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IMPATIENS platypetala. 
Broad-petaled Balsam. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
‘at. ord. BausaMiNACEX. (BaLsams, Vegetable Kingdom, p. 490.) 
IMPATIENS.—Linn. 
* Leaves verticillate. 
I. platypetala ; perennis, tuberosa, glabra, foliis verticillatis oblongo-lanceo- 
latis argutè serratis, petiolis eglandulosis, pedunculis unifloris folio 
brevioribus calcari filiformi falcato sequalibus, petalis transversis obcor- 
datis, ovario glabro. 
There does not appear to be any description of this 
charming Balsam, which belongs to the small division of 
species having whorled leaves. It is most nearly allied to 
I. latifolia, or at least to the plant distributed by Dr. Wight 
under that name (451), but that species has a shorter and 
thicker spur, long fringe-like glands at the base of the leaves, 
and a good deal of yellowish hairiness, especially on the young 
shoots and ovary. The I. latifolia of Linnaeus is said to have 
alternate leaves. 
The species now described requires to be kept in a moist 
atmosphere and strong heat during the growing season, to be 
treated like such plants as Gloxinia, Achimenes, &c. and 
to be afterwards rested by withholding moisture. It is 
increased freely by cuttings when young, and grows freely in 
any light rich soil. It flowers during most part of the 
summer, and is a great beauty when kept from drying winds, 
which ruin it. 
It was exhibited at one of the Garden Meetings of the 
Horticultural Society last summer, when 1t was much admired, 
and received a silver medal. For the specimen now figured 
we are indebted to Messrs. Veitch of Exeter, who imported it 
from Java. 
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