Impatiens.] xxx. balsaminacee:. 337 
Perak, on a sand-bank in the Kertai River, Temengoh. A single 
plant (Ridley). 
(5) I. Curtisii Hook. fil. Kew Bulletin 1909, p. 6. 
Large branched glabrous herb. Leaves mostly opposite (a few 
alternate), ovate acute, narrow at base, their edges minutely 
serrulate or crenate, glaucous beneath sparsely hairy above and 
beneath on the midrib and nerves about 8 fine pairs, 2 - 5 in. long, 
i '5 i n - wide; petioles slender 2 in. long. Pedicels 1 in. long. 
Flowers 75 in. wide, pink. Standard cuneate obcordate with a 
mucro in the notch, wings deeply bilobed, basal lobe obovate 
retuse mucronate. Capsule ‘4 in. long gibbous fusiform. Seed 
obovoid papillose. Hab. Wet rocks in forest. Perak, Thaiping 
Hills, abundant at Maxwell’s Hill, 3000 ft. altitude (all collectors). 
(6) I. exilipes Hook. fil. in Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. 
S. Br. 75, p. 10. 
Branched glabrous herb about 2 ft. tall. Leaves opposite in 
whorls of three, broadly lanceolate acuminate narrowed to base, 
serrate-spinulose, quite glabrous, glaucous beneath; nerves 6 pairs; 
3 to 475 in. long, 7 to 1 in. wide; petioles *5 in. long. Pedicels 
2 to 3 in. long. Flowers rose pink, 1 in. across. Sepals ovate- 
oblong cuspidate, spurred one boat-shaped mucronate '4 in. long; 
spur slender 1*3 in. long. Petals standard obovate cuneate truncate 
with a short point and a short rounded keel; wings broad, basal 
lobe oblong retuse, upper petal obovate retuse. Capsule short 
■6 in. long broad fusiform, beaked. Seed obovoid flattened glabrous. 
Hab. Damp spot by the forest road, Perak, on the road between 
Tapa and Jor, abundant at one spot (Ridley). 
(7) I. oncidioides Ridl. Hook. fid. Kew Bulletin, 1909, p. 11. 
Succulent herb 2 to 4 ft. tall. Leaves ovate-lanceolate to 
ovate acuminate acute, narrowed at base, edge crenulate denticulate, 
1*5 to 6 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide; nerves 18 pairs; petioles 1 to 
1‘5 in. long. Racemes subterminal with 1 or 2 large yellow flowers 
occasionally striped Indian red on upper lobes, 1*5 in. across. 
Sepals ovate cuspidate; spur slender i - 5 in. long. Petals standard 
ovate keel rounded green; wings very unequally bilobed, lower 
lobe narrow oblong, upper large hatchet-shaped, shortly bilobed; 
filaments rather long. Capsule fusiform 1 in. long. Seed flat 
ovoid glabrous. Hab. In damp muddy spots in forests at about 
2000 to 4500 ft. altitude. Selangor. Menuang Casing (Kloss); 
Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson); Sempang Mines, Semangkok. 
Perak, Gunong Kerbau 4500 ft. altitude (Robinson); Telom; Ulu 
Batang Padang, 4900 ft. altitude (Wray). 
The '* Golden Balsam ” is very distinct from any other species here in its 
large yellow flowers — a very beautiful plant. 
(8) I. mirabilis Hook. fil. Bot. Mag. t. 7195; King, l.c. 203. 
Stem fleshy brown dilate at base above, branched, 2 to 5 or 
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