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IMPATIENS MICROTHECA, Hook. /. 
BALSAMINACEAE, 
I. microtheca, Hook. f. (sp. nov.) ; I. Goughii, Wight, affinis, differt 
floribus capsulisque minimis et lobo distale alarum profunde bifido. 
Herba annua, humilis, minimiflora, caule rae erecto 5-8 ¢ 
alto “daplies vel ramoso selaoueeyat Folia 1-2 em. longa, none 
Pedunculi  foliis or ca ie sub-umbellatim 3.6 lox; 
us, 3 m 
renters als a enn shige Den mn 
turgidae, ellipsoideae, breviter stipitatae, ante seekioe onaeetiee 
ee . a pha sso vel globosa, compressa, 1 mm. diametro, laevia, 
—I. circaeoides, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mose. xxxvi. | 
(1863) 594, non "Wallic +h. 
Nixreret Hiwus: Perrottet, 171 in Herb. Mus. Palat. Vindobon. 
I. microtheca is an ally of I. Goughii, Wight, from which it differs in 
its age flowers and in the deeply bifid distal lobe of the wings. 
Owing to the minuteness, contraction and distortion of the floral 
iste I found it difficult to lay them out for the description, which 
may want revision.—J. D. Hook 
Fig. 1, sepal; 2, standard ; 3, wing; 4, lip; 5, capsule; 6, seed. All enlarged. 
