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finely serrated, with a bristle in each sinus. Flowers ‘solitary in 
the axils of the upper leaves, on slender ascending peduncles 
1-2 in. long. Lateral sepals minute, lanceolate ; posterior sepal 
with a deltoid-navieular lamina }-} in. long and broad, and a 
simple subulate spur 1-11 in. long. Petals reddish, the wings 
not more than 3 in. long and broad, not deeply lobed. Capsule 
2 in. long, narrowed to both ends.—Central Madagascar; 
gathered long ago by Bojer and distributed as Impatiens capensis, 
and by Lyall (no. 50). Sent lately by Mr. Baron and by Dr. 
Parker from the forest of Andrangaloaka. I presume it is 
I. leptopoda, var. madagascariensis of O. Hoffm. in Rel. Ruten. 
v. 335; but the Ceylon plant is a flaecid annual herb, and this is 
à perennial with woody lower branches. 
IMPATIENS SALICIFOLIA, n. sp.—Balsamina salicifolia, Bojer 
MSS. 
Herbacea, glabra, foliis subsessilibus linearibus firmulis calloso-dentatis, 
floribus axillaribus 1-2nis longe pedunculatis, sepalis lateralibus oblongis 
acutis, posteriore limbo deltoideo-naviculari calcari subulato pollicari, 
petalis magnis latis rubellis haud lobatis, fructu oblongo ad apicem et basin 
angustato. 
An erect herb, glabrous in all its parts, with stout herbaceous 
erect little-branched stems. Leaves close, subsessile, erecto- 
patent, firm in texture for the genus, 3-4 in. long, 1-3 in. broad, 
narrowed gradually to the base and acute point, green on both 
surfaces, with a horny edge and a callus at the tip of the minute 
teeth. Flowers 1-2 together from the axils of the upper leaves on 
slender ascending peduncles 2-8 in. long. Lateral sepals greenish, 
4 in. long; posterior sepal with a deltoid-navicular lamina 4 in. 
long, narrowed gradually into the subulate spur. Petals reddish, 
the wings nearly an inch long. Capsule oblong, 2 in. long, nar- 
rowed from the middle to the base and tip.—Central Madagascar ; 
gathered long ago by Bojer and distributed under the name of 
Balsamina salicifolia, and now refound by Mr. Baron (nos. 624 
and 961). A closely allied species from the Ankaratra mountains 
has lately been described by Dr. O. Hoffmann (Reliq. Ruten. 
part v. p. 335) under the name of Impatiens Rutenbergii. 
IMPATIENS EMIRNENSIS, N. Sp. 
Herbacea, glabra, ramis gracilibus fragilibus, foliis oblongis acutis inem- 
branaceis crenatis setoso-denticulatis, petiolo glandulis magnis clavatis 
przdito, floribus in axillis foliorum 3-5nis umbellatis, sepalis lateralibus 
