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var. racemifera, Hk.f.; leaves 3-4 in. lanceolate or linear-lanceolale rather 
thick, flowers rather large, standard narrowly winged dorsally shortly 
spurred, spur of lip long slender, capsule pubescent, seeds small. — Travan- 
core ; Palni and Anamalai Hills 
C. Leaves scattered distant ovate or ovate-lanceolate, lower petioles long 
slender, pedicels solitary or binate very slender, flowers rather small, 
standard stoutly spurred dorsally, spur of lip very slender, capsule small 
gibbously ovoid acute, its tomentum caducous. 
var. parusnathica, Hk. f. — Chota Nagpur, on Parusnath, alt. 4,000 ft. ; 
Godavery gorges; Hazaribagh, alt. 1,500 ft. (leaves smaller, pedicels 
shorter). 
D. Leaves crowded narrowly linear, subspinolously serrulate, stiff and black 
when dry. 
var. linearifolia, Hk.f.; stem robust or slender, leaves 2-3 in. long nerves 
obscure, pedicels usually solitary, spur of lip long slender, seeds small.— 
Nilgiri, Palni and Anamalai Hills, aJt. 5,000 ft. 
E. Leaves very small 1-2 in. long, pedicels solitary or binate short. 
var. micrantha, Hk. f. ; FI. Brit. Ind. i. 454 ; stem short fasligiately branched, 
leaves ovate oblong or obovate faintly crenulate, flowers small, sepals 
very minute, spur of lip long slender, seeds very small in. diam. — 
South Kanara and Kurg. 
var. macrantha, Hk. f. ; FI. Brit. Ind. i. 454 ; stem short simple very slender, 
leaves few subsessile ovate to ovate-lanceolate serrulate, flowers i in. broad, 
sepals very minute with a stout terminal cusp or awn, standard^ oblately 
obcordate, spur of lip short slender incurved.—Mysore. Probably a 
starved form. 
var. arcuata, Hk. f. ; FI. Brit. Ind. i. 454 ; dwarf, stem decumbent or ascending, 
leaves ovate-lanceolate or linear-oblong subsessile, flowers smaller, sepals 
aristately acuminate, standard orbicular dorsal spur subterminal, spur of 
lip short stout incurved, capsule small, seeds few small. I. arcuata Benth. 
Wight & Arn. — Mysore, the Wynaad, Bangalore. 
var. agrestis, Hk- f. ; stem stoat much branched leafy, leaves small subsessile 
ovate obtuse thick, flowers small, sepals very minute obtuse, standard 
orbicular, spur of lip stout incurved. — Abundant colouring ploughed fields 
in the Satara district; eaten by animals. Probably varies greatly from 
above description of single specimen. 
V.— Species of CeySoii, 
The Ceylonese species of I mpatiens are so well described by 
Mr, Trimen in his “ Handbook of the Flora of Ceyldn ” (i. 200) pub- 
lished in 1893, that little remains to be added to his descriptions for the 
purpose of identification. Having, however, examined critically the 
materials in the Kew Herbarium, I venture to propose for a Key to 
species a rather more natural arrangement than that followed in the 
