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toothed. Flowers pink or nearly white, \ in. long excluding the 
spur, solitary on axillary, usually clustered stalks. Standard 
tipped with a small, green point. Spur ^ in. long, slender, 
cylindric, curved. Capsule tomentose, ovoid, in. long, acute. 
Valleys below Simla ; August, September. — Throughout India, ascending to 
5000 ft. — China, Malaya. 
Widely cultivated ; common on the borders of rice fields. 
2. Impatiens Roylei, Walp. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 468. Glabrous. 
Stems 3-6 ft. Leaves opposite or whorled, rarely alternate, 
stalked, lanceolate, 2^-6 in., usually sharply and regularly toothed, 
long-pointed, teeth gland-tipped. Flowers pale pink, 1J-1^ in. 
long excluding the spur, in terminal racemes or umbel-like 
clusters, sometimes paniculate. Lip spotted with yellow, broadly 
bell-shaped, abruptly contracted into a cylindric, curved, rather 
thick, yellow spur hardly J in. long. Capsule club-shaped, about 
1 x J in., thickest near the tip, narrowed to the base. 
Mahasu, common ; July-September. — Temperate Himalaya, 7000-9000 t. 
*3. Impatiens Thomsoni, Hook. f . ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 469. Gla- 
brous. Stems 1-4 ft. Leaves opposite or whorled, stalked, 
lanceolate, 2-6 in., sharply toothed or crenate, long-pointed ; a 
small bristle- like gland between the teeth or crenatures. Flowers 
pale pink, in. long excluding the spur, in terminal, umbel-like 
clusters, sometimes paniculate. Lip spotted with brown or yellow, 
funnel-shaped, gradually narrowed into a slender, tapering spur 
nearly \ in. long. Capsule club-shaped, about j x J-in., irregularly 
swollen, tapering to the base. 
Temperate Himalaya, 6000-12,000 ft. ; July-September. 
4. Impatiens gigantea, Edgew . ; FI. Br. Ind , i. 469, under 
I. sulcata. Glabrous. Stems 4-10 ft. Leaves usually opposite or 
whorled, stalked, ovate-lanceolate, 3-7 in., crenate, long-pointed ; 
a small bristle-like gland on the upper side of each crenature. 
Flowers pink purple or dark crimson, 1-1J in. long excluding the 
spur, in terminal, umbel-like, often paniculate clusters. Lip darker 
spotted, broadly funnel-shaped, abruptly contracted into a nearly 
cylindric, curved spur about ^ in. long. Standard keeled at the 
back. Wings orange-streaked. Capsule linear, 1J in. long, terete 
or nearly so, acute. 
Simla, Mahasu, common ; July-September. — Temperate Himalaya, 7000- 
12,000 ft. 
5. Impatiens amplexicaulis, Edgew . ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 469. Gla- 
brous. Stems 1-3 ft. Leaves sessile, stem-clasping, lower ones 
opposite, upper alternate, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 3-7 in., 
long-pointed, crenate ; crenatures gland-tipped. Flowers purple, 
J-l in. long excluding the spur, in axillary, umbel-like clusters or 
