Tan. 5237; 
IMPATIENS Wa txenrt. 
Red-flowered Balsam. 
Nat. Ord. BALSAMINEZ.—PENTANDRIA Monoeynia. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, TaB. 4615.) © 
Impatiens Walkeri ; erecta glabra subramosa, foliis longe petiolatis oblongo- 
lanceolatis basi apiceque attenuatis sérratis, serraturis setigeris, petiolis eglan- 
dulosis, pedunculis versus caulis apicem axillaribus folia subeequantibus 
apice racemoso-plurifloris, racemo subcorymbiformi, bracteis persistentibus, 
pedicellis gracilibus elongatis erectis, sepalis lateralibus deltoideo-ovatis, an- 
teriore adscendente ventricoso-infundibuliformi in calcar conico-subulatum 
incurvum subito attenuato ore contracto cum calcare petalis profunde bilo- 
bis subtriplo longiore, capsula glabra utrinque attenuata. 
Impatiens Walkeri, Hook. in Arn. New Sp. a n Balsams, in Hook. Comp. 
to Bot. Mag.v. 1. p. 234, t. 18. Walp. R Bot. v. 1. p. 471. Thwaites, 
Enum. Pi. Zeyl. p. 66. 
This beautiful Balsam, of which no figure has yet been given, 
save that above quoted, and taken from a dried specimen, was 
first detected by General Walker, after whom we had named it, 
between Rambodde and Neuri-Ellia, Ceylon ; and it has since 
been found by Mr. Thwaites in the Central Province of the same 
island. We owe the possession of it in the stove of Kew to the 
last-mentioned gentleman, who favoured us with seeds; and 
plants raised from them produced copious flowers in the winter 
months. Its nearest affinity is perhaps with the / /erdonia, 
figured in our Tab. 4739. é 
Descr. The stem is simple or but little branched, one foot 
or a foot and a half high, erect, succulent, deep-purple. Leaves . 
between three and four inches long, petioled, scattered, ovate or _ 
ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, deep-green, penninerved, tapering 
at the base, the margins serrated and tipped with a soft green 
bristle ; those sete near the base of the leaf tipped with a gland. 
Peduncles from axils of the terminal petioles, erect, corymboso- 
paniculate; pedicels long, slender, filiform, bearing subula 
bracts at their base. Flowers from an inch and a quarter to an 
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MARCH Ist, 1861. 
