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Herbarium specimen: Impatiens balsamina

Taxon:Balsaminaceae: Impatiens balsamina L. ("Balsam")
Collection date:1765
Locality:India, (see note)
ex herb:Paul Giseke (x)
donated by:Prof John Hutton Balfour (Donation to Perth Literary and Antiquarian Society, apparently arranged by William Carmichael MacIntosh ) 1880
Institution:Perth Museum and Art Gallery (PTH)
Accession number:PTH.2005.27.1609
notes:stuck-on label with '899. IMPATIENS 5. Balsamina, pedunc.
unifloris aggregatis, fol. lanceolatis (serrata) nectaris flore
brevioribus. Gen. 1008 Sp. Pl. 1328. Hab. in India. [annual
symbol]. Ex horto urbano 1765'; unclear from last part whether
grown in India or elsewhere; pale blue sheet, watermark crowned
fleur-de-lis

Inferred details are marked.

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