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The Genus Impatiens. [no. 7, new sehxes-, 



discovers that " teen" means grief, sorrow, distress. This word, 

 though unnoticed in Mr. Caldwell's admirable Comparative Dra- 

 vidian Grammar, is identical with the Tamil jj§<ssr teen, bearing 

 precisely the same signification. The occurrence of the very same 

 word in old English and old Tamil, for in both languages it is 

 archaic, and dropt out of popular use, is something remarkable, as 

 it is not an imitative word, and apparently referable to no common 

 loot. 



IV. The Genus Impatiens. — Description of New Species from the 

 Anamallay Hills. By Lieut. R. H. Beddome. 



1. Impatiens parvifolia. — Herbaceous, sub-erect, branched, gla- 

 brous, leaves alternate,, minute, cuneate, deeply serrated on the 

 upper half, peduncles axillary, solitary 5-6 times longer than the 

 leaves, with a small bract towards the apex, erect in flower, much 

 reflexed in fruit, upper sepals small and slightly vaulted over the 

 staminal crown, lateral ones small and pointing upwards, lower 

 one boat-shaped without a spur, upper of compound petals, small, 

 lower large spreading (flowers white, upper petals tinged with 

 pink). A very curious species, with very minute leaves, it quite 

 covers large masses of rock towards the summit of the Akka 

 mountain at about 8000 feet elevation. 



2. Impatiens parasitica. — Stems very succulent, often monili- 

 form, throwing out roots, leaves crowded at the apex of stem, 

 glabrous, long-petioled, ovate, acute, crenate, serrate with in- 

 curved bristles ; peduncles axillary, short, bearing 2 (rarely 1) 

 very long pedicels ; upper sepals with a foliaceous crest, lateral 

 ones linear, acute, lower one saccate with spur-like point ; upper 

 of compound petals much smaller than the lower one, both hid in 

 the saccate sepal — capsule glabrous, ovate, gibbous : seeds numer- 

 ous, small. On trees, from 5000 to 6500 feet ; (upper sepals and 

 petals green, saccate sepal dark red,) the flowers vary in size. 



3. Impatiens Tangdchee. — Herbaceous, sub-procumbent, gla- 

 brous, leavei alternate, sub-verticelled, acuminated, deeply §er- 



