Herbarium are labelled as from 

 Silhet, hut I suspect through some error. 



113. X. leptoceras, DC. Prodr. i 688 ; very robust, much branched, 

 nodes close swollen, leaves sessile or petioled narrow lanceolate acuminate 

 crenate-serrate, peduncles fascicled subterminal erect shorter than the leaves 

 flowers small (except the spur) crowded, bracts large boat-shaped with long 

 points deciduous, buds rounded, sepals large obliquely ovate-cordate, wings 

 2-lobed with a short narrow claw, lip boat-shaped, spur very long slender. 

 Wall. Cat. 4770. I. longicornu. Wall, in Eoxh. Fl. Ind. Ed. Carey, ii. 462 ? 

 Miquel III. Flor. Archip. Ind. 103. I. leptoceras var, a, H.f. & T. in Joum. 

 Linn. Soc. iv. 153. L odorata, Bon Prodr. 213. 



NiPAL, or Sheopore, Wdllich. — Distrib. ? Java {Miquel). 



Stem 2-4 ft.? smooth, fleshy, as thick as the thumb below ; branches with decuiTent 

 lines from the petioles. Leaves 5-6 in., very long-acuminate, serratures incumbent, with 

 basal bristles ; nerves not stout, and without transverse hervules ; petiole J-l in., with 

 purplish stipular glands. Peduncles shorter than the leaves, stout, erect. Flowers yellow, 

 fragrant, J in. diam. ; bracts large, J-^ in., 3-nerved ; pedicels 1 in. Standard broader 

 than long ; wings (1 have given Wallioh's description in the specific character) ; lip 

 pointed, but not horned at the point ; spur ascending or straight. Capsvle detached, 

 those in the Walliohian Herbarium, and consequently possibly not of this species, are 

 1-lj- in., very narrow, acuminate, glabrous. Seeds unripe, oblong. — I find nothing 

 resembling Wallich's original specimens in any other collection, in point of robustness, 



