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Flora
Entry for IMPATIENS Irvingii Hook. f. [family BALSAMINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 289, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).(Impatiens, by Dr. J. D. Hooker.)
Names
IMPATIENS IrvingiiHook. f. [family BALSAMINACEAE]
Information
Herbaceous, succulent, 2–4 ft., glabrous or slightly pubescent in the upper parts. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, 3–5 in., on very short petioles, lanceolate, serrulate. Flowers solitary or in pairs, red. Pedicels very slender, 3–6 in. Sepals oblong-lanceolate. Standard orbicular, with a broad dorsal-wing. Wings broad, laterally 2-lobed, 1/3 in. broad. Lip small, suddenly contracted into a slender up-curved spur, 1 1/2 in. long. Capsule short, oblong, narrowed at both ends.
Distribution
Abbeokuta Upper Guinea Dr. Irving!Upper Guinea wet places along the banks of the Niger, Barter!
