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IMPATIENS COSMIA, Hook. J. 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
I. cosmia, Hook. f. (sp. nov.); I. chinensi, L., affinis, differt caule 
brevi flexuoso, foliis obovato-oblongis et floribus parvis. 
Herba debilis, glaberrima, 15-20 Row alta, caule simplice gracile 
flexuoso inferne longe nudo. Folia em. longa, opposita, brevissime 
petiolata, firma, anguste Sbeeate blues subacuta vel apiculata, 
0 vel minimae. Pedicelli in axillis supremis solitarii, —. fig fa Sony 
Flores ad 1.5 cm. expansi, rosei (?). Sepala 2, anguste lin 7mm 
longa, acuminata, 3-nervia. Vezillum orbiculare, 5 mm. “eel costa 
auricula dorsalis eid cine oti « limbus cymbiformis, 
acuminatus, ascendens ; calear robustum, limbo duplo longius, in- 
curvum vel involutum. Filamenta brevissima, subulata ; antherae 
obtusae. Ovariwm fusiforme, paullo faleatum. 
Cutva: Jungkun, Faber, in Herb. Mus. Palat. Vindobon.; Chekiang, 
Capt. Jacobs in Herb. Kew 
A very near ally of the widely distributed I. chinensis, L., and 
probably only a form of that variable plant, but differing widely in 
aspect, the whole plant being only a span high with a slender flexuous 
stem, and short obovate, almost entire leaves. There are four speci- 
mens collected by Father Faber in = Vienna Herbarium ; Capt. 
Jacobs’ is a solitary one.—J. D. Hooke 
Fig. 1, sepal; 2, standard; 3, wing; 4, lip; 5, stamens; 6, ovary. All 
enlarged, 
