TaBuLa 2966. 
IMPATIENS OLIGONEURA, Hook. 4. 
BALSAMINACEAE, 
I. oligoneura, Hook. f. (sp. nov.) ; foliis ovatis grosse crenatis 
lucidis, nervis utrinque at pedunculis unifloris, bracteis late ovatis, 
sepalis ovatis 9-10 mm. longis inaequilateris dentatis basi aibbis, 
nt cuspidatis. 
Herba 6 dm. alta, — ramosa, glaberrima, hy mediocribus, 
caule sat robusto, ramis r mulisque g gracilibus. Folia 4-6 cm. longa, 
alterna, petiolata, pacer eooniary lucida, ovata vel ditties acuminata, 
grosse crenata crenis apiculatis, basi ¢ uneata, nuda vel glandulis 
paucis minutis marginata, in petiolum ye em. longum gracilem 
angustata, nervis utrinque 3-5 gracillimis. Pedunculi 3-4 cm. longi, 
filiformes, uniflori, alte supra medium unibracteati ; bractea late ovata 
Flor 
vel orbicularis, epidata, dentata, caduca. ores cm. expansi, 
rosei ? Sepala 2, oblique ovata vel ovato-oblonga, acuminata, 9-10 mm. 
longa, valde inaequilatera uno latere basi gibba, costa dorso alata, 
marginibus dentatis integerrimisve. Veaillum oblatum, 1 if m.latum 
muticum, disco incrassato, carina media apice nodosa percu ; ae 
basi late cuneatae, 2° : em. longae; lobus basalis oe a pray distalis 
inflexus, multo m orbicularis vel late dolabriformis, apice rotun- 
2 cm. longus, in calcar tenue limbo brevius apice clavellatum attenuatus, 
ore ascendente 1:2 cm. longo obtuso apiculato attenuato. Filamenta 
brevia, lata; antherae cuspidatae. Ovariwm fusiforme, rectum, 
acuminatum. Capsulae immaturae, anguste lineares. 
Cuina: Szechuan; Potanin in Herb. Hort. Petrop. 
A species well marked by its few-nerved membranous lucid oe Lose 
leaves, long naked peduncles with a toothed caducous bract not far 
beneath the flower and the dor rsally bese 7 tau patirn 
I have seen but one specimen.—J. D. Hoo 
Fig. 1, peduncle, bract and ovary; 2, 3 and 4, sepals; 5, standard ; 6, wing ; 
7, lip; 8, stamen; 9, ovary. All enlarged. 
