IMPA'TIENS LONGICOR'NU. 
LONG-HORNED TOUCH-ME-NOT. 
Class. 
PENTANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
BALSAMINACEjE. 
Native of 
Height 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
India. 
5 feet. 
August. 
Annual. 
in 1830. 
No. 892. 
The Latin names, Impatiens and Noli me tan- 
gere, and the English names Touch-me-not and 
Quick-in-hand, are sufficiently expressive of the 
elasticity of the sutures of the seed vessels, which, 
if touched when ripe, jump from their attachment 
and disseminate the fruit. This species, longi- 
cornu, or long-horned, was figured in the Floral 
Cabinet as Impatiens picta, a name which could 
not be retained, on account of the priority of Dr. 
Wallich’s, which we have used. 
At first sight this plant may be taken for a pale- 
flowered variety of Impatiens glanduligera, but 
when the leaves, &c., are closely examined a satis- 
factory distinction will be readily perceived. Like 
others of this handsome genus of plants, it is a 
highly desirable addition to the flower garden, as 
well for its beauty as its novelty. It grows from 
four to six feet high, and ripens seeds in abundance. 
These may be sown in pots or the open ground, in 
April ; and, when about two inches high, should 
be transplanted, singly, into situations where their 
height is unobjectionable, and where coarser tall 
plants do not intrude on them. 
