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Taputa 2912. 
IMPATIENS LACEI, Hook. f. 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
I. Lacei, Hook. f. (sp. nov.) ; herba elata, ramosa, alternifolia, grandi- 
flora, foliis ovato-lanceolatis petiolisque ilis capillaribus elongatis 
marginatis. 
pilis patentibus 3-8 mm. longis cri nita, ponaeted oo supra 
rotundata v neata, nervis utrinque 8-12, petiolo ngo 
gracile pubescente et piloso, pilis passim glanduliferis; elandulae 
stipulares 0. Pedunculi petiolo breviores, 1-2 cm. longi, rigidi, 
glaberrimi, apice 1-2-flori ; pedicelli pedunculo doesnt’, glaberrimi, 
fructiferi elon ati ; bracteae minutae, herbaceae, ovatae. Flores 
~ ampli, albi, roseo- sone em. longi. Sepala 2, parva, 5 mm. lon 
nga, 
elliptico-ovata, acuta, 5-7-nervia, viridia, basi rotundata Vexillum 
orbiculare, 12-15 mm. Sinietss, basi rotundatum, apice retusum, costa 
) no Birra tes apiculata Alae sessiles, 2-2.5 cm. longae, basi 
cun ; lobus basalis aii rotundatus ; distalis aequilongus, si 
dalaise ots, paullo recurvus ; auricula dorsalis protrusa. Labellur 
maximum, caleare incluso 4 em. longum, onan, basi eabaielatalne, 
abrupte in calcar robustum 6-10 mm. longum attenuatum ; ore lente 
ascendente obtuso apiculato. Filamenta 4 mm. lon nga, gracilia 
antherae mediocres, superpositae. Ovarium lineare, rectum, rostra- 
tum. Capsulae ellipsoideae, erectae, breviter stipitatae et acute 
rostratae, polyspermae. Semina immatura 2.5 mm. longa, compressa, 
minute papillosa, pallida. 
Lower Burma: Pegu ; banks of the Sa Chaong, lat. 17.20° N., 
long. 96.10° E., January 1906, J. H. Lace, 
A very beautiful plane, remarkable for the very long spreading simple 
hairs sometimes more than a quarter of an inc ong in the lower 
crenatures of the minutely ciliolate leaves, and the large flowers which 
