PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Herbs ekect, with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Leap Margins Toothed. 



Impatiens racemosa 



Geraniace^.. 

 F. B. I. i. 479. 

 Himalaya, 5-8,000 ft. 

 Simla, Fagu. 

 Narkanda (Collett). 



Petals Ununited. 



large, annual, smooth, slender, branched ; leaves 

 0-9 in., lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, long- 

 pointed, round-toothed, teeth or sinus gland-tipped, 

 leaf stalk ^-2 in., slender, stipules of two sessile 

 or stalked glands or none; flowers small, ^ in. 

 yellow in racemes or umbel like clusters, flower- 

 stalks slender, ^ in. long, bracts persistent, ovate, 

 gland-pointed, two upper sepals ovate or oblong 

 gland-pointed, lower (lip) boat-shaiDed narrowed 

 into a slender tapering, nearly straight spur, g in. 

 long, upper petal (standard) not spurred nor winged, 

 lateral petals (wings) darker spotted, with a long- 

 linear process descending into the spur ; capsule 

 ^-f in.; for other characters see the last species. 



impatiens laxiflora, like the last species, but the leaves are usually 



Geraniace/e. smaller, leaf stalk longer, stipules always present, 



F. B. I. i. 479. flowers slightly larger ; lateral petals (wings) with- 



Himalaya, 5-10,000 ft. out the tail-like process, spur longer not straight. 



Simla, Hattu (Collett). with clubbed tip. 



Impatiens micranthe- 

 mum, 



Geraniace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 481. 

 Himalaya, 6-10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Edgeworth). 

 Hattu (Collett). 

 Changlagalli (Douie). 



Impatiens brachycentra, 



Geraniaoe^. 

 F. B. I. i. 481. 

 Himalaya, 8-12,000 ft. 

 Murree (Fleming). 



like the last species, but the winged leaf-stalks 

 are prolonged down the stem, flowers white with 

 red and yellow spots, much smaller, ^ in. long, spur 

 also J in., straight. 



medium-size, stem not winged, slender, smooth, 

 branched ; leaves 2-5 in., ovate-lanceolate, round- 

 toothed, teeth tipped with a glandular bristle, long- 

 stalked, long-pointed; stipular glands often present; 

 flowers J in. long, white in racemes or umbel-like 

 clusters in the axils of upper leaves, lip boat-shaped, 

 spur minute or none, capsule narrow oblong J in., 

 nearly cylindric, tapering to a point ; otherwise like 

 the rest of this genus. 



