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TasBuLa 2914. 
IMPATIENS TRICHOCARPA, Hook. Z. 
BALSAMINACEAE, 
hac gente es Hook. f. (sp. nov.); herba parviflora, foliis alternis, 
floribus capsulisque exceptis glaberrima, inflorescentia simpliciter 
 aoesheromi “wanes minimis, vexillo mucronato, labelli calcare limbo 
Herba annua, 20-30 cm. id es exceptis sepia erecta, 
Tamosa, parviflora, caule inferne nudo robusto, ramis erectis foliosis. 
ia 4-6 cm. longa, alterna, a eh coriacea, atietine: sae hear ra 
costa subtus crassa, nervis utrinque fe Lacey glandulae infra- 
petiolares 0. Pedicelli aad raro bini, 1-1.5 em. longi, glabri vel 
puberuli, fructiferi paullo longiores. Flores ad 1.5 cm. expansi. Sepala 
4 minima, ovata, _acuta. Vexi lum orbiculare, cucullatum Dragger 
é 
ellipsoideum, acutum. Capsulae 10-12 mm. longae, turgidae, ellips- 
oideae, breviter stipitatae, acute A eine dense appresse tomentosae, 
polyspermae. Semina globosa, 2 mm. diametro, minutissime hirtella. 
Nixeiri Hints: Perrottet, 176 in Herb. Mus. Palat. Vindobon. 
Closely allied to I. scaberula of the Western Ghats and Mysore, but 
differing in the glabrous branches, sessile or subsessile leaves, and the 
short incurved spur.—J. D. Hoo 
Fig. 1, sepal ; 2, standard; 3, wing; 4, lip; 5, stamens; 6, ovary; 7, capsule ; 
8, seed. All enlarged, 
