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XXX. BALSAMINACE^E. 
[. Impatiens . 
Stem slender shrubby ; flowers white small. 
Leaves ovate; nerves conspicuous . . (n) I. Ridleyi 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate ; nerves almost 
invisible . ( I2 ) I. cryptoneura 
Stem succulent herbaceous. 
Leaves ovate or oblong ; flowers large white . (13) I. Scortechmu 
(1) I. Grxffithii Hook. fd. Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 120; F.B.I. 
i. 445; King, l.c. 203. 
Herb 1 to 2 ft. tall, slender, puberulous. Leaves opposite 
petiolate or in whorls of 3 above, sessile linear-lanceolate acute, 
base acuminate serrate-toothed, beneath glaucous; nerves 6 pairs 
red sparsely hairy, above hairy all over, 3*5 in. long, *2 to *3 in. 
wide. Pedicels slender 1 to 175 in. long. Flowers 1 in. across 
rose pink. Sepals ovate-oblong acuminate, spur slender 1*5 in. 
long. Capsule elliptic swollen in the middle. Hob. Damp spots 
on mountains near water, Malacca, Mt. Ophir, on Gunong funduk 
at 3000 ft. altitude (all collectors). Kedah, Gunong Jerai at 3000 ft. 
altitude (Lobb). Native name : Inai Bukit. 
(2) I. Wrayii Hook. fil. Kew Bulletin 1909, p. 6. 
Herb 1 ft. tall, glabrous with young parts often hairy. Leaves 
opposite or whorled in threes, lanceolate acuminate or ovate or 
oblong-lanceolate entire or spinulose-serrate, base narrowed, 2-25 
to 3 in. long, -5 to 75 in. wide; petioles '2 in. long. Pedicels 
1*5 in. long.^ Flowers rose pink with crimson centre, 1 in. across. 
Sepals ovate long-cuspidate 3- to 5-nerved, spur 1*1 in. long, slender. 
Standard orbicular or obovate keeled with a central process. Wings 
bilobed, basal lobe oblong obtuse, lateral larger obcordate. Capsule 
ellipsoid. Seed hairy. Hab. On rocks in streams. Perak, Batang 
Padang (Wray). 
(3) I. sarcantha Hook. fd. in Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 8. 
Herb 4 to 12 in. tall. Stem hairy. Leaves opposite or in 
whorls of 3 at the top, lanceolate acuminate narrowed at base 
serrulate-spinulose, above hairy, beneath glaucous; nerves con¬ 
spicuous 6 pairs hairy, 3 to 4 in. long, *25 to 75 in. wide; petioles 
•9 in. long. Sepals ovate keeled cuspidate; spur slender i’2 in. 
long. Petals standard obovate retuse *5 in. long keeled caudate, 
wings oblong truncate broadest at the top, all rose pink with a 
dark eye. Capsule lanceolate blunt 1 in. long. Seed obovate 
compressed glabrous. Hab. Pahang, Telom on rocks in streams 
(Ridley). 
(4) I. polycycla Hook. fil. Journ. Roy. ^ls. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 9. 
A branched herb with nearly glabrous stem. Leaves in whorls 
of 2 to 5, lanceolate acuminate narrowed to base serrate-spinulose 
with scattered long hairs above, glaucous and glabrous beneath; 
nerves hardly visible, 1 to i’5 in. long, '4 in. wide; petioles *2 in. 
long. Peduncles i'5 to 2 in. long. Flower 1 in. across rose pink. 
Sepals *2 in. long ovate caudate; spur 1*5 in. long very slender. 
Capsule ovoid dilate in centre *5 in. long. Seeds pilose. Hab. 
