TABULA 2917. 
IMPATIENS IMBECILLA, Mook. /. 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
I. imbecilla, Hook. f. (sp. nov.) ; herba flaccida, glaberrima, I. Faberi 
proxima, foliis ovatis, inflorescentia ha falparaiag pauciflora, alarum 
auricula ‘dorsali i in filum elongatum prod 
Herba gracilis, ramosa, glaberrima, flaccida, parviflora, caule 20-30 
em. longo laxe folioso. Folia cm. longa, altern na, petiolata, mem- 
flori; pedicelli 1-2 cm. longi; bracteae minutae, ovato-lanceolatae, 
deciduae. Flores ad 2 cm. longi. Sepala 2, ovato-rotundata, longe 
acuminata, 4 mm. longa. Vezdllum irri 7 mm. latum, apice 
bilobum, costa dorso carinata, carina crenulata apice rostrata. Alae 
sessiles, 8-10 mm. longae ; lobus basalis rotundatus vel subtrigonus ; 
distalis paullo longior, dolabriformis, apice rotundatus ; auricula 
dorsalis in pilum elongatum i in labelli calear descendentem producta. 
Labellum corniforme, 12-14 mm. longum, ab ore ascendente acuminato 
deorsum sensim attenuatum, rectum vel falcatum. Filamenta linearia ; 
antherae didymae, subacutae. Ovarium lineare, 5-costatum, rectum, 
acutum. 
Cuina: Szechuen; Mt. Omei, alt. 2700 m., Faber, 865, ex Aug. 
= ra i in Herb. Mus. Palat. Vindobon. 624; et in Herb. Bot. Nov. 
i. deonardara is reed allied to I. Faberi, Hook. f. ms., a much rca 
plant with long subsessile lanceolate leaves, found also on el 
by Father Faber mr shorten by Mr. Wilson, but at a very oe 
in having n narrow y ovate subacute fees a more in standard, 
bifid at the base, and larger broader anthers.—J. D. Hoo 
Fig. 1, flower with pedicel and bract ; 2, sepal; 3 and 4, standard ; 5, spur of 
lip ; and wi wing showing the dorsal — descending into the spur; 6, wing ; 
7, hp: 8; stamen ; 9, ovary. All e 
