TaBULA 2923, 
IMPATIENS DIFFUSA, Hook. /. 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
I. diffusa, Hook. 7. in Kew Bull. 1909, 7; herba diffusa, ramosa, 
parviflora, foliis alternis ovato- -oblongis fere ‘integerri mis, sepalis 4-5 
mm. latis orbicularibus cuspidatis, alarum lobis brevibus consimilibus 
obcordatis, labelli calcare elongato gracile. 
Herba 2)-30 cm. alta, glaberrima, flaccida, parviflora, caule succoso 
e basi diffise ramoso, ramis elongati s flexuosis. F 0-12 ¢ 
oblonga, acuta vel acuminata, indistincte crenulata setulis interjectis, 
vel minute serrulata, basi cuneata, marginibus nudis vel pauci-ciliatis, 
in petiolum 2-3 cm. longum gracilem angustata, nervis utrinque 5-7. 
Inflorescentia simpliciter ieee tang pedicelli basi ebracteati, minheroy 
folio breviores, fructiferi em. longi. Flores ad 1 cm. expansi, 
raphides 0. Sepala 2, ae tn rotundata, cuspidata, 5 mm. lata, 
laxe reticulatim nervosa. exillum oblate obcordatum, mm. 
latum, costa dorso alata apice mucronata. € ses ssiles, 8-9 mm. 
longae ; lobi erecti, obcordati, sinubus muticis, distalis basali paullo 
major; auricula dorsalis parva, prope basin alae. Labelli limbus 
scaphiformis, ovatus, 6-7 mm. longus, ore ascendente apice aristulato 
calear gracile, ad 2cm. longum. Filamenta —e saga antherae 
orbiculares, connatae, introrsae, obtusa Ovarium ongum 
obtusum. Capsulae 10-15 mm. lo ongae, a fare ates gibbose 
turgidae, breviter stipitatae, acute rostratae, polyspermae. Semina 
oblonga, 2.5-3 mm. longa, laevia, castane 
- Inpo-Cuina : Cambodia ; Song Treng, Harmand, 89 in Herb. Mus, 
aris 
from He 
with the habitat given above.—J. D. Hooker. 
Fig. 1, sepal; 2, standard ; 3, wing; 4, lip; 5, stamen; 6, ovary; 7, capsule ; 
8, seed. All enlarged. 
