296 BENGAL PLANTS. [Ave 
266. Averrnoa Carampora Linn.; F. I. ii. 450; F. B.L 
E. D. A. 1646. in, 
Planted rather frequently everywhere ; occasionally 
self-sown. 
Planted everywhere; and often occurring self-sown. 
A tree, Vernac. Bilimbi. 
131. Impatiens Linn. 
2 connate petals. Disk 0. Stamens 5; filaments short bro 
anthers connivent, usually connate. Ovary oblong, - 
stigma sessile 5-toothed; ovules numerous 1-seriate in 
loculus. Fruit a 5-valved loculicidal capsule, the valves 
rating elastically from the axis. Seeds tubercled or smooth, ha 
or glabrous; albumen 0; embryo straight 
» Impatiens Batsamina Linn. ;P.1L. i051; PF Bes nee 
Chota Nagpur, very common near police outposts 
villages, but also now extending far into the forests. ae 
A “herb. Hind. Gul-mendi; Beng. Dupati; U 
Haragaura, 
132. Hydrocera Bl. : 
Herbs, erect, aquatic; leaves alternate narrow; stipules 
Flowers irre, » On short axillary 1-2-flowered peduncles. Sepals 
5, petaloid, imbricate; the 2 lateral outer flat, the posi’ 
Spurred. Petals 5, anterior outmost in bud large, concave; 
Me 21 r; 8 5; filaments short broad; anthers nannies : 
stigmas 5, sessile; ovules 2-3 in each loculus. 
