Tapuna 2901. 
IMPATIENS REIDII, Hook. f. 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
I. Reidii, Hook. f. (sp. nov.) ; a. R secgr ier oe: peduncult 
ps staan pedicelli infra florem solum bracteati (basi ebracteati), 
floribus parvis, labelli caleare elongato graci ale: 
Herba elata, ramosa, fere glaberrima, grandifolia, parviflora, ramis 
gracilibus, ramulis summis et inflorescentia novella pubescentibus. 
angustata, nervis utrinque 8-12; glandulae petiolares 2, majus- 
culae, vel 0. Peduncult 3-5 em. longi, 3-4- stg ies vel ‘puberuli, 
fructiferi elo aie stricti; pedicelli 6 6-8 mm. longi, infra florem uni- 
bracteati, fruc 12-3 a1; Wei ceres van lineares, 3-5 mm. 
on: es sath Sepala 2, oblique ovata, acuta vel acuminata, 
membranacea, puberula, 6-—7-nervia. Vezxillum 
E ga, : 
oblatum, sub-bilobum, 10-13 mm. latum, costa paullo incrassata. 
Alae subsessiles, rectae, 1.5-1.9 em. longae ; lobus basalis rotundatus ; 
distalis paullo longior, anguste dolabriformis, apice angustato obtuso ; 
auricula dorsalis angusta. lum 2-2.5 om. ongum ; limbus 
scaphiformis vel anguste perme swe alte ascendens, 9 mm. longus, 
acutus, in calear gracile arcuatim incurvum attenuatus. JF ilamenta 
gracilia ; antherae parvae, 5 ae. Ovarium rectum, acuminatum. 
Capodiio bie em. longae, acuminatae, erecta, polyspermae. 
Semina.oblonga, 4 mm. longa, tuberculata, castan 
WesTERN Himataya: Kumaon; Kali valley, on the border of 
Nepal, alt. 1800-2100 m.; and near Sala Durma, alt. 2400 m., J. F. 
Duthie and J. -R. Reid. 
A very distinct age of which I have seen only two specimens— 
one in the Herbar of St. Petersburg, the other in that of Edin- 
burgh, both in flower aia fruit and both collected by Mr. Reid, ath the 
Bengal Civil sir in company with Mr. Duthie.—J. D. Hoo 
Fig. 1, part of inflorescence ; 2, sepal ; 3, standard ; 4, wi ng: 5, lip; 
ty sn ti lowest pedicel with ‘bract and capsule ; 9, seed. All exce pt be oo we 
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