TABULA 2957. 
IMPATIENS CRASSICAUDEX, Hook. f. 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
I. erassicaudex, Hook. f. (sp. nov.) ; herba parviflora, caule crasso 
succulento, foliis ovatis caudatim acuminatis, floribus flavis, sepalis 
anguste ovatis 
Herba annua, agua fare parviflora, 2-3 dm. alta, caule 
basi simplici crasso succulento dein ramosissimo, radice fibrosa. Folia 
3-5 cm. longa, alterna, sec flaccida, ovata, mgr paces 
crenato-serrata setulis passim interjectis, basi i iolum 1-3 ¢ 
ongum angustata, nervis utrinque 4-5 sone ore Pod neult shetaat 
filiformes, foliis breviores vel 5a pei erecti vel patuli, racemosim 
pauci- vel multiflori ; pedicelli 6- 8 m ong] ; ea ovatae, acu- 
mi m ongae, ictal eenies Flores 15 expansi, 
flavi ; raphides 0. Sepala 2, angusta, deltoideo-ovata, 3 mm. longa, 
uninervia. Vexillum orbiculare, basi intrusum, muticum, 8 mm. 
latum, costa dorso crasse carinata. Alae sessiles, 15 mm. longae ; 
lobus bene rotundatus ; distalis duplo longior, dolabriformis, apicem 
versus breviter angustatus ; auricula dorsalis rotundata. Labelli 
limbus brevis, cymbiform ormis 7 mm. longus, in calear ‘5 em. longum 
fere rectum attenuatus, ore horizontali obtuso spioulet. Filamenta 
eracilia ; siahjind obtusae. Ovarium fusiforme, rectum, acutum. 
Eastern Trpet: Batang ; at Yargong, Abbé Soulié in Herb. Mus. 
Pari 
The succulent stem was, when Nine probably as thick as the middle 
finger, and with the densely m ted fibrous root suggests the proba- 
bility of I. crassicaudex being a son or ditch plant. J. D. Hooker. 
Fig. 1, bract; 2, sepal; 3, standard; 4 and 5, wings; 6, lip; 7, stamen; 
8, ovary. Ali enlarged. 
