TABULA 2968. 
IMPATIENS POTANINI, Mazin. 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
. Potanini, Maxim. in Act. Hort. Petrop. vol. xi. (1890), a 90 ; foliis 
oblongis vel ovatis breviter petiolatis grosse crenato-dentatis, pedun- 
culis oad age 2-3-floris, floribus luteis, sepalis Ditleeoue antheris 
mucro 
Herba 6-10 dm. alta, glaberrima, multi-parviflora, caule inferne 
sat robusto ramoso basi decumbente, radicibus fibrosis. Folia 5-10 cm. 
longa, alterna, breviter petiolat. vel summa sessilia membranacea, 
b a 
ovata vel o . ae acuminata, grosse crenato-serra vel 
entata, crenis apiculatis, basi acuta, nuda vel glandulis paucis stipitatis 
ciliata, in peti a gracilem 15 ¢ ongum a tata, nervis 
utrinque 5-6. uncult foliis multo breviores, 1-2 cm. longi, 2-3- 
flores ;_ pedicelli hei ay ambo infra medium tantum bracteati, fructi- 
feri paullo elongati ; bractese ovato-lanceolatae, acuminatae. Flores 
cm. expansi, pallide lutei. Sepala 2, pelle! apiculata vel 
mucronata, 4-5 mm. diametro, concava, vitrea, saepe inaequilatera. 
Vexillum orbiculare ‘vel oblatum, 6-8 mm. latum, cucullatum, costa 
e ; 
auctus. Filamenta brevia, lata ; rate mucronatae. Ovarium 
lineare, subacutum. Capsulae 1°5 cm. longae, anguste A ae 
acuminatae, membranaceae, oligospermae. Semina “3-5 mm. lon nga, 
oblonga, laevia 
NA: Kansu; Lian-tsan-tsy in the Hung-topo Mts., Potanin in 
Herb. Hort. Petrop. : Mt. Mison, Rev. F. R. Hugh in Herb. Mus. Brit. 
There are bei sheets of eager named I. rhe by Maximowicz, 
of which one is of a very different species from the plant above 
described ae secre in aspect, to which I ly given the MSS. 
name of J, deludens. 
