Piate 2655. 
IMPATIENS GRANDIFLORA, Hems/. 
GERANIACEX. Tribe BALSAMINER. 
~I, "amen ta Hemsl. (sp. nov.); speeies magnitudine florum 
insig 
axillis foliorum superiorum solitari i va arp graciliter pedicellati 
icellis quam foliis brevioribus basi bracteis parvis muniti os — 
3, lateralia late ovata, acuminata, posticum in calcar gracile cur 
productum. Petala \ateralia obliqua, alte bifida, segmentis bilobulatis 
vel em nk ere anterioribus longioribus. Capsula matura non visa, ut 
videtur clava 
iis : without special locality, Warpur. 
Impatiens (ning the Hemsl., is one of many instances of unusually 
large flowers for the genus in the Madagascar Flora. Jxora sipho- 
nantha, Oliver, of this work, plate 2236, having flowers eight inches 
long, is another.—W. Borrine Humsbey 
Fig. 1, andrecium ; 2, pistil—Both enlarged. 
