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ail aad 
Tas. 4404. 
IMPATIENS repens. 
Creeping Balsam.* 
Nat. Ord. BAtsaMINE&®.—PENTANDRIA MoNoayNIa. 
Gen. Ohar, Anthere 5, nempe 8 bdiloculares, ante petalum superius 1-loculares. 
Stigmata 5 coalita. Capsula prismatico-teretiuscula elongata, valvis a basi ad 
apicem extrorsum revolutis. — Cotyledones planiuscule. Pedunculi axillares 
ramosi 1-multiflori. Capsula glabra. Folia alterna. De Cand. 
: IMPATIENS repens; herbacea succulenta ramosissima decumbenti-repens, foliis 
alternis petiolatis subreniformi-cordatis obsolete serratis, pedunculis axilla- 
ribus solitariis unifloris petiolo longioribus, floribus luteis, sepalis supe- 
rioribus orbicularibus, inferioris cucullati caleare brevi incurvo apice incras- 
sato; petalis lateralibus bilobis lobis insequalibus, ovario hirsuto. 
_ Imparttens repens. “Moon, Cat.” Wight, Til. of Ind. Bot. p. 160. t. 61. 
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The finest of all the yellow-flowered Balsams with which we 
are acquainted, and for the introduction of which into our stoves 
We are indebted to Mr. Gardner, of the Botanic Garden, Pera- 
denia, Ceylon. It was first detected by Mr. Moon, in shady — 
vegetable soil at “Four Korles,” in that island: then by Mrs. 
General Walker, and by Mr. Gardner at Allagala, at an elevation 
of 4,000 feet. It is easily increased by cuttings, flowers in May, 
June, and July, and will probably during the summer months 
be found to succeed best in the greenhouse. Of this genus, of 
which Linnaeus only knew seven species, mostly from imperfect 
figures, Dr. Wight considers that upwards of one hundred are 
natives of the East Indies alone! That gentleman observes it is 
there eminently an alpine genus, delighting in a cool and moist 
climate; hence it is unknown on the plains of Coromandel, 
though not unfrequent in Mysore ; only abounding in the Penin- 
_ Sula on the higher hills, participating in the western Monsoon, 
which enjoy, during the hot months, a moderate range of tempe- 
_ tature, with a very humid atmosphere. 
Descr. Apparently an annual, but readily kept up by cuttings, 
_ Yery copiously branched, straggling, procumbent, and rooting 
Where it touches the ground. Branches succulent, striated. 
OCTOBER lst, 1848, 
