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* IMPATIENS rosea. 

 Small Pink Balsam. 



PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 

 Nat. ord. Balsamine.*: (Geraniacearum mera §). 

 IMPATIENS. Linn. 



rosea ; annua, caule pubescente, foliis lineari-lanceolatis serratis, pedun- 

 culis unifloris aggregatis axillaribus foliis quadruplo brevioribus, sepalo 

 dorsali mucronato inermi, calcare brevi ventricoso glabro apice constricto 

 incurvo, petalorum biloborum lacinia. nana rotundata, majore oblonga 

 dimidiata obtusa planiuscula fructu lanato. Bot. Register, 1841. misc. 

 p. 6. no. 22. 



A beautiful half-hardy annual from the Himalayas, intro- 

 duced by the Court of Directors of the East India Company. 

 It requires exactly the same treatment as the common garden 

 Balsam, and grows to as large a size. The paper that con- 

 tained the seed was marked " Woolly-podded Balsam, found 

 growing on old ruins." 



The leaves are from six to eight inches long, linear-lanceo- 

 late, more tapering to the base than to the point, bordered 

 with fine saw-teeth, each of which is tipped with a minute 

 sharp callosity. The flowers appear in clusters, from the 

 axils of the leaves, all along the stem and branches. Their 

 stalks are blood-red, and about as long as those of the leaves. 

 The sepals are deep rose colour ; the back one being simple 

 and produced abruptly into a point, while the front one has a 

 short green horn abruptly turned upwards. The petals are 

 much larger and paler than the sepals, and of the two lobes of 

 which they consist the smaller are rounded and erect, while 

 the larger are half oblong, and hang down like a double lip 

 in front of the flower. The pods are oblong, and covered 

 with white wool. 



* See Botanical Register, 1840. t. 2. 



