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IMPATIENS GAGEI, Look. /. 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
I. Gagei, Hook. f. (sp. nov.) ; I. decipienti, Hook. f. seeneres differt 
foliis radiates: acuminatis sertulatia sepalisque dimidiatim ovatis 
Herba erecta, glaberrima, caule gracili simplici vel ramoso. Folia 
6-10 cm. longa, alterna, petiolata, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, caudatim 
acuminata, serrulata, membranacea, basi cuneata vel sles mo 
vel ciliata, in petiolum 2-4 cm. longum gracilem angustata, nervis 
utrinque 8-10 ; glandulae stipulares 0. Pedicelli in walls folhorum "C3, 
sessiles vel pedunculo brevissimo inserti, 2-3 cm. longi, capillares, basi 
bracteati; bracteae setaceae vel filiformes. Flores inter majores, 
lum ove oils. 1 4-1-8 cm. diametr ro, costa pce medio vel 
inferne gibba, apic ulata. Alae substi ipitatae, amplae, 3 cm. longae ; 
lobus basalis rotundatus, distalis paullo longior, oblongo-obeordatus 
auricula dorsalis prominens. ellum saccatum, 2-3 cm. longum, basi 
sensim Vv vel abrupte in calear breve incurvum attensuiitedtn, ore ascendente 
apiculato. Filamenta brevia, linearia; antherae sessiles. Ovariwm 
lineare, rectum, apice acuto incurvo. 
EasteRN Himataya: Darjeeling; Tonglo slopes, below Simana, 
alt. 6000-8000 ft., Burkill 277438, 27744, 27745. 
The simply pedicellate large flowers refer I. Gagei to the neighbour- 
hood of I. decipiens which differs in having crenate leaves and orbicular 
sepals. I have e after Maj age, Superintendent of 
the Royal Botanic Garden at Calcutta. Mr. Burkill says of thi 
species: ‘ It not ascend on the Tonglo ridge, but is found in the 
Col at the head of the Little Rungiet river. e flower is violet with a 
pink spur twisted to the left, and the lower kod gas of the wings 
are slightly twisted to the same side.’— 
Fig. 1, apex of ager bracts, pedicels, flower and ovary; 2, sepals; 
3; standard ; 4, wing ; p; 6, stamen. All enlarged. 
