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IMPATIENS GLANDIJLIGERA. GLANDULAR 



Balsam ; or Touch me not. 



Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — BalsaminejE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Anther ce quinque, nempe 3-loculares,, 2 ante petal um 

 supeiius 1-loculares. Stigmata 5 coalita. Capsula prisma- 

 tico-teretiuscula elongata, valvis a basi ad apicem extror- 

 sum revolutis. Cotyledones plariiusculae. Pedunculi axil- 

 lares ramosi multiflori. Capsuled glabrae. Folia alterna. 

 DC. 



Specific Character arid Synonyms. 



Impatiens glanduligera ; annua erecte, foliis verticillatis 

 ternatis ovato-lanceolatis argute serratis Serraturis ba- 

 seosglaudulosis, stipulis teretibus clavatis glandulosis, 

 pedunculis axil lari bus subterminalibus 3-floris, sepalo 

 dorsali integro mutico, calcare brevi inflexo, petalo- 

 rum lobo altero rotundato altero dimidiato oblongo 

 obtuso subfalcato, fructu brevi obovato. Lindl. 



Impatiens glanduligera. Roy le Must r. Himal. Mount. 151. 

 t. 28./ 2, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 22. 



This is one of many desirable hardy plants of the North 

 of India which have of late years been introduced to 

 Europe by the liberality of the East India Company, 

 through Dr. Royle. The present was, indeed, first de- 

 scribed by that gentleman, who obtained the species from 

 Cashmere seed. Notwithstanding the peculiarity of climate 

 which prevails in the hill country of India, where this plant 

 is a native, almost all seasons in this country seem to be 



favorable 



