TaBuLta 2921. 
IMPATIENS MONOTRICHA, Hook. ei 
BALSAMINACEAR. 
I. monotricha, Hook. f. in Lecomte, Notul. Systemat. 1 (1909) 12; 
herba humilis, ramosa, glaberrima, foliis alternis ovatis serrulatis, 
floribus longe graciliter pedicellatis, vexillo late obcordato, alaru 
lobo basale amplo obcordato, distale multo minore apice longe aristato, 
labelli calcare gracillimo pendulo. 
Herba humilis, glaberrima, caule simplice vel furcato, saepissime 
columnari inferne longe n nudo. Folia 4-7 cm. longa, alterna, breviter 
petiolata, crassiuscula, exsiccata firma, ovata, an vel acuminata, 
serrulata, infra medium in petiolum crassum 3-5 mm. longum a ngus- 
tata, marginibus basin versus nudis vel longe waht, costa subtus 
crassiuscula, nervis utrinque 5-6. Inflorescentia stecunaiten ectiantai: 
age foliis lon ngiores, graciles, erecti, fructiferi valde elongati. 
Flores ad 2.5 cm. expansi. epala 2, ovato-rotundata, cuspidata, 
1 12 mm. diametro, rblamag ode nervosa. Vexillum amplum, profunde 
obcordatum, 18-20 m atum, costa dorso carinata apice valide 
rostrata. Alae sessiles, 2 om. longae ; : : us basalis parvus, apice 
Sah ilo t ; distalis multo major, late obcordatus, muticus ; 
ricula dorsalis parva. Labelli limbus "ayia ormis, subaristato- 
rior atus, 13 mm. longus, horizontalis ; calcar gracile, em. 
longum. Filamenta brevissima, lata ; antherae orbiculares, connatae. 
varium bre turgidum. Capsulae gibbose ovoideae, utrinque 
attenuatae, obtusae, situleshas, 11 mm. longae, polyspermae. Semina 
vix matura, 1 mm. longa, oblonga, compressa, glabra. 
Inpo-Cuina: Laos; bassin de ai ai Mt. Hupen, alt. 1800-2700 
m., Harmand, 1137 in ‘Herb. Mus. Paris 
e flowers are in a bad state of preservation and I had great ey 
in tetig out their organs. Ihave seen but one capsule.—J. D. Hooker 
Fig. 1 Boned with the sais —— detache ae? 2, sepal; 3, stand —s 
4, rings 6 ; 5, lip; 6, stamen; ary; 8, capsule; 9, seeds, All except fig. 
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