114 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
whole genus, and would be very suitable to introduce for horti- 
cultural purposes. t is allied to a Comoro-Island plant, named 
long ago by Bojer, but, I believe, never characterized, of which I 
therefore give a description. 
IMPATIENS COMORENSIS, n. sp.—Balsamina comorensis, Bojer 
MSS. 
Suffruticosa glabra, ramulis crassiusculis flexuosis, foliis oblongis mem- 
branaceis acutis basi cuneatis crenatis setoso-ciliatis, petiolo glandulis 
magnis clavatis 2-4-jugis przdito, floribus axillaribus 3-4nis longe pedun- 
culatis, sepalis lateralibus parvis oblongis cuspidatis, posteriore naviculari 
caleari profunde bifido 15-18 lin. longo, petalis magnis orbiculatis rubellis 
haud lobatis, ovario ad basin et apicem angustato. 
A shrub 3-4 feet high, with stoutish flexuose glabrous herba- 
ceous branchlets. Petioles 1-13 in. long, often bulbilliferous in 
the axil, margined by 3-4 pairs of large clavate glands; blade 
3-4 in. long, 12-2 in. broad, crenate, with a glandular bristle in 
each sinus, green and quite glabrous on both surfaces. Flowers 
3-4 together in the axils of the upper leaves on very slender 
ascending peduncles 3—4 in. long. Lateral sepals oblong cuspi- 
date, i-3 in. long; posterior sepal with a deltoid funnel-shaped 
limb about half an inch long, and a deeply bifid filiform spur 
15-18 lines long. Petals pinkish, an inch long, not lobed. 
Ovary narrowed gradually from the middle to the base and point. 
—“ In locis obscuris insule Juanne;” gathered and distributed 
long ago by Bojer. We have also specimens gathered in 1862 
by Sir John Kirk, and in 1875 (No. 1575) by Dr. J. M. Hilde- 
brandt. There appear to be two other species in the island; 
but our material is not good enough to characterize either of them 
fully. 
IMPATIENS FIRMULA, N. 8p. 
Suffruticosa glabra, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis acutis firmulis 
glanduloso-serratis, floribus axillaribus solitariis longe pedunculatis, sepalis 
lateralibus parvis lanceolatis, posteriore lamina deltoideo-navieulari calcari 
subulato pollicari vel ultra, petalis parvis rubellis, ovario oblongo utrinque 
attenuato. 
A branched undershrub, glabrous in all its parts, with siender 
firm ultimate branchlets. Petiole 4-4 in. long, sometimes (but 
not always) margined with two or three large clavate glands; 
blade 13-3 in. long, ?-l in. broad at the middle, narrowed to 
both ends, firm in texture for the genus, sometimes tinted purple, 
