TaBuLca 2967. 
IMPATIENS ODONTOPETALA, Mazin. 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
I. odontopetala, Maxim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vol. xi. (1890), p. 95; 
ramosissima, parvifolia, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis obtusis grosse 
crenatis, pedunculis unifloris vel bifloris, pedicello inferiore ebracteato, 
antheris acuti 
Herba Pima foliosa, parvifolia, multiflora, glaberrima, caule 
sat robusto ascen ndente, ramis ramulisque gracilibus divaricatis. 
F nea nin longa, —— sessilia et breviter petiolata, firma, oblonga, 
obtusa vel acuta, integerrima vel obscure crenata, subtus violescentia, 
basi acuta, rotundata vel cedbeantclat, pauciglandulosa, petiolo 2-5 mm. 
longo filiformi, nervis utrinque 6~7 gracillimis. Pedunculi 1-2 cm. 
longi, fructif dice elongati, uniflori, medio bracteati vel 2-flori, 
racteato 
racteae minutae, ovatae. ores 2~2°5 cm. longi, pallide flavidi. 
Sepala 2, fere orbicularia, apiculata, 6-7 mm. lata, firma. Vezil 
parvum, sepalum aequans, orbiculare, cucullatum, costa _ supra 
medium crista crassa, subdeltoidea vel linguaeformi aucta, s 
enuatu 
longe producto acuminato. Filamenta brevia, linearia ; antherae acutae. 
arium lineare, acuminatum. Capsula immatura 17 cm. longa, 
angusta, linearis, acuta. 
Cuina: Kansu ; Lian-tsan-tsy, Potanin in Herb. Hort. Petrop. 
e specimen in the St. Petersburg Herbarium is a very fine many- 
flowered one, o mature e. It is accompa a 
drawing of the floral organs by Maximowicz, which s exact in al 
respect e pais Sag ont the wings, ‘ alis circuiter 
cum mucrone aculeato e sinu.’ I have iene ceatnes four daweve 
