IMPA'TIENS TRICOR'NIS. 
THREE-HORNED BALSAM. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
BALSAMINACE^. 
Native of 
Height 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introdueed 
E. Indies. 
2 feet. 
Autumn. 
Perennial. 
in 1839. 
No. 872. 
For the meaning of the name, Impatiens, see 
No. 829. 
Under the number we have just mentioned, is 
described one of these newly-introduced plants, of 
which other fine varieties may be expected. Re- 
garding the present species. Dr. Lindley says it 
appears to be nearest to Impatiens campanulata, 
from which it differs in inflorescence, in the flowers 
being yellow, not cream-coloured ; and in the dorsal 
sepal having a spur in the middle of its back. It 
derives its name of three-horned from the spur, the 
horn just mentioned, and the apex of the back 
sepal, together forming three conical processes. 
This constitutes a desirable annual, since it will 
grow in any common garden soil, and there ripen 
seeds. It does not, however, appear to be quite as 
hardy as Impatiens glanduligera, which we have 
previously published. Of many self-sown seed- 
lings, which vegetated in February of 1842, only 
three or four survived the severity of the subsequent 
weather. Its seeds should be sown in the latter part 
of March, or beginning of April. The plants 
should have abundance of moisture in the summer. 
