744. Impatiens campAnuiata (R. W.) herbaceous
erect, sparingly branched, glabrous : stem and
branches terete : leaves ^alternate, long petioled,
broadly ovate lanceolate acute, encurved bnstle serrated;
beneath glaucous with the veins very prominent:
peduncles axillary erect, shorter than the leaves,, three-
flowered ; pedicels about the length of the flower : upper
sepal keeled above-; lower ventrieose with a short
encurved spur ; lateral ones large naviculate about the
length of the others : upper lobes o f the petals mucro-
nate short; lower ones large exceeding the upper sepal:
capsule ovate attenuated at both ends glabrous : seeds
echinate. R- W. Madras Journal of Science.
A very handsome species fouud in moist woods on
the Pulney mountains at an elevation of about 5500 |
feet. Flowers cream coloured speckled with purple.
The large size and incurving of the upper sepal over the
edges of the petals gives the flower a canipanulate shape
(whence the name) not easily represented on paper.
1 Flowering branch—2 dissected flower—3 detached
stamens— 4 detached ovary—5 ovary cut vertically—
6 capsule cut transversely—7 placenta detached with
the seed adhering—8 a seed-9 the same cut transversely—
10 a seed cut longitudinally.
745. Impatiens umbeixAta (Heyne :) herbaceous
erect; root tuberous : leaves crowded towards the top ‘
ofthe stem broadly ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, crenately
serrated; above sprinkled with short hairs,below glabrous,
and usually purplish coloured : peduncles shorter than
the leaves, bearing from 4 to 6 rather large pedicelled
flowers: upper sepal orbicular nearly equalling the petals,
not furnished with a herbaceous point. spur slender
tapering curved, longer than the petals : lobes of the
petals about equal lower 'one broader : capsule glabrous
many seeded: seeds echinate.—R. W. Madras Journal
o f Science.
Courtallum in moist jungles flowering August and
September. The lower surface of the leaves is usually
tinged with a dark brownish purple but not always.
] Flowering plant—■ 2 dissected flower—3 stamens—
4 ovary and lateral sepals—5 ovary cut vertically—6
cut transversely—7 a seed—S cut transversely.
746. Impatiens viscida (R. W.) herbaceous diffuse
rooting at the lower joints afterwards- erect, stem
angled, with a few bristly hairs scattered over i t : leaves
alternate, longish petioled, ovate pointed serrated ; veins
on both sides covered with stiff erect hairs: peduncles
axillary erect, filiform, viscid, 2-4 flowered, usually shorter
than the leaf: flowers large, all the sepals about
equal, the lower furnished with a long tapering spur,
nearly twice the length of the flower, lateral ones ova’te
cordate : upper lobes of the petals larger than the sepals,
but much, smaller than the lower ones; capsule
glabrous, tapering at both ends, ventrieose : seeds pendulous
hairy.—R. W. Madras Journal of Science.
Pulhey mountains at an elevationyof 5506 feet in wet
swampy ground, flowers light purplish or deep pink
colour, the peduncles covered with a viscid secretion
whence the name.
1 Flowering branch—2 dissected flower—3 stamens—
4 ovary—5 ovary cut vertically—6 capsule cut transversely,
showing thg hairy seed.
747. Impatiens uncijjata (R.W.) herbaceous erect:
leaves ovate or cordate acuminated, serrated, hairy on
the veinsj above, glabrous beneath; petiols glanduli-
ferous at the apex : peduncles axillary solitary, nearly as
long as the leaves, 4-8 flowered : -lateral sepals about
half the length of the upper one, ovate pointed, lower
| campanulate : spur shorter than the flower, ventrieose,
hooked at the point : lower lobes of the petals declining
larger than the upper ones : capsule attenuated below
beaked above, few seeded.—R. W. Madras Journal o f
Science.
Courtallum in dense, moist, forests flowering August
and September.
748. I mpatiens fasciculata (Lam. :) stems erect,
glabrous : leaves opposite, almost sessile, from narrow-
linear to lanceolate, usually rounded or cordate at the
base, serrated; upper side somewhat hispid ; under
glabrous, whitish, and marked with coloured nerves:
pedicels usually in pairs, slender, elongated, sometimes
nearly as long as the leaves : sepals all with a callous
point; lateral ones linear, falcate ; posterior roundish-
ovate, larger than the posterior but ouly half the size of
the large anterior semi-obovate lobes ofthe petals;
lower widely-infundibuliform, with a tapering slender
spur about as long as the pedicel : stigmas combined :
capsule oblong, a little ventrieose, tapering at both
ends.— W. and A. Prod. p. 138.
This plant occupies a wide range of elevation extending
from about the sea level in Malabar to 8000 feet
of elevation on the Neilgherries, where it abounds
in marshy grounds decorating them with its large showy
pink flowers.
1 Flowering plant—2 dissected flower—3 stamens in
situ—4 stamens detached—5 ovary—6 cut vertically—7
capsule cut transversely—8 plants and seed—9 a seed
—10 the same cut trausversely.
749. Impatiens toMentosa (Heyne:) stems diffuse,
glabrous: leaves opposite, sessile, linear-lanceolate,
obtuse, acutely serrated; upper side slightly hispid
; under pale, glabrous : pedicels axillary, solitary or
in pairs, pubescent, about as long as the leaves, in fruit
deflexed : anterior sepal cucullate, with the spur short
and inflated at the point : stigmas united : capsule oblong,
tapering at both ends.—W. and A. Prod. p. 139.
In marshy pastures, Neilgherries, Pulney mountains,
and Mysore, flowering August and September. The
specimen figured is rather a large one, I have frequently
met with it not 3 inches high.
750. Impatiens rosmarinifoijIa (Retz.) herbaceous
erect, , ramous, glabrous : leaves opposite subsessile
cordate at the base, linear lanceolate, serrated • pedicels
axillary solitary or paired,'shorterthan the leaves:
upper sepal vaulted broad ovate, pointed,nearly equalling
the lower : upper lobes of the petals much smaller than
the lower: spur short conical: fructiferous peduncles
erect capsule ovate.
Courtallum in moist woods flowering August and bep-
tember. Dr. Arnott likewise describes this species from
Ceylon specimens, sent to England by Colonel Walker,
in terms that leaves no doubt of his plant being identical
with the one here figured.
' 1 Plant natural size—2 detached flower magnified—
3 dissected flower—4 ovary—5 ovary cut vertically—6
a nearly mature capsule cut transversely.
751. Impatiens rivalis (R. W.) herbaceous, root
tuberous : leaves all radical, ovate oblong, somewhat oblique
at the base, serrated, above hairy, glaucous and
glabrous beneath : scape racimosemany flowered : flowers
large drooping long pedicelled from the axils of small
fleshy bracteas : upper sepal obtuse vaulted above, lateral
ones minute, lower large ovate ending in along curved
spur nearly twice the length of the petals : petals large
spreading the lower lobe deeply 2-cleft : capsule erect
glabrous many seeded seeds hispid.—R. W. Madras
Journal o f Science.
Courtallum on clifts of rock at what is called “ Five
Falls” where it is constantly, during the flowering season
(August and September) exposed to the spray from the
adjoining cataracts.
1 Flowering plant—2 detached flower—3 stamens —4
sepals—5 a half grown capsule cut vertically—6 cut
transversely—7 a seed—8 the same cut transversely.