Impatiens kingii Hook. f. in Rec. Bot. Surv. India 4: 14. 1905.

Herbs, annual, glabrous; stems stout, nodes distant. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, rounded or somewhat attenuate into petiole at base, acuminate at apex, shallowly crenate along margins, crenations with ca 1 mm long appendages in sinus, 3.5 - 8.5 x 2 - 4.5 cm, differently coloured on upper and lower surfaces, upper glabrous, lower slightly rough; lateral nerves 4 - 6 pairs, linked together by a network of secondary nerves; petiole 0.2 - 2.2 cm long, glabrous. Flowers 1.5 - 2.3 cm long, rose-purple; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 3 - 6 mm. Lateral sepals ovate, acuminate, 0.8 - 1 x 0.2 - 0.3 cm. Lip bucciniform, 1.3 - 2 cm long; spur abruptly constricted, short, 6 - 8 mm long. Standard semiovoid, ca 12 mm long. Wings ca 1.5 cm long; basal lobes ovoid; distal lobes oblanceolate, entire. Capsules linear, ca 5 mm long, glabrous.

Fl. & Fr. July - Aug.

Distrib. India: E. Himalayas. Sikkim.

Endemic.