Tab. 5625. 



IMPATEENS LAiiroLiA. 



Broad-leaved Cingalese Balsam. 



Is at. Ord. Balsaminej:. — Pentandima I\Io> t ogtnia. 



Gem. Char. Floret irregulares, Sepala 3, rarinime 5, imbricata, 2 late- 

 re lia p.irva, uepius riridia; posticum maximum, in calcar productum. Pe- 

 tala 3, anticum eiteriua concavuro, lateralia 2-lida (e 2 coal it ii composite) ; 



lobo supenore exteriore. Stamina 5, filamentia brevibus complanat is \ 

 antherce circa stylum conniventes r. coha?rentes, loculis introrsum debia- 

 centibtis. Ovarium oblongum, 5-loculare; stigma aeasile, 5-dentetmn, v. 

 stigmata 5, parra; ovula in loculia oo, Buperpoaita, 1-aeriata. Captula 

 2-6-loculana, loculicide dehiscens ; vaivis 5, elastic© desilientibus. Srmina 

 exalbumniosa.— Ilerbae nunc frutescentes, m»mm glabra. Folia opposita 

 alterna v. verticillata, exstipulata. PcduucuU axil/ares, rarius radicates, 

 1-oc-Jiori. Flores sape speciosi. 



IMPATttStlatifoUa; erecta, glaberrima, tbliia alternia rarius oppositis 

 verticil iatisve ovato-laneeolatis attenuato-acuminatia basi acutis argute 

 aerratia dentibus inferioribus setiferis, petiolo longC setoso, setia glan- 

 dularis, pedicellis axillaribus aolitariia 1-floris ebracteolatis, floribua 

 majuscuha pdlide purpureis, sepalis lateralibua oblique oblongo-lan- 

 leolatis vindibus, labelli limbo concavo viridi, calcare gracili curvo, 

 vexdlo obcordato-2-lobo dorso cornuto, alia 2-partitia horizontaliter 

 patentibus. 



Impatiexs latifolia. Linn. Sp. PI. 123S. ITook.f. and Thorns, in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. i\\ p. 124. 



Impatiexs cuapidata. Wiqht and Am. in HooJc. Comp. Bot. Mag. v 1 p 



321. Wight, Ic. t. 741. T/ucaifes, Enum. PL Ceylon, p. 65. 

 Impatien-s bipartita. Am. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. I.e. p. 322. 

 Impatiens floribunda. Wight in Madr. Journ. Sc. v. 5. p. 7. 



Of the vast horde of Indian perennial Balsams, only two 

 or three are actually in cultivation, whilst nearly a hundred, 

 most of them highly ornamental, are yet to be introduced, 

 and especially from the subtropical jungles of Ceylon, the 

 western Ghauts, and the Himalaya. Amongst those of the 

 first-named locality the present is a conspicuous instance, 

 which we owe to our indefatigable correspondent G. H. K. 

 Thwaites, F.R.S., who sent seeds from the Royal Gardens, 



FEBEUABY 1ST, 18G7. 



