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■b C. G. H.— P. dasycaulon, Sims. ; B. M. 46, t. 2049. ^ C. G. H. 

 — P. odoratissimum , Ait. %. C. G. H. — P. glomeratum, Jacq. (P. aus- 

 trale, Swt. ger. t. 68.) %. N. Holland. Commonly cultivated in the 

 Madras Presidency. 



ORDER C— BALSAMINACEiE.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 138. 



THE BALSAM TRIBE. 



Succulent, herbaceous, generally annual plants, sometimes under-shrub- 

 by, referred to 2 or 3 genera. Of these DC. pr. mentions ; 1 species for 

 Europe ; 1 for Siberia ; 2 for N. America ; 1 for Madagascar ; 2 for 

 China; and Harvey, 2 for S. Africa. The rest have all been found in the 

 E. Indies, vphere, according to our materials, they amount to 74 species 

 of Impatiens ; and 2 of Hydrocera. Several have, however, been found 

 lately in Ceylon, Courtallum, and the Shevagerj' Hills. — They are eminent- 

 ly alpine plants, luxuriating in moisture and a moderate temperature, espe- 

 cially during the rainy season, and they, therefore, chiefly inhabit moun- 

 tains and hills from the Himalayas down to Ceylon, and the Malacca 

 Peninsula — Excepting Hydrocera angustifolia, Bl. we are unacquainted with 

 the Javanese forms of the order. (See Wight, ill. \, p 156, 160.) 



"Chiefly remarkable for the elastic force with which the valves of the 

 fruit separate at maturity, expelling the seeds." (Lindl) 

 Impatiens, L. (W. and A. pr. \,p. 135.) 



1. Balsamina, L. {W. and. A. I. c.) CWt'^fW Dopatee. 



a. sylvestris ; (I. Balsamina, J. Grah. Cat. B.pl.p. 34. — I. coccinea, 

 Sims; — B. M. 31, t. 1256. — Balsamina coccinea, DC. pr. \,p. 685. 

 — B. cornuta, DC. o. c. p. 586. — I. cornuta, L. — Burm. zeyl. t. 16, 

 /.I.) © Ceylon. Coromandel. Bombay. Banks of the Irawaddi. Ben- 

 gal, (Serampore.) Fl. large, scarlet ; and fr. nearly the whole year. 



/3. hortensis ; (I. Balsamina, L. ; — Lam. ill. t. 725 ^—Roxb. fl. ind. 1. 

 p. 651 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 452.— Balsamina hortensis, DC. pr. 1, p. 

 685 ; — Rheed. 9, t. 52 }—Rumph. 5, t. 90.) © Cultivated in gardens. 

 Fl. large, scarlet, crimson, purple, white, variegated ; and fr. 

 January, Feb. and H. S. 



2. tripetala, Roxb. ( /. ind. 1,/). 651 ; ed. Carey. 2. p. 453 — I. terni- 

 folia, Buck.) © Khassya Mountains. Assam. Fl. large, red, tinged 

 with yellow ; and fr. the whole year. 



Hydrocera, Bl. {W. and A. pr. ],p. 140.) 



1. triflora, W. and A. {pr. I. c. — Impatiens triflora, L. ;—DC. pr. I, p. 

 687.— I. natans, Willd. ;—DC .1. c.;—Roxb. fl. ind. \, p. 652; ed. 

 Carey, 2, p. 455 ; — Burm. zeyl. t. 16,/. 2.) CHt^^ Domootee. ® Cey- 

 lon. Tanjore. Banks of the Attran River. Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. 

 large, white, variegated with red and yellow, R. S ; fr. C. S, 



