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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Impatiens 
continued, 
I, chinensis (Chinese). fl. red; peduncles axillary, solitary or 
twin ; spur long, filiform. July and August. l. opposite, sessile, 
lanceolate, setaceously serrated. h. 2ft. India, 1840. Greenhouse 
annual, 
lata.) 
I. cornigera (horn-bearing). A synonym of 7. glandulifera. 
I. flaccida (flaccid).* /l. rich purple, flat, about 2in. long. Summer. 
i. dark shining green, about 4in. long. Mountains of Malabar, 
Ceylon, &c., 1861. hk. 6in. to 18in. Greenhouse annual. (B. M. 
5276.) A pale purple-flowered form of this is figured in B. M. 
5625, under name of /. latifolia. 
I. f. alba (white) differs from the typical species only in having 
pure white flowers. Greenhouse annual. This form is frequently 
met with in gardens under the names of J. Sultani alba and 
1. platypetala alba. 
I. fulva (tawny). /l. orange-colour, thickly spotted with reddish- 
brown, loosely panicled at the ends of the branches, hanging 
sefully on their slender nodding stalks, the open mouth of the 
orn-shaped sepal upward; sac longer than broad, acutely 
conical, tapering into a strongly-inflexed spur. June to Sep- 
tember, 
4ft. North America, but naturalised within the last half 
ceutury in Britain, and spreading rapidly. Hardy annual. (Sy. 
En. B. 314.) 
SYN, I. setacea. (B. M. 4631, under name of J. fascicu- 
Fic. 286. FLOWERING SHOOT OF IMPATIENS BALSAMINA 
FLORE-PLENO, 
glandulifera (gland-bearing). /l. rose, axillary, fascicled and 
— pedicelled ; spur short, minute. August. l. whorled, 
- lanceolate, glandularly serrate ; stipules glandular. Ceylon, 1839, 
Greenhouse annual. (B. M. 4623, under name of 7. cornigera.) _ 
I. Hookeriana (Hooker's).* fl. white, streaked with crimson, 
large; petals broad. Winter. Jl. large, pale green. h. 24ft. 
= Ceylon, 1852. Stove perennial. (B. M. 4704.) 
(Mrs. Jerdon’s).* fl. large, axillary, six to eight ina 
pals green, side ones bright yellow ; pouch bright red. 
oval, disposed on the upper pan of the gouty stems. 
t Indies, 1852. A rare but distinct and ornamental 
stove perennial species, which should have partial rest during 
winter. It requires an intermediate degree of moisture and tem- 
perature, and a situation near the glass. (B. M. 4739.) 
macrophylla (large-leaved). (fl. yellow, red; peduncles 
one-flowered, aggregated; spur — July and August. J. 
large, alternate, ovate-acuminate, mucronate, serrate. — h. 3ft. 
Mountains of Ceylon, 1838. Stove perennial. (B. M..4662.) 
I. noli-me- re, Touch-me-not. fl. yellow, spotted internally 
with red, large; peduni three or four-fiowered. July. l 
ovate, coarsely toothed, h. lft. to Lift. ( 
Siberia, and West Asia. Hardy annual. (Sy. En. B. 313.) 
I. pallida (pale). /. paw Yellow, sparingly dutted with brownish- 
red; sac dilated, and very obtuse, broac as than long, tipped with 
a short incurved spur. July to. September. 7. ovate or oval, 
coarsely toothed, petioled. North America, Hardy annual. 
— — (broad-petaled). l. rose; petals transversely obcor- 
; peduncles one-flowered, shorter than the aves ; spur 
cluster ; 
_ Summer. 
. 
Europe Britain), 
l. ovate or oval, coarsely toothed, petioled. h. 2ft.-to- 
by the pollen-tubes. 
Impatiens—coniinued. 
filiform, falcate. Summer. l. whorled, oblong - lanceolate, 
argutely serrated. h. 14ft. Java, 1844. Stove annual. (B. R. 
xxxii. 68.) 
I. p. alba (white). A garden name for J. flaccida alba, 
I. pulcherrima (fairest). jl. red; peduncles two or three, 
axillary, one-flowered ; spur filiform, July. Z. alternate, ovate, 
setaceously serrated, glaucous beneath. A. 6ft. Bombay, 1848. 
Greenhouse annual. (B. M. 4615.) 
I. repens (creeping). /. bright yellow, large. Summer. J. 
small, very dark green, h. 14ft. Ceylon, 1848. A compact-grow- 
ing stove biennial, making an excellent basket plant. (B. M. 
4404.) a i 
Fig. 287. IMPATIENS ROYLEI, showing Top of Flowering 
Branch, detached Flower, and Young Seed Vessel. 
I. Roylei (Royle’s).* /l. purple, many-umbelled or short-racemed ; 
standard two-lobed ; wings broad ; lip succate, very obtuse ; spur 
short ; peduncles sub-terminal. August. J. usually opposite and 
whorled, lanceolate or ovate-lanceoiate, sharply serrate. A. 10ft. 
India, 1839. Hardy annual. See Fig. 287. (B. M. 4020, and 
B. R. xxvi. 22, under name of I, glandulifera.) 
R. macrochila (large-lipped). jl. rose, terminal, umbellate. 
July and August. Z, upper ones alternate, ovate-lanceolate, 
serrate ; petioles glandular. h. 8ft. North India, 1838. Plant 
erect, Hardy annual. (B, R. 1840, 8.) í 
I, R. moschata (musky). l. alternate and whorled, coarsely 
serrate, less glandular. 
scabrida (scabrid). fl. yellow, with minute purple dots; 
peduncles two to six-flowered. July. J. lanceolate, cuspidately 
serrated, acuminated, pubescent. Stem purplish, slightly angular. 
h. 2ft. to 3ft. Himalaya, 1827. Hardyannual. SYN, I. tricornis. 
(B. M. 4051 ; B. R. 1840, 9.) 
I. setacea (bristly). A synonym of T. chinensis. 
I. Sultani (Sultan of Zanzibar’s).* fl. scarlet; petals quite flat; 
dorsal (or standard) obovate-orbicular, retuse, rather smaller than 
the others; lateral petals cleft to the base into obovate-cuneate 
equai flat lobes; lip drawn out into a long, slender, curved spur. 
l. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Zanzibar. A glabrous, erect- 
branched, rather succulent, stove perennial herb, and an almost 
continuous flowerer. (B. M. 6643.) — 
LS. alba (white). A garden name for I. flaccida alba. 
I. tricornis (three-horned). A synonym of T. scabrida. 
I. Walkeri (Walker’s).* jl, scarlet (except two green outer sepals 
liin. to ldin. long; anterior sepal somewhat pitcher-shaped, 
elongated, contracted below the mouth, attenuated at the other 
extremity into-a conical, subulate, incurved spur; peduncles 
erect; pedicels long, slender. Winter. Z deep green, penni- 
nerved, din. to 4in. long, petioled, scattered, ovate or ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, tapering at base; margins serrated, and 
tipped with soft bristles. Stem dap purple, erect. h. lft. to lżft. 
Ceylon. - Stove perennial. (B. M. J 
IMPLEXOUS. Entangled; interlaced. 
IMPREGNATION. The fertilisation of the ovule 
See also Hybridising. 
INARCHING. See Grafting. * 
INARTICULATED. Without joints. 
INCARVILLEA (named after P. Incarville, a 
Chinese Jesuit, and a botanical correspondent of Bernard 
de Jussieu, in the year 1743). ORD. Bignoniacee. A 
