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IMPATIENS TRILOBATA. 
Three- lobed Balsam. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA— Nat. Ord. BALSAMINEJE, Rich. De Cand. 
Gen. CnKU.—Antheroe 5, nempe 3 biloculares, 2 ante petalum superius 1- 
loculares. Stigmata 5, coalita. Capsula prismatico-teretiuscula, elon- 
gata, valvis a basi ad apicem extrorsum revolutis. Cotyledones planius- 
culae. 
Pedunculi axillares, remoti, multiflori. Capsulae glabra;. Folia alterna.—DC. 
Impatiens trilohata; umbellis quadrifloris longitudine foliorum, folus 
late-lanceolatis serratis, nectario conico acuminato curvato. 
Impatiens trilobata, Colebr. MSS. 
Stem herbaceous, erect, quadrangular. Leaves opposite, decussate, petioled, 
broadly lanceolate, tapering at both ends, smooth, serrulate, about 3 
inches long, and less than one inch broad. Peduncles axillary, solitary, 
half the length of the leaf, bearing a 4-flowered umbel. Pedicels shorter 
than the peduncle. 
Perianth 2-leaved; leaflets lanceolate, placed as bracteas by the sides of the 
flowers. Petals 3, unequal ; the upper one roundish, vaulted, pointed 
at the summit; the two lower ones 3-lobed; exterior lobe much larger ; 
interior one minute, yellow ; middle one oval, reddish. Nectary ample, 
cucullate, pointed at the top, and terminated behind with an incurved 
horn. Capsule oblong, curved, 5-furrowed. 
For the drawing and description of this plant, I am in- 
debted to Mr CoLEBROOKE, who found it a native of Sylhet, 
in the East Indies, where it flowers towards the beginning of 
the cold season. 
Fig. 1. 
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