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TABULA 2968. 
IMPATIENS PODOCARPA, Hook. J. 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
I. podocarpa, Hook. f. (sp. nov.); elata, ramosa, parviflora, foliis 
ovatis lanceolatisve caudatim acuminatis crenatis, pedunculis 6-8- 
floris, sepalis minutis deltoideis, capsulis clavatis longe gracile stipitatis. 
Herba elata, ramosa, glaberrima, parviflora, ramis gracilibus. Folia 
1-2 dm. longa, alterna, petiolata vel superiora go membranacea, 
ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, caudatim acuminata, crenata setulis inter- 
dum interjectis, basi in petiolum 2-4 cm. ihe angustata, nervis 
utringue 10-12; glandulae stipulares 0. Pedunculr cm. longi, 
graciles, erecti; racemi 6—8-flori ; bracteae en ar pe longae, ovatae, 
acutae, persi istentes. Alabastra globosa, ad 7 mm. diametro, calcare 
; j ; raphides 0. Sepala 2, deltoideo-ovata 
vel rotundata, obtusa, 2mm. lo onga, uninervia, membranacea, eglandu- 
losa. Capsulae 2-22 cm. longae, erectae, clavatae, acutae, in stipitem 
gracilem vacuum elongatum angustatae, 2-3-spermae. Semina late 
oblonga, 3-5 mm. longa, tuberculata, atra. 
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WESTERN HIMALAYA: Garwhal ; in ang above Kinali, alt. 7000—- 
8000 i. Duthie 3897 in Herb. Hort. Petro 
I have seen but one specimen of this very handsome species, consisting 
of a branch about 20 inches long with leaves 4-8 inches long and erect 
peduncles with racemes, some bearing minute flower buds, aha 
tew ripe capsules. In general habit, globose flower-buds and persistent 
bracts it approaches nearest to I. racemosa, diflering greatly in stature, 
absence of infrapetiolar glands, broad obtuse eglandular sepals, capsules 
narrowed for more than half their length into a very slender, seedless 
stipes and large, ‘dbeniied seeds.—J. D. Hooker. 
Fig. 1, sepals; 2, stamens; 3, ovary; 4, capsule; 5,seed. All enlarged. 
