baLsamine^. 69 



Impatiens goughii Wight Herb. ! ; F.B.L i 452, V3II 

 33 ; Gough's Water Balsam. A delicate well branch- 

 ed herb, 4 to 8 inches high, but sometimes with longer 

 horizontal stem from which erect branches rise ; quite 

 glabrous. Leaves without stipules, mostly opposite or 

 often two to three near each other, the internodes varying 

 much in length : stalk y^to% inch : blade up to I by 

 inch, ovate-lanceolate acute, often rounded at the base but 

 drying acute, coarsely serrate (seven to ten teeth on each 

 margin), glabrous, thin. Peduncles I J^ to 3 inches solitary 

 in the leaf-axils but often falsely whorled, slender : pedi- 

 cels falsely umbelled in the axils of minute bracts, /^ to 

 % inch, capillary. Flowers pink, ^ to J4 inch across, in 

 shape not unlike a UTRICULARIA : buds globose. Lip 

 shallow, spur half its length acute, curved slightly, for- 

 wards. Wing petal with a slight projection at the base 

 fitting into the spur and two lobes : the terminal lobe 

 with a shallow bay in the end side, the lateral lobe 

 rectangular rounded at each end and attached at the 

 side. Standard nearly circular with short spur just 

 below the upper margin. Capsule ovoid, acute at both 

 ends. Ye inch. Seeds hairy, t. 55- Wight Ic. 1. 1603. 

 Bourne 2263,^ 2826. 



By the side of streams. Pulneys : below and near Kodai- 

 kanal {Barber 7582 !) Nilgiris : Pykara and below. 



Gen, Dist. Western Ghats 5,000 to 7,000 feet. 



Impatiens campanulata Wight; F.B.L i 463, VIII 

 70; White Sun-bonnet. A stout herb, ij^ feet high and 

 upwards, not much if at all branched, glabrous. Leaves 

 all alternate, 3J^ to 4 by i J^ to 2% inches broadly elliptic, 

 acute at both ends, crenate with sharp points which are 

 especially conspicuous near the base ; stalk J^ to 2 inches. 

 Peduncles stout, 2 to 3 inches ; pedicels ^ inch, crowded 

 (three to five) near the top in axils of ovate-lanceolate 

 bracts }^ inch long. Buds ovoid acute with a very distinct 



