TABULA 2955. 
IMPATIENS LOULANENSIS, Hovk. ie 
BaALSAMINACEAE. 
I. loulanensis, ee }. (sp. nov.) ; herba alternifolia, foliis crenatis 
subtus glaucis utrinque 6—8-nerviis, pedunculis multifloris, sepalis 
longe ie ais conniatin 
Herba erecta, ramosa, glaberrima, 5-6 dm. alta, cong majusculis, 
caule sat robusto ramisque foliosis. Folia 5-10 ¢ onga, alterna, 
petiolata, membranacea, ovata vel ovato- deer tony acuta vel acu- 
minata, crenata vel crenulata, setulis interjectis raris, subtus glauca, 
basi repente in petiolum gracilem 3-5 cm. longum angustata, nervis 
utrinque 6-8. Pedunculi foliis longiores, tacile, rectl, saepe apices 
versus ramulorum corymbosim dispositi, mult iflori ; pedicelli filiformes, 
1-1-5 cm. longi ; bracteae ovatae, mm. longae, in aristam glanduli- 
geram limbum aequantem productae. Flores ad 2 cm. expansi; raphi- 
des 0. i 
acuminata, nervis reticulatis. Vexrillwm rotundatum, 9 mm. diametro, 
costa dorso crasse carinata, mucronata. Alae 1-5-2 cm. longae, fag 
cuneatae ; lobus basalis rotundatus ; distalis at — angus 
a basi paullo dilatata sensim angustatu , obtus auricula ee 
n a. ii i i Z¢ 
attenuatus, ore horizontali acuminato. Filamenta brevia ; antherae 
didymae, superpositae. Ovariwm fusiforme, rectum, acuminatum. 
Curva: Yunnan; prope Loulan, Ducloux 4436 in Herb. Mus. 
Paris. 
Closely allied to I. obconica, Hook. f. MSS., but differing in the small 
unilaterally 6—8-nerved leaves, long-aristate gland-tipped _ bracts, 
awned sepals and mucronate keel of the wings. More fea allied to 
I. cyathiflora (tab. 2952) in which there are “only 5 nerves on each 
side of the leaf, Ln sepals are eens an the vexillum muticous. All 
Fig. 1, pedicel, bract and ovary; 2, bract; 3, sepal; 4, standard; 5, wing; 
6, lip ; 7, stamens. <All enlarged. 
