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ceed; the corolla is slightly curved, tubular for the greater part 
of its length, but singularly compressed laterally, two-coloured, 
red for two thirds of its length from the base, the rest yellow. 
Limb with five segments, ovato-lanceolate, nearly equal, scarcely 
spreading, the cleft above scarcely deeper than between the rest 
of the segments; anthers terminated by tufts of hair; stigma 
two-lobed.~— Bot. Mag. 4403. 
Balsamine^e. —Pentandria Monogynia. 
Impatiens repens (Moon). The finest of all the yellow-flowered 
Balsams with which we are acquainted, and for the introduction 
of which into our stoves we are indebted to Mr. Gardner, of the 
Botanic Garden, Peradenia, Ceylon. It was first detected by 
Mr. Moon, in shady vegetable soil, at “Four Kories,” in that 
island; then by Mrs. Gen.Walker, and by Mr. Gardner, at Allegala, 
at an elevation of 4000 feet. It is easily increased by cuttings, 
flowers in May, June, and July, and will probably, during the 
summer months, be found to succeed best in the greenhouse. 
Of this genus, of which Linneeus only knew seven species, mostly 
from imperfect figures, Dr. Wight considers that upwards of one 
hundred are natives of the East Indies alone. That gentleman 
observes, that it is there eminently an alpine genus, delighting 
in a cool and moist atmosphere. Hence it is unknown on the 
plains of Coromandel, though not unfrequent in Mysore ; only 
abounding in the Peninsula on the highest hills participating in 
the western monsoon, which enjoy during the hot months a 
moderate range of temperature, with a very humid atmosphere. 
The plant is apparently an annual, but readily kept up by 
cuttings, very copiously branched, succulent, straggling, pro¬ 
cumbent, and rooting where it touches the ground. Leaves 
alternate, rather small, cordate, approaching to reniform; from 
their axils proceed the solitary, single-flowered peduncles, bearing 
the rather large, helmet-shaped, bright yellow flowers.— Bot. 
Mag. 4404. 
EpacridacetE. —Pentandria Monogynia. 
Epacris. Sem. vars. No. 1 . Campanulata maxima. This fine 
variety of E. campanidata , though shorter in the tube of the 
flower than the species, is nevertheless a very superior produc- 
