P dis BALSAMINE, ‘457 
Lu bacis of a loves, but of this I.am b» no means s sure, 
-8-9. 
© Mother stage bacis the great elongation of the axis 
(bearing the carpellary leaves which however have.no tendency _ 
to explanation, some of'the- second calycine leaves have 
become. petiolate. Beyond this I can,say nothing, these - 
. leaves however appear to be more irregularly situated : see 
. fig. 10. 
^ With regard to stage, fig. 6, casual examination leads me 
to imagine, that the calycine leaves developed at a later period, 
in the axills of the carpellary ones, are transformed ovula. 
. The most interesting parts of the above imperfectly exa- 
> mined metamorphosis are, the evidently less tendency in the 
Stamina to assume the form of leaves, the decided objection 
A z explanation in the carpellary.leaves, and in their axils be- 
Coming the nidus as it were, for the attempt at the formation 
of another flower. 
— Naga Hills: March 10th, 1836. 
-. 2. Oxalis sp. Pl. DXL. Fig. III. Itinerary Notes, p. 149, 
* 
. Has. Bootan. 
 BALSAMINE A. 
Ed IMPATIENS. 
> ‘Impatiens malayensis, Gr. Pl. DLXXVI. Fig. II. 
. Herbacea, ramosa, caulibus ramisque pubescent. foliis 
utrinque attenuatis elongato-lanceolatis argute serratis, subtus 
: ad nervos pubescentib. petiolis pluri-glandulosis, floribus 
Piden 4-5 confertis, calcare su ubulato. mE corollàm 
p apum biseriatis, seriei externa minimi brac- 
mucranato, infera 
alosa in. calcar- odasi mucronata, 
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