TABULA 2958. 
IMPATIENS MEYANA, Hook. }. 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
I. Meyana, Hook. f. (sp. nov.) ; herba gracilis, parviflora, foliis ovatis 
cr ratis utrinque 6-8-nerv viis, pedunculis 2-floris gracillimis 
crassiusculis, sepalis ovatis, labelli calcare tae duplo longiore, antheris 
acutis. 
erba gracilis, 2-3 dm. alta, glaberrima, parviflora, caule gracili 
ramoso. Folia 3-7 cm. longa, alterna, longe petiolata, membranacea, 
ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, ~subeaudatim acuminata, sabre dentata 
vel — subtus subglauca, Lee longe in piste: gracilem 2-3 cm. 
longum angustata, nervis utrinque Ne foliis Tongiores, 
eracillimi, erecti, 2-flori; pedicelli capillares, E 15 cm. longi, fructi 
paullo pe, inferiores — see mre ultra cates amen 
bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, longe acuminatae, 3-5 mm. longae, caducae. 
Flores ad . cm, expansl, ‘eee dtanaie: ; raphides 0. ala 2, 
ovata, acuminata, m. longa, 6—7-nervia, costa gracili. Verilum 
quadrato-rotundatum utrinque bilobum, costa dorso carinata, carin 
sub apice rostellata. Alae basi late cuneatae, sessiles, 10 mm. longae ; 
lobus basalis rotundatus; distalis paullo longior, blaine slates 
formis, apice rotundatus ; ‘auricula dorsalis rotundata. Labelli limbus 
cymbiformis, 8 mm. ongus, ore horizonta li acuto ; calcar limbo duplo 
m. 
cularia, compressa, 3 mm. di jametro, ore, fusca.—J. 
Curva: Yunnan ; between —o. and Tohen-kiong, Pére Mey 4027, 
ex Bicbinea in Herb. Mus. Par 
Fig. 1, sepal; 2, ote 3, wing; 4, lip; 5, stamen; 6, ovary; 7, cap- 
sule; 8, seeds. All enlarge 
