IMANTOPHYLLUM 



IMPHEE 



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IMANTOPHYLLUM. 



IMMORTELLES. Consult Everlasting Flowers. 



IMPATIENS (from the Latin; having reference to the 

 pods, which, when ripe, on slight pressure burst open, 

 scattering the seed). Geraiiiiiceie. (By some referred 

 to Balsaminacew.) Tender, succulent herbs with 

 very fleshy stems and simple leaves usually alter 

 nate and the upper ones often in whorls pe 

 duncles axillary, with 1-G or more fls. of 

 colors: sepals 3 (seldom 5), the posterior one 

 taking on a spur-like shape; petals 5 or 

 3, in which case 2 are grown together: 

 fr. a pod, which, when ripe, bursts when 

 pinched, scattering the seeds. About 

 220 species, mainly from tropical India 

 and Africa. About 20 have found their 

 way into cultivation for the most part 

 as greenhouse plants, I. Balsamina being the s]jecies 

 best known as an outdoor annual. See Balsam, Propa- 

 gation by cuttings and seed. 



A. P,>V,ni.:les will, single fls. 



Hdwkeri, W. Bull. A Im-liy, suft-wooded plant with 

 well branched sttni^ .if a ■lull n-d color; Ivs. opposite or 

 in whorls of 3, ovate acuniinate, serrate, dark green: 

 peduncles axillary, long and slender: tis. rounded in 

 outline, about 3 in. in diam., deep carmine, with a white 

 eye. South Sea Islands. Int. about 188G. G.C. 11.25:761. 

 I.H. 34:2. — A greenhouse plant, needing an intermediate 

 temperature. Plants from early spring cuttings bloom 

 all summer and into autumn. 



platyp6tala, Lindl. (/. pulchh-rima, Dalzell. /. lati- 

 folia, Hort. ). Stems strong, succulent, branched and 

 usually reddish purple: Ivs. whorled, lanceolate or oval, 

 serrate, hairy beneath: peduncles axillary, shorter than 



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protected and warm situations outdoors. Prop, by cut- 

 tings, and during growth should be treated like Gloxinias. 

 Var. Lucie or Lucy belongs here. 



AA. Peduncles with 1-2 fls. 



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..M. 0C43. 



:4S8; 42, 



ilso by cut- 



the Ivs.: fis. large, rose-colored: spur sickle-shaped, 

 rather thin and petals transversely obcordate. Summer. 

 Java. R.H. 1847:221. B.R. 32:68. -Needs a moderate to 

 warm temp., and may be used as a house-plant or in 



1129. Impatiens Roylei (X )^). 



Ivs. elliptical or lanceolate and narrowed into a petiole 



about 1 in. long; lower Ivs. alternate, upper ones almost 



whorled: peduTiflf^ axillary, of a rich rf 



original form. ll\l>ri.N and -imrt- havi- 



from pink tf aliiM^-r |iiii|.lr, .in- 1 a w liil-> \ 



ists. Spur is v.i\- h.im .111(1 Mini, /.aii/.ili; 



Gn. 23, p. 331. \'.7 ::;_',-i, :;.'i.. s.ll. -Jiliso. I, 



p. 140. R.H. 18.'<4:12. -Increased by seed! , 



tings. which root readily. With /. nookeriana, the best 



in cult. A greenhouse plant; it also does well as a house 



plant, blooming almost continuously. 



AAA. Peduncles with 2-i fls.: plant S-4 ft. 



ailrea, Muhl. (/. pdllida. Nutt.). Pale Touch-me- 

 not. Jewel-weed. Fig. 1128. With /. biflora the rep- 

 resentatives of the family in the indigenous flora of the 

 U. S. Larger than I. biflora; otherwise similar to it, 

 with pale yellow fls. sparingly dotted with brownish red; 

 spur short, notched, and less than one-third the length 

 of the posterior sepal. Moist, shady places. July-Sept. 

 Quebec to Ore., Kans. and Ga. B.B. 2:404. -Procurable 

 from dealers in native plants. 



blflfira, Walt. (/. f)!?i>a, Nutt. ). Spotted .Touch-me- 

 not. Jewel-weed. With /. aurea representing the ge- 

 nus in the U. S. An annual with orange-colored fls., 

 mottled with reddish brown : spur strongly inflexed, 

 about half as long as posterior sepal. Moist, shady 

 places. July-October. Nova Scotia to Alaska, Ore., 

 Mo. and Fla: B.B. 2:403. D. 155.-Has been offered by 

 dealers in native plants. 



BalsAmina, Linn. (Balsamina hortdnsis,DC.). Gar- 

 den Balsam. See Vol. I, p. 126. 



AAAA. Peduncles with S-6 or m,ore fls. 



Hookeriana, Am. (/. biglanduldsa, M.oon. I.Sultdni 

 dlbn. Hort.). A very succulent much-branched plant, 

 growing to a height of 3 ft.: Ivs. long-petioled, ovate- 

 lanceolate, toothed : peduncles axillary in the upper 

 Ivs.: fls. large, white, spotted with purple on the large 

 lower petals; spur bent horn-shaped, and longer than 

 the fls. Blooms iu fall. Ceylon. B.M. 4704. -It is a per- 

 ennial, requires a moderate temp., and does not bloom 

 until well developed. Prop, by cuttings. One of the 

 best species in cult. 



E6ylei, Walp. (/. glanduUriern, Royle). Fig. 1129. 

 A rather coarse garden annual, with strong stem, suc- 

 culent and much-branched: lower Ivs. opposite ; upper 

 Ivs. usually in 3's and whorled, all ovate or ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, naked. 4 in. long, sharply serrate; basal serra- 

 tions and the petiole glandular: peduncles axillary, 

 with 3 or more fls. and very numerous toward top of 

 plant: fls. large, dark purple; spur very short. Aug., 

 Sept. India. B.M. 4020. B.R. 26:22. -Grown from seed, 

 needing but little care, and useful in groups. 



G. N. Lauman. 



IMPHEE. See Sorghum. 



