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rated ; peduncles axillary, 2-3 times longer than leaves, 4-8 flower- 

 ed towards apex ; bracts large boat-shaped : pedicels erect in 

 flower, slightly reflexed in fruit, upper sepals large, lateral ones 

 ovate pointed, spur long tapering, lateral of compound petals, 

 about half the size of the lower ones, with a mucro, capsule 

 smooth, gibbous, seeds numerous, very small (flowers pink.) In 

 beds of streams below the Tangachee mallay, 5500 feet. 



4. Impatiens elegans.— -Herbaceous, erect, often throwing out 

 roots from the joints, somewhat branched ; leaves alternate, on 

 very long petioles, ovate, acuminate, crenate with incurved bristles, 

 above a few rigid hairs on the nerves, beneath pale glabrous, pe- 

 duncles axillary shorter than petiole, 3 (rarely 4-5) flowered at 

 apex, bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminated ; upper sepals broad, 

 ovate, flat, with a green ridge at their back ; lateral ones ovate 

 with a green ridge ending in an acumen ; lower one boat-shaped 

 without a spur ; upper of compound petals very small incurved 

 and vaulted over the staminal crown, lower ones large spreading ; 

 capsule glabrous, seeds hairy — (flowers pale rose with a dark eye) 

 the flowers are much larger at the higher elevations at which the 

 plant grows. Banks of streams 2500 to 4500 feet, a very elegant 

 species. 



5. Impatiens Wightiana.-*- -Suflruticose, erect, branched ; leaves 

 alternate, narrow-lanceolate, acuminate, incurved, bristly serrate, 

 above a few hairs on the nerves, below glabrous ; petioles very long, 

 with long pedicelled glands at their apex ; peduncles axillary, soli- 

 tary a little longer than petioles, racemed nearly their whole length ; 

 upper sepals with a green ridge at their back, lateral ones small, 

 lower one ventricose with a short incurved spur ; upper of com- 

 pound petal very small, lower ones very long and narrow, pedicels 

 in fruit horizontal, bracts small ovate. Capsule with about 5 

 seeds, seeds slightly hairy. (Flowers white with the upper sepals 

 and lateral petals speckled with pink.) Banks of the Toracadoo 

 river, 4500 feet. 



6. Impatiens Ugulata. — Erect, herbaceous, much branched, 

 stems glabrous — leaves opposite, linear, lanceolate, mucronate, often 

 slightly cordate at base, remotely bristle toothed, above minute 

 harsh pubescence, below glabrous and glaucous, petioles very 



