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TABULA 2911. 
IMPATIENS DEBILIS, Jurcz. 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
I. debilis, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. xxxii. 1 (1859) 272; 
I. tenellae, Heyn ne, affinis, differt vals ramosissimo ramisque strictis 
erectis floribus minutis et labelli caleare breve 
Herba annua, 20-30 em. alta, erecta, glaberrima, polyantha, minuti- 
flora, caule e basi ra moso, ramis ramulisque erectis gracilibus foliosis. 
Folia 2-3 em. longa, ‘opposita, sessilia, rigida, elliptico-lanceolata, 
acuminata, remote serrulata vel spinulis raris ciliata, basi acuta vel 
obtusa, costa subtus valida, nervis utrinque 3-4 obscuris; glandulae 
infra-petiolares 0. Pedicelli in axillis superioribus solitarii vel bini, 
iferi 4-5 mm. longi, fructiferi 5-10 mm. longi. Flores 5-6 mm. 
expan albi (2). Sep , anguste linearia, acuminata, 3-4 mm. longa, 
un Filion pe are, cucullatum, obtuse cuspidatum, 
mm. latum, costa tenui simplice. Alae subsessiles, 5-7 mm. longae, 
incurvae ; lobus basalis minimus, oblongus ; ap is amplus, oblique 
obovatus, 7 mm. longus, nervis lineatus; auricula dorsalis minuta, 
basi alae proxima. Labellum cymbiforme, ie aad, acuminatum, 
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5 mm. longum ; calcar limbo aequilongum vel brevius, rectum vel 
incur , ore horizontale longe acuminato. Filamenta brevia, fili- 
formia ; antherae did} varium faleatum, cylindricum, obtusum 
Caps 0 mm. longae, vix stipitatae, medio ventricosae, longe 
cen rostratae, puberulae, 1-2-spermae. Semina orbicularia, com- 
press mm. diametro, lasvin, atra, nitida.—Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 
483 ; eee in Ree, Bot. Surv. Ind. iv. (1906), 58. 
Niterret Hints: Perrottet, 180 in Herb. Mus. Palat. Vindobon. 
A very distinct species, remarkable for its strict erect much-branched 
habit, with erect branches, with many flowering leaf-axils towards the 
tips, rigid narrowly inci ne ot minute flowers and small 
HooKE 
1—2-seeded capsules.—J. D 
Fig. 1, sepal; 2, oe 3, wing; 4, lip; 5, stamen; 6, ovary; 7, capsule ; 
8, seed. All enlar 
