TABULA 2972. 
IMPATIEN S APSOTIS, Hook. j. 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
apsotis, Hook. jf. (sp. pen flaccida, parviflora, foliis ovatis acutis 
vel obtusis crenatis, pedunculis 1-2- -floris, pedicellis supra medium 
tantum minute bracteatis, sepalis linearibus, alarum lobo basali postice 
Herba 2-10 dm. alta, flaccida, glaberrima, parviflora, caule gracili 
(in exemplaribus al 
vel parce ra amis ramulisque gracilibus. Folia 3-5 cm. longa, 
alterna, petiolata, rarer Vek membranacea, ovata, acuta vel acuminata, 
subgrosse crenata crenis apice muticis vel apiculatis, tat acuta, eglandu- 
losa, nervis utrinque 4-5, petiolo 1-5 cm. longo gracillimo. Pedunculi 
petiolis breviores it longiores, fructiferi elongati, filiformes, 1—2-flori, 
eee 1 cm. longi, ambo supra medium tantum bracteati; bracteae 
nutae, siuklalceaiitae: Flores ad 1 cm. expansi. , 
lets. acuta, mm. longa, viridia, flaccida, costa carinata. Vesil- 
um viride, nae en mm. longum, erectum, muticum, costa 
breviter vel late sa Alae stipitatae, 8-10 mm. longae; lobus 
dorsalem reniformem horizontaliter gerentem productum ; lobus dis- 
talis basali triplo longior, stipitatus, dolabriformis, apicem obtusum 
versus angustatus. bella limbus scaphifo ormis, lanceolatus, acumina- 
us, 8 mm. longus, basin versus infundibularis et in calcar incurvum 
apice clavellatum limbo longius attenuatus. Filamenta filiformia, 
elongata ; antherae minutae, didymae, obtusae. Ovarium lineare, apice 
paullo incurvum. Capsulae 3-3-5 cm. longae, anguste lineares, acumi- 
natae, 3-5-spermae. Semina ellipsoidea, 3-5 mm. longa, laevia. 
Cuina: Western Szechuan; in the Tibetan Valleys of Mao-chu 
and Tateienlou, Potanin in Herb. Hort. Petrop. 
There are many excellent specimens of this species in the St. Peters- 
burg Herbarium, varying greatly in size, pede very little in habit and 
foliage. The small flowers of herbarium specimens are troublesome 
to analyse, owing to the flaccidity, pine ae condition, contortion and 
