Plate 2540. 



IMPATIENS FLANAGANJE, Hems/. 



Geraniace.e. Tribe Balsamine^e. 

 I. Flanaganae, Ilemsl. (sp. nov.) ; ab /. capensi, species sola ex 



Africa australi hactenus cognita, magnitudine et plantse et florum valde 

 differ t. 



Perenuis? 11 2-pedalis, undique glabra, caulibus ut videtursimplicibus 

 vix carnosis, internodiis brevissimis. Folia alterna, longe petiolata, 

 meinbranacea, ovato-oblonga, cum petiolis 6-15 poll, longa, crenato- 

 dentata crenis apiculatis. Flares circiter bipollicares, racemosi ; racemi 

 axillares, laxi, longe graciliterque pedunculati, folia longe superantes. 

 Sepala 5, 2 antica et 2 lateralia similia, lanceolata, acuta ; sepalum 

 calcaratum sursum curvatum. Petala lateralia valde inaequaliter 

 bilobata, lobis rotund atis. Fit amenta basi apiceque leviter cohaerentia. 

 Capsula immatura elevata, circiter pollicaris, glabra. 



South Africa : Woods on the banks near the mouth of the St. 

 John's river, Pondoland, Mrs. Flanagan ; Bolus, 8729. 



The number of species of Impatiens now known to inhabit the 

 mountains of tropical Africa is considerable, but the very distinct 

 one here figured is, I believe, only the second one found within the 

 limits of Cape Colony. It is named after Mrs. Flanagan, the first 

 discoverer, and wife of Mr. H. G. Flanagan, an ardent botanical explorer 

 of South- Eastern Africa. — W. Botting Hemsley. 



Fig. 1, a flower-bud in an advanced stage; 2, spurred sepal ; 3, outer petal from a 

 bud ; 4, audrcecium. All enlarged* 



