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points, has been communicated by (the late) Mr. Anderson, of the 

 Chelsea Garden, as brought from a wild station in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Bristol by (the late) Mr. Sweet ^^ (Supplement to 

 Eng. Bot.). 



Impatiens parviflora, Nutt. Small-floivered Balsam. Alien. — 

 Stem erect, round, smooth, shining, striated, slightly tumid, 

 branching and leafy. Leaves ovate or oblong, tapering at the 

 base, stalked, serrated ; teeth with spreading or spreading-erect 

 cartilaginous points. Peduncles axillary, elongate, many-flowered. 

 Spur of the hooded sepal elongated, small, tapering, straight. 

 Sepal opposite to the hooded one, with a thick herbaceovis rib, 

 both of them of a yellowish-white colour, the hooded one spotted 

 with orange. Petals minute, yellow, with orange dots. Fruit 

 angular. 



Naturalized about Nine Elms, Chelsea, Kew, and Mortlake. 

 I took a plant from Battersea Fields into my garden, and it has 

 propagated itself now five seasons ; it is become a weed as plen- 

 tiful as Erigeron canadense. 



Impatiens sp. — Stem erect, tapering, very thick at the base, 

 quite smooth, striated, scarcely tumid at the joints; branches 

 opposite, tapering like the stem. Leaves rather oblong than 

 ovate, tapering at both ends with very wide serratures (the teeth 

 are very far apart, and the lower teeth are terminated by long, 

 incurved, cartilaginous points) . Peduncles axillary, solitary, and 

 bearing several flowers. Hood deep orange, abruptly conical, 

 ivith an inflexed spur (the spur is bent like a crook) . 



On the banks of the Colne, Denham. Communicated by Mr. 

 C. A. Johnson, 49, Pall Mall. 



Impatiens glandulif era, Hook.? Gland-bearing Balsam. — Stems 

 very thick at • the base and tapering, quite smooth, angular, 

 branched and leafy. Leaves ovate-elongate, tapering at the 

 base, all petiolate, with sharp and rather close serratures ; teeth 

 terminated by elongate, cartilaginous teeth. Peduncles axillary, 

 many-flowered. Hood red, spotted with dark purple dots, with 

 a short blunt spur. Sepal opposite the hood (Petal of authors), 

 rounded, large, red ; the 2 lateral sepals herbaceo-membranous, 

 with a crooked point. Petals red or pink, with minute dark 

 purple dots. 



Will probably soon be partially naturalized in some places. 



