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* IMPATIENS rosea. 
Small Pink Balsam. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. BaLsaM1nE& (Geraniacearum mera §). 
IMPATIENS. Linn. 
I. rosea; annua, caule pubescente, foliis lineari-lanceolatis serratis, pedun- 
culis unifloris aggregatis axillaribus foliis quadrupld brevioribus, sepalo 
dorsali mucronato inermi, calcare brevi ventricoso glabro apice constricto 
incurvo, petalorum biloborum lacinié nana rotundaté majore oblonga 
dimidiata obtusa planiuscula fructu lanato. Bot. Register, 1841. mise. 
p. 6. no. 22. 
A beautiful half-hardy annual from the Himalayas, intro- 
duced by the Court of Directors of the East India Company. 
It requires exactly the same treatment as the common garden 
Balsam, and grows to as large a size. The paper that con- 
tained the seed was marked “ Woolly-podded Balsam, found 
growing on old ruins.” 
The leaves are from six to eight inches long, linear-lanceo- 
late, more tapering to the base than to the point, bordered 
with fine saw-teeth, each of which is tipped with a minute 
sharp callosity. The flowers appear in clusters, from the 
axils of the leaves, all along the stem and branches. Their 
stalks are blood-red, and about as long as those of the leaves. 
The sepals are deep rose colour; the back one being simple 
and produced abruptly into a point, while the front one has a 
short green horn abruptly turned upwards. The petals are 
much larger and paler than the sepals, and of the two lobes of 
which they consist the smaller are rounded and erect, while 
the larger are half oblong, and hang down like a double lip 
in front of the flower. The pods are oblong, and covered 
with white wool. 
* See Botanical Register, 1840. t. 2. 
