TapuLa 2908. 
IMPATIENS CORIOSEPALA, Hook. Fe 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
I. coriosepala, Hook. /. (sp. nov.) ; herba elata, robusta, J. ¢nsigni, 
DC., affinis, differt foliis longioribus crenatis, sepalis minoribus orbicu- 
laribus, euloans labelli longiore et absentia glandularum ad basin 
petiolorum 
Herba metralis (2), glaberrima, longifolia, caule simplice robusto. 
Folia 10-17 cm. longa, alterna, subsessilia, papyracea, oblongo- 
lanceolata, acuminata, crenata setis roi ie ectis 0, exsiccata supra lucida, 
subtus pallida, basi longe angustata, sessilia bine breviter petiolata, 
nervis utrinque 10-14; glandulae lee -petiolares 0. Pedunculi ex 
axillis superiorbus orti, san ‘eviores, erecti, et, 5-6-flori; pedi- 
celli 3-5 . longi, filifor racteae ovatae, concavae, acutae 
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apiculata, 6-7 mm. lata, crasse coriacea, multinervia, exsiccata dura, 
costa dorso incrassata. Vezillum quadrato-oblongum, 10 mm. longum, 
apice rotundatum, muticum. e breves, sessiles, ad 2 cm. longae ; 
dorsalis parva, protrusa. Labelli limbus late infundibularis, ad 12 mm. 
Jongus, basi in mig gracile 2-2.5 cm. longum attenuatus ; ore hori- 
zontale ad 1.5 em. diametro obtuso. Filamenta satin, ‘ad 5 mm. 
longa ; antherae ipa connatae 
Wallich in Herb. Mus. Palat. Vindobon. 40975, e coll. 
Beickenbaoh £ 
This handsome species is — a0 to I. insignis, DC., also a 
Nepal plant, of which it may prove to be a form, but which differs in 
the succulent stem with swollen acca, the shorter sharply serrate 
leaves, large pulvinate infra-petiolar glands, ovate sepals, small vexillum 
and sho spur. It agrees with [. insignis in the thickly coriaceous 
sepals and form of the wings and limb of the li 
The leaves of I. cortosepala in the dried specimen before me are 
very dark olive-brown, shining on the upper surface.—J. D. Hooker. 
Fig. 1, sepal; 2, standard; 3, wing; 4, lip; 5, stamens; 6, ovary. All 
enlarged. 
