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Impatiens (To the species described on pp)

To the species described on pp. 179-80, Vol. II., the following should now be added. They require stove treatment.

I. comorensis (Comoro Islands). fl. bright carmine, large, with a white, bifid spur. l. elliptic-lanceolate, acute, crenate. Comoro Islands, 1887. A pretty plant, of vigorous growth.

I. cuspidata (cuspidate). fl. rosy, solitary in the axils of the leaves, having a long, filiform spur. l. lanceolate, acuminate, serrated. Stems glaucous. Birma, 1884.

I. Hawkeri (Lieut. Hawker's). fl. brownish-red, large, very showy, axillary, solitary or corymbose; claws of the segments white, marked blue; sepals and petals broad, the dorsal sepal rounded, the lateral lobes oblong; spur red, recurved. Summer. l. glabrous, shortly petiolate, 4 1/2in. long, 2in. broad, opposite or ternate, very acutely serrated, ovate-elliptic, acuminate. Sunda Islands, 1886. A branched herb. for which we are indebted to Mr. Wm. Bull. (I. H. serv. v. 2.) I. Sultani Episcopi (Bishop Hannington's). fl. rich purple carmine, shot with a brilliant rosy hue. Zanzibar, 1886 A perpetual-flowering variety.