Impatiens depauperata Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 481. 1875; Hook. f. in Rec. Bot. Surv. India 4: 31. 1905.

Herbs, annual; glabrous; stems much branched. Leaves alternate, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, abruptly narrowed to attenuate towards base, crenate along margins and ciliate on basal margin, 2 - 5 x 1.3 - 2 cm, sparsely hairy on upper surface; stipules linear. Flowers white, 4 - 5, pedunculate, buds globose; bracts linear. Lateral sepals linear, 2 - 3 mm long. Standard more or less orbicular, 4 - 5 mm long. Wings 8 - 10 mm long; basal lobes ovate-triangular, 2 - 4 x 1.5 - 3 mm; distal lobes suborbicular or transversely semiovate,4 - 7 x 3 - 4 mm. Capsules swollen at middle,5 - 6 x 2 - 3 mm; seeds elliptic, 1 - 2, black.

Fl. & Fr. Oct.

Distrib. India: E. Himalayas, 1500 - 1850 m. Meghalaya.

Endemic.