TapuLa 2973. 
IMPATIENS AMABILIS, Hook. i. 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
I. amabilis, Hook. /. (sp. nov.) ; ramosissima, foliosa, floribus medio- 
cribus, foliis ovatis acuminatis crenatis utrinque 6-8-nerviis, pedunculis 
2-floris, pedicello inferiore basi, superiore medio bracteatis, sepalis 
ovato-rotundatis acutis, alarum Iobo basali parvo rotundato, distali 
amplo apice bilobo, antheris acutis. 
Herba annua, glaberrima, a basi ramosissima et foliosa, floribus medio- 
cribus, caule basi robusto, ramis ee 6-8 dm. longis. Folia 
4—8 cm. longa, niet _petio ata, firma, ovata vel enka lanceolata, 
passim rotundata, a uminata, crenata vel crenato- dentata, basi rotun- 
data vel cuneata be in petiolum 1-2 cm. longum repente angustata, 
glandulis 1-2 stipitatis marginata, nervis utrinque 6-8. Pedunculi 
2-3 cm. longi, biflori; pedicelli 1-1-5 cm — inferior basi solum 
superior medio bracteati ; bracteae ovatae, acuminatae. Flores roseo- 
etapice uncinata. Alae sessiles, 2 cm. longae ; lobus basalis orbicularis, 
parvus, vix 5 mm. diametro, coriaceus; distalis late Sage gen dorso 
infra apicem late excisus; auricula dorsalis parva, sinui opposita. 
Labelli limbus cymbiformis, ascendens, 1-1-2 cm. longus, sales obtuso 
apiculato, basi in calear incurvum limbo aequilongum vel paullo longius 
apice bidentatum attenuatus. Filamenta brevia, late linearia ; ;antherae 
cuspidatae. Ovarium fusiforme, rectum, agominaten, 5-gon 
CHINA: ee. between Luang-czi and Fung-czsha-lo, Potaninin 
Herb. Hort. Pet 
A handsome — with flowers probably rose-purple in the living 
state.—J. D. Hooker. 
Fig. I, ae bss and flowers; 2, sepal; 3, standard; 4, wing; 5, lip; 
6, sta. amen; 7, ovary. <All enlarged. 
