174 XXXI. GERANIACEiE. 



12. Impatiens latifolia, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 937. A robust 

 branclied glabrous annual, 2-3 ft. high : branches alternate. Leaves 

 membranous, 2-5 by |-2 in., alternate, subopposite or subverticillate, 

 often crowded at the ends of the branches, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 crenate-serrate (the crenatures often setose), glabrous or pubescent 

 above, glabrous beneath, base cuneate ; petioles 1-2 in. long, glabrous. 

 Flowers 1-H in- across, rose-purple or violet, in axillary fascicles ; 

 pedicels very slender, usually recurved in fruit. Sepals ovate, cuspidate. 

 Standard broad, 2-lobed, winged and spurred behind. Wings 2-lobed. 

 Lip greenish-white or reddish, boat-shaped, acuminate. Spur green, 

 long, slender, straight or incurved. Capsules ellipsoid, turgid. Fl. B. I. 

 v. 1, p. 450 ; Grab. Cat. p. 34 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 44. 



Common on the Konkan hills. Konkan : Stocks I, Law !, Dahell ^' Gibson. 



13. Impatiens lucida, Heync, in Wall Cat. (1828) 4738. A 

 slender glabrous annual, 4-8 in. high. Leaves subopposite or whorled, 

 1^_4 by |-2 in., ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, crenate-serrate 

 (the crenatures sometimes setose), glabrous or with a few scattered hairs 

 above, paler beneath, base cuneate ; petioles ^-1^ in. long, very slender, 

 glabrous. Flowers small, | in. across, solitary or fascicled. Sepals 

 small, ovate, acute. Standard orbicular-oblong, horned and keeled at 

 the back. Wings with broad (nearly orbicular) terminal lobes and 

 scarcely any lateral ones. Spur very long, 3 or 4 times as long as the 

 flower," slender, incurved. Capsules ^ in. long, ellipsoid, turgid in the 

 middle, attenuated at both ends, glabrous. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 451. 



Konkan : S/0(7:s ! 



14. Impatiens Balsamina, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 938. Annual, 

 erect, 1-3 ft. high ; stem glabrous or pubescent, slightly branched. 

 Leaves alternate, up to 6 in. long, lanceolate, acuminate, deeply serrate, 

 glabrous, decurrent into a glandular petiole. Flowers rose-colored, 

 showy ; pedicels 1-3, axillary, slender, pubescent, shorter than the leaves. 

 Sepals minute, ovate. Standard small, orbicular, retuse, horned. Wings 

 broad, the lateral lobes rounded, the terminal sessile, very large. Lip 

 small, boat -shaped, mucronate. Spur short or long, incurved. Capsules 

 tomentose. Seeds reticulate. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 453 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 1, p. 203 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 334. 



Var. 1. coccinea. Leaves very deeply serrate. Flowers medium- 

 sized. Spur long and slender. /. Balsamina, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 44 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 34 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 2G6 ; 

 I. cornuta, Linn. This is the common form in the Bombay Presidency. 



Western Gbits widely, Woodrow; Purva Ghut, lUtchie, 123.'; hills north of 

 Belgauni, ]Utchic\; Konkan: Balzcll\, Sfocksl 



Vae. 2. hrevicalcarata, T. Cooke. Leaves reaching 6 in. long, narrow- 

 lanceolate. Flowers smaller. Standard winged at the back, horned at 

 the apex. Spur very short, stout, incurved. 



Tliis variety ocnirrf at Mnhableshwar and docs not agree with any of the varieties 

 given in the Flora of British India. It agrees with a specimen in Herb. Kew. from 

 Bottler's Herbarium, marked /. cornuta from Samulcoft. 



15. Impatiens scabriuscula, Ife>/ne, in Ito.vh. Fl. Lml. {ed. Carey) 

 v. 2 (1821) p. 404. Low, erect, 4-10 in. high, usually much-branched, 



