− | Impatiens Oliveri, Wright. Glabrous, reaching 4-8 ft., erect, the sts. pale green: lvs. 4-8 at a node, oblanceolate, acute or acuminate, to 8 in. long, dentate-ciliate: fls. 2 ¼ in. across, pale lilac or rose-colored, almost white beneath, on 1-fld. peduncles about 2 ½ in. long; lateral sepals ovate and acuminate, much shorter than the petals; lip ovate, funnel-shaped, with abrupt reflexed mucro; spur 1 ¾ in.long, curved, slender; standard nearly orbicular, recurved and apiculate at apex; wings deeply 2-lobed, the terminal lobe obovate and the lateral obcordate: fr. oblong. Trop. E. Afr., 6,000-8,000 ft. altitude. B.M. 7960. G.C. III. 40:292. Gn. 66, p. 266. G. 27:288, 405. G.W. 11, p. 1. R.H. 1908:180. A.F. 29:155. Gng. 16:3.—An excellent greenhouse subject and also useful in the open border. It makes a very showy plant when given cool greenhouse treatment, producing a bush 10 ft. through. Prop, readily either by seeds or cuttings, the former being produced freely. | + | Impatiens oliveri, Wright. Glabrous, reaching 4-8 ft., erect, the sts. pale green: lvs. 4-8 at a node, oblanceolate, acute or acuminate, to 8 in. long, dentate-ciliate: fls. 2 ¼ in. across, pale lilac or rose-colored, almost white beneath, on 1-fld. peduncles about 2 ½ in. long; lateral sepals ovate and acuminate, much shorter than the petals; lip ovate, funnel-shaped, with abrupt reflexed mucro; spur 1 ¾ in.long, curved, slender; standard nearly orbicular, recurved and apiculate at apex; wings deeply 2-lobed, the terminal lobe obovate and the lateral obcordate: fr. oblong. Trop. E. Afr., 6,000-8,000 ft. altitude. B.M. 7960. G.C. III. 40:292. Gn. 66, p. 266. G. 27:288, 405. G.W. 11, p. 1. R.H. 1908:180. A.F. 29:155. Gng. 16:3.—An excellent greenhouse subject and also useful in the open border. It makes a very showy plant when given cool greenhouse treatment, producing a bush 10 ft. through. Prop, readily either by seeds or cuttings, the former being produced freely. |