( 4051 ) 



Impatiens tricornis. Three-horned 

 Balsam; or Touch-me-not. 



Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Balsamine^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Antherce quinque, nempe tres biloculares, 2 ante petalutn 

 superius 1-loculares. Stigmata 5 coalita. Capsula pris- 

 matico-teretiuscula elongata, valvis a basi ad apicem ex- 

 trorsum revolutis. Cotyledones planiusculae. PeduncuU 

 axillares ramosi multiflori. Capsulce glabrae. Folia alter- 

 na. DC. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Impatiens tricornis ; annua erecta, foliis alternis lanceolatis 

 serratis pilosis in petiolum eglandulosum longe angus- 

 tatis, racemis axillaribus pilosis foliis multo breviori- 

 bus, sepalo dorsali oblongo subbilobo sinu cuspidato 

 dorso in cornu producto, calcare acuminato incurvo, 

 petalorum lobo altero rotundato altero elongato acuti- 

 usculo, fructu longo iineari. Lindl. 



Impatiens tricornis. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840. t. 9. 



This, like the more striking- I. glanduligera, figured in 

 our tab. 4020, was introduced to the gardens of the Horti- 

 cultural Society by the Honourable the Directors of the 

 East India Company, from the North of India, and comes 

 to perfection equally with that in the open border, where 

 indeed it seeds itself. The name of " Three-horned," Dr. 

 Lindley tells us, was given to this species from the presence 

 of " the spur, the horn above-mentioned, at the back of the 

 upper sepal (or petal), and the apex of the same sepal, 



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