TaBuLa 2903. 
IMPATIENS AITCHISONII, Hook. Pa 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
I. ae Hook. f. in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vol. iv. (1904), p. 9; 
herba annua, robusta, angustifolia, I. Thomsoni, Hook. f., bracteis finea- 
tibus capsulisque deflexis affinis, differt lobo basale alarum rotundato 
mutico, capsulis pre ne een multo majoribus. 
Herba 30-60 cm. alta, wana robusta, glaberrima, floribus medio- 
cribus, caule simplice vel ramoso. Folia 5 cm. longa, alterna vel 
apices versus ramorum aoniot. petiolata, lanceolata tie ovato- 
lanceolata, acuminata, = ulata, basi in petio 1-4 cm. 
longum angustata, nervis utrinque 6-8; glandulae Fibs — 
minimae vel 0. Pedunculi “8 suprema aequantes vel longiores, 
stricti, erecti, 3—5-flori ; pedice .O-1 em. longi; bracteae 6-8 mm. 
longae, filiformes, patulae, sellcammatatien Flores ad 2 cm. expansi, 
rosel, dorso aurei, labello purpureo maculato. Sepal m. 
1.2-1.7 cm. longae, sessiles; lobus basalis late oblongus, superne 
rotundatus, muticus ; distalis paullo longior, erectus, late vel anguste 
dolabriformis, apice rotundatus ; auricula dorsalis rotundata. Labelli 
sperma. Semina pro genere majuscula mm. longa, obl 
rugulosa, glabra, castanea.—I. amphorata, Aitch. in Journ. Linn. 
Bot. xix (1880) 155, non Edgew. 
NIsTAN: Kurrum Valley; Mt. Safed Koh, in wet places at 
Shenitei alt. 2700-3000 m., Dr. J. E. T. Aitchison, 1005. 
A well-marked species, osetia nae by the lanceolate leaves, very 
slender bracts, small ip, short spur, smal] androecium, deflexed capsule . 
and pnt seeds. “ihe iscoverer describes the stem as very transparent, 
like glass.—J. D. KER. 
Fig. 1 mts 2, standard: 3 and 4, wings; 5, lip; 6, stamens; 7, ovary; 
8, capsule ; ; 9, seed. All enlarged. 
