TaBULA 2975. 
IMPATIENS EXIGUIFLORA, Hook. , 
BALSAMINACEAE. 
I. exiguiflora, Hook. f. (sp. nov.) ; caule gracili firmo-ramoso, foliis 
ovato-lanceolatis crenulatis vel serrulatis utrinque e 7-9-nerviis, pedun- 
culis bifloris, pedicellis medio tantum bracteatis, sepalis dimidiato- 
ovatis. 
Herba 3 dm. alta, erecta, ramosa, ae glaberrima, caule 
firmo, ramis gracilibus erectis. Folia 4-6 em. lon nga, alterna petiolata, 
firma, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, en vel serrulata, crenis apicu- 
latis, basi acuta in petiolum 0-5-1 c cm. longum angustata, costa nervisque 
utrinque 7—9 subtu aarp Peduncult foliis superioribus medianis- 
que — capillares cm. longi, biflori ; pedicelli 1-2 em. longi, 
supra medium tantum unibracteati : bracteae minutae, setaceae. Flores 
eepanes epala dimidiato-ovata, 3 mm. longa, subfalcata, 
costa marginalis longa, cuspidata. Vezillwm orbiculare, cucullatum, 
costa dorso supra medium rostrata. pe 8 mm. longae, sessiles ; lobus 
basalis parvus, erectus; distalis stipitatus, semilunaris; auricula 
dorsalis Besley Labelli_ limbus vandibabais alte cymbiformis, 
ongus, in calcar rectum gracillimum 1-8 cm. longum attenua- 
tus, ore , horizontali acuto. Filamenta brevia; antherae didymae, 
obtusae. Ovarium ovoideum, obtusum. Capsulae ad 1:5 cm. longae, 
fusiformes, recto-oligospermae. Semina oblongo-rotundata, 4 mm. 
longa, creberrime minute tuberculata. 
Curva: Hupeh; Patung distr., Henry 4820 in Herb. Hort. Petrop. 
I find no specimen of this unpretentious little species in Herb. Kew.— 
J. D. Hooker 
Fig. 1, sepal; 2, standard; 3, wing; 4, lip; 5 stamen; 6, ovary; 7, capsule ; 
8, seed. All enlarged, 
