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TaBuLa 2971. 
IMPATIENS WALDHEIMIANA, Hook. f. 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
I. Waldheimiana, Hook. f. (sp. nov.); elata, ramosa, grandiflora, 
foliis ovatis grosse crenatis utrinque 5-7-nerviis, sepalis ovatis aristatim 
—o alarum lobo basali parvo apice filifero, distali amplo semi- 
unari 
Herba elata, robusta, ramosa, glaberrima, grandiflora, ramis ramu- 
lisque ascendentibus. Folia 6-10 cm. longa, alterna, petiolata, mem- 
i se crenato-serrata, setulis 
ana 
interjectis 0, suprema basi rotundata, cetera acuta vel acuminata, in 
petiolum ro bustum cm. longum angustata, basin versus elandulis 
stipitatis saepe marginata, nervis utrinque 5-7 gracillimis. Pedunculi 
m. longi, biflori ; pedicelli brevissimi, medio unibracteati. Flores 
i 14 c¢ 
expansi 4 cm i é 2, ovata, aristato-acuminata, 
longa, basi co sinu angusto, costa dorso infra medium carinata 
Vexillum amplum, orbiculare, basi truncatum, 2°2 cm. latum, cochlea- 
um, costa dorso modice alata, ala idem re ducta 
Alae 3 cm. longae, late breviter stipitatae ; lobus basalis parvus, distali 
incumbens, us, acuminatus, apice filifer ; distalisamplus, semiluna- 
ris, auricula dorsalis elongata, inflexa. Labelli limbus infundibularis, 
m. longus, in calear incurvum limbo multo brevius apice pro- 
feeds bifidum attenuatus ore 2°5 cm. lo fere horizontali acumi- 
ng 
nato. Filamenta gracilia, 5 mm _ longa ; ; antherae didymae, obtusae. 
Ovarium ovideum, acuminatum. 
Cuina: Szechuan ; Potanin in Herb. Hort. Petrop. 
A handsome large-leaved and large- —— he of which 
have seen but one specimen with one expanded r; it differs from 
its allies in the ovate sepals cordate at the bass, with a long, aces 
cuspidate apex. I have named it in compliment to Dr. Alex. Fischer 
von Le the aor of uae ig et Imperial Botanic 
Gardens a barium of St. Petersburg, to whose good offices I am 
indebted fos the loan of ree Pelcseat in that Institution —J. D. Hooker. 
Fig. 1, sepal; 2, standard; 3, wing; 4, stamen. All enlarged. 
