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Plants oj the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals ununited. 



nearly so, 5-valved, the ripe valves if shaken curl up 

 elastically and jerk out the many, scarcely tubercled, ob- 

 long seeds. 



Impatiens 

 amphorata, 



Geraxiace.^. 

 F. B. I. i. 475. 

 Himala3''a, 

 5-8,000 ft. 

 Simla Collett). 



medium size, annual, smooth, slender or robust, 

 leaves -8-6 in., lanceolate, round-toothed, a bristle-like 

 gland at the point of each rounded tooth, long-pointed, 

 stalked, stipules of 2 sessile or stalked glands, flowers 

 1-1^ in. long less the spur, purple, in racemes branched 

 or not, or in umbel -like clusters, lip large, deep broad, spur 

 ■| in., standard tip crested, wings wliite on the lower half, 

 capsule 1-1 1 in. ; otherwise like the last species. 



Impatiens 

 Edgeworthii, 



Geraniace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 476. 

 Kulu (Edgeworth). 



very like the last species, but with yellow and red 

 streaked flowers, bracts broader, lip funnel-shaped, main 

 stalks of flowers clustered, nearly terminal. 



Impatiens racemosa, 



Geraniace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 479. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-8,000'ft. 

 Simla, Fagu, 

 Narkanda (CoUett). 



large, annual, smooth, slender, branched, leaves 8-9 

 in., lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, long-pointed, round- 

 toothed, teeth or gap between gland-tipped, leaf stalk 1-2 

 in., slender, stipules of 2 sessile or stalked glands or none, 

 flowers small, | in., yellow, in racemes or umbel-like clusters, 

 flower stalks slender, | in. long, bracts persistent, ova'e, 

 gland-pointed, 2 upper sepals ovate or oblong, gland- 

 pointed, lower (lip) boat-shaped, narrowed into a slender 

 tapering, nearly straight spur, ^ in. long, upper petal 

 (standard) not spurred nor winged, lateral petals (wings) 

 darker spotted, with a long linear process descending into 

 the spur, capsule |-| in. ; for other characters see the last 

 species. 



Impatiens laxiflora, 



Geraniace.e. 

 F. B. I. i. 479. 

 Himalava, 

 5-10,000 ft. 

 Simla, Hattu 

 .CoUett). 



like the last species, but the leaves are usually smaller, 

 leaf stalk longer, stipules always present, flowers slightly 

 larger, lateral petals (wings) without the tail-like process, 

 spur longer, not straight, with clubbed tip. 



