TaBULA 2954. 
IMPATIENS RUBRO-STRIATA, Hook. 2 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
I. rubro-striata, Hook. f. (sp. nov.) ; herba alternifolia, foliis novel- 
lis pubescentibus crenatis utrinque 5-nerviis, oy culis 3-5-flori 18, 
bracteis inferioribus saepe vacuis, sepalis 2 rotundatis 
erba elata, glaberrima vel ramulis ultimis foliisque novellis puberulis, 
rire inter majoribus, caule sat ro ip to ramoso folios 0-5-1 
dm. longa, alterna, petiolata, firma, ovata, ovato-rotundata vel ellip- 
cult foliis multo breviores, 2-3 cm. longi, patentes, racemosim 3~—5- 
flori, saepe infra inflorescentiam EK 1-2 vacuis instructa. Pedi- 
cella 1-1°5 cm. oe fructiferi elongati; bracteae minutae, late ovatae, 
obtusae, 1-2 mm. longae, concavae, persistentes. Flores ad 4-5 cm. 
ser nsil, rubro- strat raphidibus instructi. epala 2, orbicularia 
oblata, 6— ata, reticulatim nervosa, mutica, co inf 
marginem puncto igo om Vexillum orbiculare, 10-14 mm. latum, 
muticum, costa dorso crasse carinata, carina medio abate: Alae 
amplae, 2-3 cm. longae, sessiles ; lobus basalis ecnheie 1-1-5 mm 
diametro; distalis major, obovato-rotundatus; auricula dorsalis reni- 
formis, inflexa. Labelli limbus late saccatus, ba Si in calear mcurvum 
obtusa robustum ad 10 mm. longum repente attenuatus, ore elongato 
‘5-2 cm. longo ascendente obtuso apiculato. Filamenta brevia, 
antherae didymae obtusae. Ovarium fusiforme, rectum, acuminatum. 
Capsulae clavatae, 1-5-2 cm. longae, = rotundatae et mucronatae, 
polyspermae. Semina orbicularia, laevia 
Cuina: Yunnan; forests of Tchoung-chan, Ducloux 2612, 2613, 
3606 in Herb. Mus. Paris. 
A Le neni na pa of robust habit, with 5-nerved crenate leaves, 
short few-flow peduncles with very small persistent bracts, the 
lower of hick are often flowerless as in I. Duclouxii, oblate sepals and 
rather large flowers streaked with red.—J. D. Hooker 
Fig. 1, sepal; 2, standard; 3, wing; 4, lip; 5, stamen; 6, ovary; 7, capsule ; 
8, seed. All enlarged. 
