TABULA 3038. 
IMPATIENS ALLANII, Hook. f. 
GERANIACEAE. Tribus BALSAMINEAE. 
I. Allanii, Hook. f. in Kew Bull. 1914, p. 325; a speciebus aliis 
- birmanicis petalis lateralibus pro floris magnitudine maximis differt. 
Herba humilis, glaberrima, erecta, paucifoliata, grandiflora, caule 
gracili laxe ramoso, internodiis elongatis. Folia opposita, ovata, 
posticum vexillare expansum, late trigonum, 11 mm. longum et latum, 
aureum, lateribus rotundatis in apicem acuminatum productis. Petala 
lateralia per paria in phyllum amplum bilobum 2-5-3 cm. longum et 
uncinatus, dilatatus vel deficiens ; lobus distalis late dolabriformis 
vel semilunaris, apice acutus, pallide purpureus, basi stipiteque 
i cumina- 
a 
tum, cymbiforme, 11 mm. longum, strictum, horizontale, lateribus 
lo } brevia 
alamenta 
linearia; antherae didymae, obtusae, aureae. Ovarium ellipsoideo- 
b 
Inp1a: Burma; Henzada, 8. Mayanaung Reserve at Kyibin Chaung, 
C. W. Allan ex Hb. Lace. 
The remarkable species here figured was sent to me for the Kew 
* This description, with the specimen described, accompanied by a drawing, 
was deposited in the Herbarium at Kew in 1911 by the late Sir Joseph Hooker, 
? a + 
for 1914. It is one of the last prepared by the distinguished author, who devoted 
much attention to and bestowed much study on the genus J mpatiens,—Ep, 
