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Impatiens coccinea. Glandular-leaved 



Balsam. 



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Oafs and Order* 



Pentandria Monogynia. 



Syngenesia Monogamia. Linn. 



Generic Charatler. 



Cat. 2-phyllus. Cor. 5-petala, irregularis, ne&ario cucullato. 

 Anther* connatae. Cap/, fupera, 5-valvis, valvulis elaftice 

 diffiiientibus. 



Specific Charatler. 



IMPATIENS coccinea; foliis alternis oblongo-ovalibus fer- 

 ratis, petiolis multiglandulofis, pedunculis uni- 

 floris aggregatis, neftariis incurvis florem fub- 

 sequantibus. 



LACCA coccinea. Rumpf. Kerb. Amb. 6. p. 856. ? 



Desc. Stems ereft, fomewhat branched: branches alternate. 

 Leaves alternate, oblong-oval, fmooth, pale underneath, fawed : 

 teeth acuminate, rigid : ' footjlalks nearly the length of the lamina, 

 Defet with a row of reddifh glands on each fide. Peduncles 

 axillary, one-flowered, aggregate, after efflorefcence lengthened, 

 Ijorizontal. Calyx two -leaved, falling, fcarcely coloured. 

 Corolla large, fhewy, crimfon, variegated with white and dark. 

 ft npes : upper petal roundifh, concave, terminated with a 

 greenifh macro ; lower pair two-lobed, large, ftriped with 

 w «ite along the middle ; intermediate ones fmall, nearly equal 

 to the upper petal, and, like that, variegated with feveral dark 

 fed ftreaks, connate at the bafe with the lower petals. Neftary 

 cowl-ftaped, with a recurved fpur, nearly as long as the 

 «ower. 



Native of the Eaft-Indies, whence the feeds were brought 



y Dr. Roxburgh. Communicated by Mr. Salisbury, 



worn his Botanic-Garden in Sloane-Street. Is a tender an- 



*>ual, requiring the fame treatment as the common garden 



