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Impatiens fasciculata, Lam. ; Wight, Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 748. 



Balsamina chinensis, DC. Prodr. i. p. 686. 



China, without locality (Parkes !) ; Kwangtung : Lofaushan 

 ( Ford !) ; Hongkong (Harland ! Hance ! Lcmont !) . M us. Brit. ; 

 Herb. Kew. 



4. Impatiens cochleata, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 512. 

 Balsamina cochleata, DC. Prodr. i. p. 666. 

 Kwangtitng: Canton, cult, (ex Loureiro). 



Loureiro describes the flowers of this with " nectario inagno 

 compresso in spiram convoluto," a condition not exhibited by any 

 of the Chinese species under observation. 



5. Impatiens Davidi, Franchet, PI. David, p. 65. 

 Kiangsi : Kiukiang (David, 890, ex Franchet). 



6. Impatiens fnrcillata, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Planta habitu foliisque 7. parviflorce simillima, differt pedun- 

 culis multo brevioribus subtrifloris, floribus triplo majoribus 

 calcari longo curvato furcillato. 



Gaulis ramosus, subcarnosus, glaber. Folia alterna, petiolata, 

 tenuissima, leviter oblique ovato-oblonga, usque ad 6 poll, longa et 

 2 poll, lata, crenato-dentata, crenis apiculatis. Pedunculi gra- 

 cillimi, 1-2 pollicares. Flores absque calcari recurvo 1 poll, 

 longi ; sepala lateralia viridia, late fere rotundato-ovata, acuminata ; 

 sepalum saccatum coloratum, tabaeforme, calcari longo gracili ; 

 petala lateralia longe exserta. 



Coeea: Gensan (Perry I); Corean Archipelago: Port 

 Hamilton (Oldham, 123 !). Herb. Kew. 



7. Impatiens mutila, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 512. 

 Balsamina mutila, DC. Prodr. i. p. 686. 



" Culta in Cochinchina, puto quod a Sinis translata," Loureiro. 



8. Impatiens nolitangere, Linn. Sp. PI ed. 1, p. 938 ; DC. 

 Prodr. i. p. 687 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 65. 



Chthli: near Peking (Bretschneiderl); Shingking: Chien- 

 shan (Boss !) ; Cohea : north-east coast (Perry !). Herb. Kew. 

 Europe, Asia Minor, Siberia, Japan. 



9. Impatiens plebeja, Hemsl, n. sp. 



Planta pedalis et ultra, glabra, caulibus simplicibus crassius- 

 culis usque ad pedalibus. Folia omnia alterna, petiolata, mem- 

 branacea, lanceolata, 4-6 poll, longa, utrinque valde attenuata, 

 acutissima, crenata simul calloso- vel glanduloso-serrulata. Pedun • 



