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IMPATIENS JAESCHKEI, Hook. /. 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
I, Jaeschkei, Hook. /. (sp. nov.); species elata, ramosa, macrophylla, 
pe inflorescentia pedunculata, floribus majusculis breviter 
calcar 
Herba elata, en rang grandifolia, caule gracile ramoso. Folia 
10-20 cm. longa, alterna, petiolata, tenuiter membranacea, oblonga, 
acuminata, crenata pe he fidevioctis 0, basi in petiolum 2- cm. 
longum nudum vel anguste alatum angustata, utrinque 6-12-nervia ; 
glandulae sift been es 0. Pedunculi gracillimi, 5-10 cm. longi, 
apicem versus racemosim 3-—5-flori ; pedicelli Glienmse, 1-2 em. longi ; 
puleeie lanceolatae, acuminatae, 4-6 mm. longae. F ores ad 2.5 cm. 
expansi, rosei(?). Sepala 2, oblique ovato-rotundata, paullo — 
acuminata, inaequilatera, 6 longa, membranacea, ervia 
Veaillum amplum, orbiculare, 1. 8-2 em. latum, apice bilobum, saben, 
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formis, apicem versus rotundatus, angustatus ; auricula dorsalis rotun- 
data. Jabelli limbus vexillo minor, saccatim infundibularis, basi in 
calear incurvum breve tenue attenuatus, ore horizontale acuto. 
Ovarium lineare, acuminatum. Capsulae valde immaturae, erectae. 
iat Saggl a ae The Rev. R. Jaeschke in Herb. Mus. Palat. 
Vindobon. e coll. Reicheitach Kumaon; Shink la, 
Kali yey on oe peabe of Nepal, alt. 2700-3000 m., J. F. Duthie. 
No precise habitat of Zs noble x gone is attached to the specimens 
Kangra 
in the Vienna Herbarium, but it was in the district of 
(N. of ga alias Lahul, gre ne friend Mr. Duthie informs me 
that the . Jaeschke of the Moravian Mission prosecuted his 
lease — es. 
me ence fe eae ca are the affinity of I. Jaeschkei is not 
obvi ‘ts so espects it approaches I. bicolor, Royle, from 
week: the lanceolate bracts, bifid vexillum and stamens distinguish 
it.—J. D. Hooke 
Fig. 1, bract; 2, sepal; 3, standard; 4, wing; 5, lip; 6, stamens; 7, ovary. 
All enlarged, 
