480 XXXII. GEEANiACE^. (§ Balsaminese, Hook, f.) [Impatims. 



nate, glabrous. Seeds oblong, rugose, compressed, brown. — I have made this to in- 

 clude the common Himalayan Impatiens of the group with much larger flowers thaa 

 racemosa, crenate leaves, rounded tips to the buds, a long slender spur, and persistent 

 narrow bracts ; whether all the following varieties are referable to it cannot be deter- 

 mined from dried specimens. Edgeworth's specimens in Herb. Bentham are not in an 

 examinable state. It differs from I. leptoceras (to which I had referred vaiious of the 

 forms) in the broader shorter leaves, persistent bracts, and habit of growth; from 

 I. angustiflora, in the rounded buds and lip not ending in a beak ; and irom I. sten- 

 antha by the same characters and persistent bracts. 



Vae. 1. Edgeworthii; stipular glands 3-4 on each side of the petiole sessile, stan- 

 dard mucronate at the back, lateral wing-lobes obovate erect spotted yellow, terminal 

 flat lanceolate rosy or purple?, spur straight white spotted yellow and purple. — I. laxi- 

 flora, Edgew. I.e. Banks of streams at Sevaria, alt. 7-9000 ft. Kumaon, Stracli. S 

 Wint. (Imp. 19). 



Vae. 2. Stracheyi; stipulary glands various, flowers yellow, lateral wing-lobes large 

 rounded spreading, terminal short, narrower obtuse. — Simla, T. 21 ;Birma, 7300 ft.,' 

 Madden ; Jagesur and Naintal, in Kumaon, Str. & Wint. (Imp. 3) ; Sikkim, at 

 Choongtam, /. JD. Bl. 



Var. 3. sikkimensis; stipular glands several small or 0, standard green with purple 

 spots, wings lilac spotted with purple, lip yellow-green. — Sikkim at Lachoong, alt. 

 9000 ft. 



Vae. 4. khasiana; stipular glands or ses.?ile or pedicelled, flowers pale-yellow, 

 lateral wing-lobes small spreading rounded, terminal with a very broad rounded basal- 

 lobe on the outer margin and tongue-like obtuse apex. — Kbasia, not common at Pom- 

 rang, Nunklow, Surureem and Molim. I. leptoceras var. a in part. H. f. tS; T. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, iv. 163. 



118. 1. paludosa, Hooh.f.; small, sparingly leafy, quite glabrous, 

 leaves shortly petioled ,eUiptic-ovate or lanceolate acute or obtuse crenate- 

 serrate, peduncles 1-2 much longer than the leaves 2-4 flov?ered, bracts 

 broad boat-shaped, flowers yellow, buds rounded, sepals orbicular-ovate, 

 standard orbicular, lateral wing-lobes small spreading rounded, terminal 

 very large spreading lobed at the side obtuse, lip boat-shaped apiculate 

 narrowed into a long slender incurved spur. I. leptoceras, var. f H.f. ds T. 

 in Jmim. Linn. Soc. iv. 153. 



Khasia Mts.; marshes near Nonkrim and Pomrang, alt. 5-6000 ft., /. D. H. & T. T. 



Stem 4-10 in., rather rigid. Leaves 1-2 in., rather distant, thickish, crenatures with 

 basal bristles ; petiole J-J in. Peduncles 1-3 in., terminal and lateral ; bracts J in., 

 spreading or reflexed. I'hwers with the spur 1-1 J in. ; sepals more than half as long 

 as the keeled standard; terminal wing-lobes about J in. broad ; spur clubbed at the tip. 

 Capsule I in., cylindric, apiculate, glabrous. Seeds minute, subouovate, pointed at the 

 hilum, rough, opaque.--I was long disposed to rank this merely as a form of /. lanifiora, but 

 besides that the habit is very different, the leaves are small, rather coriaceous, not long- 

 acuminate, the peduncles are few and few-flowered, the bracts very broad and boat- 

 shaped, with short stiff glandular points, the sepals are much longer and broader, and 

 the capsule shorter. 



119. X. an^ustiflora, Hook. /.; simple or branched, quite glabrous, 

 leaves petioled elliptic-ovate or lanceolate caudate-acuminate crenate, 

 ]ieduncles subterminal clustered slender erect, bracts small lanceolate 

 persistent, flowers yellow narrow, buds acuminate, sepals small, standard 

 orbicular or oblong, lateral wing-lobes small, terminal elongate, lip 

 trumpet-shaped horned at the very oblique tip narrowed into a long slender 

 curved spur. I. leptoceras j), 6, U. f. <Ss T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 153. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 6-7000 ft., Ldbb, &c. ; Bhotan, Qriftk. 



Very similar to /. laxijlora, but at once distinguished by the narrow acute buds, due 

 to the very oblique mouth of the lip, which ends in a green strong subulate process, 



