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IMPATIENS PICTA. 



(Painted Impatiens.) 

 LINNEAN SYSTEM. NATURAL ORDER. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. LEGUMINOSiE § LOTE^J, Decand. 



GENERTC CHARACTER. 



Impatiens (Riv.) Antherce quinque, nempe 3 biloculares, 2 ante petalum superius 1 

 loculares. Stigmata 5 coalita. Capsula prismatico-teretiuscula elongata, valvis a basi ad 

 apicem extrorsum revolutis. Cotyledones planiusculae. Pedunculi axillares ramosi multiflori. 

 Capsula; glabrae. Folia alterna.— (De Cand. Prod. vol. i. p. 687.) 



Anthers five, namely, three 2-celled, the two situate before the upper petal 3 -celled. 

 Stigmas five, joined together. Capsules prismatically roundish elongated valves, exteriorly 

 revolute from the base to the apex. Cotyledons flatf ish. Peduncles axillary, branched, many- 

 flowered. Capsule smooth. Leaves alternate. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



I. picta ; annua ? glabra, caulibus ramosis punctatis, foliis ovatis acuminatis serratis, serra- 

 turis mucronatis ; floribus subcymosis roseis, petalis lateralibus striatis in medio luteo notatis ; 

 calcare integro basi incurvo. 



Annual ? smooth ; stems branched, dotted ; leaves ovate, acuminate, serrated, serratures 

 mucronate ; flowers somewhat cymose, rose-coloured, side petals streaked, marked with yellow 

 in the middle, spur entire, incurved at the base. 



Impatiens picta. — Flor. Cab. No. 33, p. 141. 



Descb. — Annual ? stem smooth, branched, beautifully spotted with brown, about 18 inches 

 high, somewhat angular, thickened at the joints, but particularly those near to the base. Leaves 

 shortly petiolate, alternate, ovate, acuminate, smooth, strongly veined, obliquely crenate, 

 crenules mucronate. Flowers of a delicate rose colour, pedunculate ; peduncles about two 

 inches long, smooth, and spotted similar to the stem ; pedicels about an inch long. Bracts very 

 small, fleshy, glandular at the apex. Bracteolce cordate, acuminate, with a fleshy glandular 

 apex similar to the bracts. Petals 5, the upper one arched, roundish, margin undulate without 

 claw, entire, strongly keeled, the side petals four, over-wrapping each other, and beautifully 

 striated, having in the centre a small yellow spot ; the upper ones are obtuse, notched, the 

 lower ones similarly notched, but more lengthened, and having the margin incurved about the 

 centre. Sepals 5, of unequal size, those which alternate with the petals being the smaller, 

 those which are opposite to the petals the larger ; the lower sepal is entire, to which is affixed 

 the bases of the petals, the base is elongated and incurved. Stamens 5, distinct at the base, 

 somewhat irritable, united at the apex, but separable at the base. Anthers 5, arranged around 



