[image: ... Kas skyline]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8035015844%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcDVdj__6tKTqSABRfvEGMun25Rew> Kas plateau ... about 4000 ft asl ... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India ------------------------------ 28 SEP 08 * Impatiens lawii * Hook.f. & Thomson ... (family: Balsaminaceae) *im-PAY-shuns* -- impatient; referring to the seed pod's habit of bursting open ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DImpatiens&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcXVhIovxw5_YW4ifjFpjOACk9Wow> *LAW-ee-eye* -- named in honour of J. S. Law, ICS and botanist
*commonly known as*: Law's balsam • *Marathi*: जांभळा तेरडा jambhla terda *Endemic to*: n & c Western Ghats (India) *Reference*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FLaw%2527s%2520Balsam.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdW-DrYjgniq_WLBsV0PFfpeQ-5Fw>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Impatiens lawii Hook.f. & Thomson]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2898615091%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdC1nPAqKG_ocJeqGSgpcLzxz0uPQ> [image: Impatiens lawii Hook.f. & Thomson]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2898612135%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcqovZg0RX5aOPpAHubB2mACubZ1A> Regards. Dinesh --
