TaButa 2956. 
IMPATIENS GRACILIPES, Hook. f. 
BALSAMINACEAR, 
I. gracilipes, Hook. f. (sp. nov.) ; lerba robusta, parviflora, foliis 
ovatis leviter crenatis utrinque 5-6-ner vis, pedunculis gracilibus 
3-6-floris, floribus flavis, sepalis inaequilateralibus. 
Herba annua, erecta, 2-3 dm. alta, ramosa, parviflora, caule succu- 
lento sat robusta, radice fibrosa. Folia 4-6 cm, longa, alterna, petio- 
lata, firma, ovata, acuta vel ac uminata, ote weenie ie passim 
interjectis, basi minute biglandulosa, in petiolum m 
angustata, nervis utrinque- 5-6 obscuris. Peuneul graciles, 
longiores, racemosim 3-6-flori ; pedicelli 1-1-5 cm. longi; bract 
2 mm. longae, ovato-lanceolatae, deciduae. Flores ad 1 cm. setae 
flavi; ra hides 0 Sepala 3-4 mm. longa, anguste ovata vel oblonga, 
subacuta, inaequilatera, rarius dimidiato avidt, costa crassa mariginali 
ceterum enervia. exillum orbiculare, euculla tum, muticu . dorso 
rotundatum. Alae sessiles, 10 mm. longae ; lobus basalis ara 
distalis duplo longior, oblongo- dolabriformis, apice 7 atus ; 
auricula dorsalis angusta. Labelli limbus brevis, cymbiform s, 6-7 mm. 
longus, in calcar incurvum duplo longius attenuatus, ore Ties 
: didymae. rium fusiforme, 
rectum, acuminatum. sulae 1 5 em. longae, lineares vel subclava- 
tae, vix stipitatae, aaitles, teretes, compressae, aint mae. Semina 
obovata, compressa, 3 mm. longa, laevia, castane 
Eastern TIBet: Batang ; at Yargong in moist shady places, Abbé 
Soulté 3113 in Herb. Mus. Paris 
Closely allied to I. crassicaudex and from the same country, fhiften. 
ing in the obscurely crenate subcaudately acuminate leaves with often 
two small glands at the base, — seas longer peduncles, and 
very inequilateral sepals.—J. D. Hoo 
Fig. 1, bract; 2 and 3, sepals; 4, standard; 5, wing; 6, lip; 7, stamens; 
8, ovary; 9, capsule ; 10, seed. All enlarged. 
