!MPAT1ENS. 
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§ 3. Leaves alternate ; flowers solitary or fascicled^ pedicelled 
in the axils of the leaves (peduncle 0) ; seeds smooth 
glabrous^ 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, cap- 
sule tomentose , • 5» A Balsamina L, 
% 4. Leaves opposite alternate and pseudo^verticillate ; 
inflorescence of long or short axillary pedt 4 ncles hearing 
solitary binate or fascicled pedicelled flowers ; capsule 
and seeds glabrous^¥tdvLXic\e sometimes o in /. exilis. 
Lip saccate, shortly abruptly spurred 
Peduncle long, tips of sepals 
thickened . , . . 6. /. trilobata Coleb. 
Peduncle short, sepals acu- 
minate . . . 7. /. tripet ala Roxb. 
Lip saccate, base narrowed into a short 
upeurved spur - , . 8. /, florigera C. B. 
Clarke. 
Lip infundibular, tapering into 
a long slender spur . . 9. A infundibularis 
Hk. f. 
Lip scaphiforni^ spur very 
long, slender • . .10. /. exilis Hk. f. 
Series ^.—Capsule elongate linear or clavate, rarely oblong. 
I.— Bracts at the base of the pedicels or o. 
* Inflorescence racemose. 
§ 5. Leaves opposite alternate or pseudo^verticillate^ upper 
often largest and crowded towards the ends of the stem 
or branches; inflorescence of erect long^peduncled 
racemes from the upper leaf-axils^ subcorymbosely dis^ 
posed ; pedicels often fascicled or whorled^ bracteate at 
the base ; flowers usually large or medium-sized^ rose- 
purple; seeds glabrous.^Dlffers from § 7 chiefly in the 
larger flowers. 
Basal lobe of wings spurred or cuspidate on the 
upper outer margin 
Bracts broad, lip saccate 1 1, A sulcata Wall. 
Bracts narrow, lip infun- 
dibular • • • 12. A Thomsoni 
Hk.f. 
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