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of each crenature. Flowers purple, 1-1 J in. long excluding the 
spur, in racemes or umbel-like clusters, often paniculate. Lip 
darker spotted, broadly funnel-shaped, narrowed into a slender, 
cylindric, incurved spur J in. long. Standard keeled at the back, 
tip crested. Wings usually white on the lower half. Capsule 
linear, 1-1 J in., terete, acute. 
Simla, in woods, common ; September, October. — W. Himalaya, 5000- 
8000 ft. 
8. Impatiens racemosa, DC. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 479. Gla- 
brous. Stems 2-3 ft. Leaves alternate, stalked, lanceolate or 
oblong-lanceolate, 3-9 in., crenate ; crenatures gland-tipped. 
Flowers yellow, \ in. long, including the spur, in racemes or 
umbel-like clusters. Lip boat-shaped, gradually narrowed into a 
slender, nearly straight, tapering spur ^ in. long. Wings darker 
spotted, produced in a long, linear tail descending into the spur. 
Capsule linear, J-J in., terete, acute. 
Simla, Fagu, Narkunda, in shady, damp ravines ; August, September. — 
Simla to Sikkim, 5000-8000 ft. 
9. Impatiens laxiflora, Edgew. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 479. Glabrous. 
Stems 2-4 ft. Leaves alternate, stalked, lanceolate, or ovate- 
lanceolate, 3-5 in., long-pointed, crenate ; a small, bristle-like 
gland in the angle between the crenatures. Flowers yellow, 1 in. 
long including the spur, in axillary racemes or umbel-like clusters. 
Lip boat-shaped, gradually narrowed into a slender, nearly straight, 
tapering spur J-§ in. long. Capsule linear, terete, § in. 
Simla, Huttoo ; August, September. — Simla to Sikkim, 5000-10,000 ft. 
10. Impatiens micranthemum, Edgew. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 481. 
Glabrous. Stems 1-4 ft. Leaves usually alternate, stalked, ovate- 
lanceolate, 3-4 in., crenate ; crenatures gland- tipped. Flowers 
white, the lip spotted with pink and yellow, \ in. long including 
the spur, in racemes or umbel-like clusters usually in the axils of 
the upper leaves. Lip boat-shaped, gradually narrowed into a 
slender, straight, tapering spur J in. long. Capsule narrowly 
oblong, \ in., nearly terete, acute. 
Huttoo ; July, August. — W. Himalaya, 6000-10,000 ft. 
*11. Impatiens brachycentra, Kar. & Kir. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 481. 
Glabrous. Stems \-2 ft. Leaves alternate, stalked, ovate-lanceo- 
late, 2-5 in., crenate ; the crenatures gland- tipped. Flowers white, 
J in. long including the spur, in racemes or umbel-like clusters 
usually in the axils of the upper leaves. Lip boat-shaped ; spur 
minute or none. Capsule narrowly oblong, in., nearly terete, 
acute. 
Mussoorie to Kashmir, 8000-12,000 ft. ; August, September. 
