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The Genus Impatiens. 



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short ; peduncles 1-3 axillary, about half the length of the leaves, 

 pubescent on one side, reflexed in fruit ; upper sepals small, late- 

 ral ones linear, spur curved, gibbous, inner of compound petals ? 

 ligulate and completely hid in the spur, lower one large spread- 

 ing ; capsule glabrous, gibbous at centre containing about 12 black 

 shining seeds — (flowers pink, stems red. There is a variety also 

 with white flowers and colorless stems.) Teak forests 2 to 3000 

 feet, very abundant. 



N. B. — This is a very curious species. I do not know whether 

 to consider the long ligulate process which is entirely hid in the 

 spur as one of the petals, or as only an appendage as in T. viscosa 

 and Anamallayensis, vide fig. 7 and 8 ; in this species, however, 

 there appears to be only 1 petal, so I am inclined to think that 

 the ligulate process is the inner or lower petal, and the large 

 spreading the lateral one ; it has quite an antheriferous look at its 

 apex. 



7. Impatiens viscosa. — Erect, branched, leaves opposite ovate, 

 long petioled, with a few harsh hairs on the nerves above, pale, and 

 glabrous beneath, incurved bristly serrate ; peduncles as long to 

 much longer than the leaves, viscid, bearing 6-12 flowers towards 

 the apex ; lateral sepals ovate, lower one with a curved gibbous 

 spur (in form the same as in ligulata) lateral of compound petals 

 very small, lower one large ; a ligulate process at the conjunction 

 of the petals, which is hid in the lower sepal — capsule ovate, seeds 

 numerous, matted with hair when immature, when ripe echinate. 

 (Flowers small pink.) 3 to 5000 feet, generally only 5 or 6 in- 

 ches high — in rich soil it is sometimes more than a foot high. 



8. Impatiens Anamallayensis. — Erect, with sometimes small 

 branches from the axils of the lower leaves, leaves opposite, long 

 petioled, ovate, above a few hairs on the nerves, beneath pale, 

 glabrous ; (leaves of the branches alternate) peduncles axillary 

 from nearly as long to much longer than the leaves, bearing 6-8 

 flowers, towards the apex, on longish pedicels, lateral of the com- 

 pound petals small, lower one deeply 2 lobed, a claw at the con- 

 junction of the petals, spur very short, straight : capsule ovate, 

 mucronate, glabrous ; seeds very hairy. (Flowers small pink.) 

 Streams and moist places, 5 to 7000 feet. 



