966. IMPATIENS FRUTICOSA (D.C.) erect, branched : 
stems glabrous, glaucous : leaves alternate, long-pe- 
tioled ; upper side hairy, particularly on the veins; 
under tomentose: petioles villous, glanduliferous : 
peduncles glabrous, shorter than the leaves, dividing 
into several long 1-flowered pedicels : flowers shorter 
than the spur : lateral sepals large, concave, round- 
ish-ovate, acuminated : filaments united at the apex : 
stigmas combined: capsule glabrous, tapering at 
both ends.— W. and A. Prod. p.137. 
This noble species I have only found about Kot- 
tergherry and Coonoor, it seems to be in flower the 
greater part of the year. The specimen figured was 
gathered in August, and I afterwards found it in full 
flower in March, 1118 usually met with on the banks 
of streams, in clumps of jungle and in such situations 
I have seen it upwards of 8 feet high, nearly every 
branch as richly covered with flowers as the figure, 
This species is well adapted for showing the com- 
pound nature of the lateral petals. 
967. IMPATIENS SCAPIFLORA (Heyne) glabrous: 
roo, tuberous : leaves radical, orbicular, deeply sinu- 
ate-cordate, the lobes overlapping, coriaceous ; under 
side paler, marked with numerous coloured nerves : 
scape bearing a many-flowered raceme, bracteated : 
pedicels alternate, solitary from each bractea, slender, 
in fruit becoming deflexed : lateral sepals ovate, 
small: spur sometimes tumid and inflated, sometimes 
much elongated: petals 2 lobed; posterior lobe 
small; anterior elongated, projecting forward.— JV. 
and A. Prod. p. 137. 
This very beautiful but unusual form of Balsam 
occurs in great profusion in dry pastures all over 
the upper range of Hills, but is most plentiful 
nbout Dodabet, flowering from July till October or 
Noveinber, but isin greatest perfection io September 
when it is most conspicuous. In this the lower half 
of the compound petals is lobed, affording a useful 
epecific character. 
968 Impatiens MODESTA(R. W.)leaves few, radical, 
broadly cordate-ovate, or sub-orbicular, hairy above ; 
giabrous and pale shining glaucous beneath: scape 
erect racemose many flowered ; flowers small, 7 
long pedicelled, from the axil of a small subulate 
bractea: upper sepal broad obovate or suborbicular, 
the lateral ones narrow lanceolate or subulate incum- 
bent on the upper; lower shorter than the petals 
with a short obtuse spur: petals declining, 3 lobed 
(lower petal two cleftupper entire) hairy near the 
attachment: capsule glabrous ovate. (R. W. Madras 
Journal.) 
Damp woods about Pycarah, flowering July and 
August. Plant from 8 to 12 inches high, leaves from 
13 to 2 inches broad flowers from 10 to 20. Petals ap- 
proximated and, until closely examined,the whole flower 
has much the appearance of an Orchidacious plant. 
This description is taken from plants growing in 
shady woods on the top of the Hills at Shevagherry 
near Conrtallum, but quite corresponds with the 
Neilgherry plant. ን 
969. ImPATIENS RUFESCENS (Benth.) stems erect, 
branched, jointed, glabrous: leaves shortly-petioled, 
from elliptic and slightly cordate to obovate, sharply 
serrated ; upper side hispid with short callous hairs ; 
under glabrous and whitish, except the nerves which 
are hairy: pedicels solitary or in pairs, about the 
length of the leaves, villous: posterior sepals much 
smaller than the petals ; anterior saccate, without a 
spur : anterior lobes of the petals oblong, protruded, 
much larger than the short roundish posterior one: 
capsule oval, glabrous.— W. and A. Prod. p. 138. 
_ Frequent in swampy grounds and on the marshy 
Sides of small streams, flowering during the rainy sea- 
son, but may be met with in flower the greater part of 
the year near springs, where the ground is alw ays wet. 
This species affords an example of the great inequa- 
lity in the size of the two halves of the compound 
petals and of a saccate not spurred sepal. 
.970. Impatiens INCONSPICUA (Benth.:) branched, 
diffuse, glabrous: leaves opposite, nearly sessile, 
from oval to linear-lanceolate, slightly cordate at the 
base, remotely and slightly bristle-serrated; under 
side pale, glaucous: pedicels solitary or several 
together, shorter than the leaves, pubescent : lateral 
sepals nearly equal to the flowers, linear; lower one 
gibbous without a spur : capsule oval, glabrous, few- 
seeded.— W. and A. Prod. p. 139. 
This minute and little known species I have only 
found on Dodabet and on the top of the bill immedi- 
ately beyond and to the south of Elk Hill: in the 
latter station among craggy exposed rocks. It flowers 
in November, and, but for its abundance where it does 
grow, wouldindeed be truly inconspicuous. This 
like the preceding, is distinguished by its unequal, 
petals and saccate not spurred sepals, 
970. IMPATIENS LESCHENAULTA (Wall.:) suffruticose 
erect, branched ; branches ascending, almost gla- 
brous : leaves alternate, short petioled, ovate lanceo- 
late, acuminated, acute at tbe base, glabrous, with 
bristly incurved serratures : petioles without glands; 
pedicels solitary, shorter than the leaves: lateral 
sepals minute, caducous; spur slender, tapering, 
rather longer than the flowers, curved upwards: cape 
sules small, drooping, glabrous, ovate, pointed, few- 
seeded.— W. and A. Prod, p. 136. 
This is one of the most common species on the 
Hills, being found in every thicket and in flower at 
all seasons. It is quite a shrub in its habit and often 
attains a considerable size. In shady woods and 
moist soil I have seen it fully 8 feet high. It is so 
nearly allied to Z. latifoila as to be scarcely dis- 
tinguishable by technical characters, but, when seen 
growing side by side, they are readily recognized. The 
flowers of this are pale rose colour or nearly white ; 
those of 1. latifolia pink and considerably larger. 
971 PırTosPoRUM TETRASPERMUM(W. & A,:) leaves 
elliptic-oblong, acute, coriaceous, glabrous, margins 
slightly waved and recurved: flowers in a terminal 
sessile umbel ; peduncles aggregated, usually 1-, rarely 
2-flowered, pubescent : sepals pubescent, lanceolate, 
acumivated, minute, many times shorter than the co- 
rolla: petals linear: ovary hairy: style glabrous: 
stigmas 2-lobed : ovules 2 in each cell: capsule 
nearly globose, scarcely compressed, 4-seeded; 
valves thick coriaceous.— W. and A. Prod. p. 154. 
Ootacamund in clumps of jungle: a large shrub 
flowering in February and March. ‘The figure differs 
in two points from the character which was taken 
from dry specimens, The stigmais 4, not 2-lobed, 
and the capsules are somewhat compressed. The lobes 
of the stigma are at best so minute that a mistake 
might easily have happened, and the capsules are at 
first perfectly globose but become flattened when quite 
mature. The dark streak on the longitudinal section 
of the seed does not represent the embryo which the 
draftsman has failed to detect, being very minute and 
situated at the base of the seed. P. Neilgherrense 
is also found in the jungles about Qotacamund and 
Pycarrah ;a third undescribed species is found at 
Sisparab, all of which are in flower at the same time 
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