TaBuLA 2962 
IMPATIEN S CIRRHIPETALA, Hook, f. 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
Le sab iia Hook. }. (sp. nov.); elata, ramosa, parviflora, 
foliis ovato-lanceolatis caudatim acuminatis crenatis utringue 6—7- 
nerviis, pie ae its gracillimis 6-8-floris, sepalis basi incurvis, alarum 
lobo distali lineari spiraliter torto. 
erba elata, erecta, ramosa, aga a parviflora, caule sat robusto, 
ramis gracilibus. olia O'5-1- longa, alterna, petiolata, mem- 
branacea, ovato- vel oblongo- mac ane caudatim acuminata, crenata, 
setulis passim interjectis, basi in petiolum 1-3 cm. ie um wie eaadey 
nervis utrinque 6-7. Pe deg veering gracillim1, . 
ongi, apices versus eo sim 6-8-flor 3 pedicelli Peale mee 5 cm. 
longi; bracteae minu tee Peon ad 2mm. longae. Flores 
(alarum lobi distales pers i) a cm. expansi, flavi? ; raphides 0. 
versus geniculatim incurva, geniculo tumido ultra pedicelli insertionem 
producto. Vevxillum orbiculare, 8 mm. latum, costa tenuiter carinata, 
apice mucronata. Alae basi cuneatae, 18 mm. longae ; lobus basalis 
rotundatus, cet mm. di mes distalis 8-10 mm. longus, anguste lori- 
formis, creberr tortus ; cula dorsalis oral inflexa. Labelli 
limbus brevis, par a ar ae ig in calcar 17 cm. longum infra medium 
incurvum apice acutum ve entatum sensim attenuatus, ore lato 
eaie Patios apice rotundato apiatiat ilamenta brevissima, subulata; 
antherae parvae, obtusae. Ovariwm tenue, acuminatum. Capsula 
sateen gracilis, acuminata. 
Eastern Himataya: Griffith 1239 in Herb. Hort. Petrop. 
This species presents two remarkable characters, the sepals are 
geniculate at the incurved base and the knee itself is deeply pouched, 
the pouch extending backwards beyond the insertion of the pedicel : 
and the et exserted distal lobes of the wings are closely twisted.— 
J. D. Hoo 
Fig. 1, flower with ip cman 2, sepals; 3, standard; 4, wing; 5, lip; 
6, spur; 7, stamens ; ary. All enlarged. 
