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ON SEEDLINGS 



Impatiens fruticosa, Lesch. (fig. 235). 



Hypocotyl succulent, terete near the base, obtuse- quadrangular 

 just below the seed-leaves, glabrous, about 5 cm. long, 3-4 mm. 

 thick, brownish. 



Cotyledons very similar to those of I. Balsamina, obscurely 

 trinerved, plane, fleshy, glabrous except the broad, reddish, 

 slightly downy petiole, yellowish-green above, pale and shining 

 beneath. 



FIG. 235. Impatiens fruticosa. Nat. size. 



1st internode 



Stem succulent, terete, glabrous, light green ; 

 2 or 3 cm. long, 3 mm. (or more) thick, 2nd shorter. 



Leaves. Nos. 1-6. All alike ; 5-6 cm. long, including the stout, 

 hairy, short petiole ; 2'5 cm. or more broad, ovate -elliptic, subacute 

 at base, acuminate at apex, equally shallowly serrate, teeth niucro- 

 nate ; very distinctly penninerved, covered all over with a long soft 

 pubescence (woolly to touch), bright green above, paler beneath. 



