Tas. 7786, 
IMPATIENS curysantHa. 
Native of the Western Himalaya. 
Nat. Ord. Geranrace%.—Tribe BALSAMINE®, q 
Genus Impatiens, Linn.; ( Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 277). 
Impatiens chrysantha; annaa, glaberrima, caule crassiusculo ramoso, foliis 
alternis ovato-oblongis-lanceolatisve acuminatis serratis crenatisve basi 
in petiolum angustatis, glandulis stipularibus tuargidis, pedunculis 
apices versus ramorum subcorymbosis erectis, floribus majusculis um- 
bellatis aureis, bracteis 4 poll. longis verticillatis ovatis subacutis 
herbaceis, pedicellis 3-2 poll. longis, sepalis lateralibus 2 ;';-3 poll. longis 
late ovatis vix cuspidatis, postico (labio) saccato v. late infundibulari in 
caleem incurvum abrupte attenuato, petalo antico (vexillo) orbiculari y. 
transverse oblongo apice retuso cuspidato dorso gibbo incrassato, 
lateralibus (petalis) rubro striolatis, lobo basilari superne in lobulum 
faleatum patenti-recurvum producto, terminali oblongo obtuso, auricula 
dorsali rotundata, capsulis 1-1}-pollicaribus linearibus erectis, seminibus 
2-1 poll. longis obovoideis oblongisve levibus fuscis. 
The genus Impatiens abounds in the temperate and sub- 
_ tropical regions of the Himalaya, and contains many 
' singularly beautiful species that have not been brought 
under cultivation in England. Amongst these is JL. 
chrysantha, which inhabits forests at elevations of five 
thousand to eight thousand feet, from the district of 
Pangi, on the Sutlej river, north of Simla, to Kashmir, and 
westward to Mirza, in Chitral, where it was collected by 
Colonel (now General) Gatacre, K.C.B. 
It is a variable plant as to the margins of the leaves, 
which are coarsely crenate, with lateral or basal cusps on 
the crenatures, or serrate with terminal cusps. It varies 
also in the form of the lip, and size and form of the seeds 
A closely allied species is I. Hdgeworthii, Hook. f., & 
Thoms., a native of Kulu (a province bordering on 
Kashmir), which differs in the much larger lateral sepals, 
- with the midrib thickly keeled dorsally. 
I, chrysantha was raised from seeds collected in Pangi, 
and sent from the Saharunpore Gardens to Kew by Mr. 
Duthie early in 1900, plants raised from which flowered 
profusely in the Herbaceous ground in October of the 
same year, and fruited abundantly. 
JULY Ist, 1901. 
