Tabula 2851. 



IMPATIENS AURELIANA, Ilk. f, 



Balsamixaceae. 



I. Aureliana, Hk, /. {sp, nor,) ; species inflorescentia simpliciter 

 pedicellata speciebus Burmanicis pedicellis fructiferis decurvis veri- 

 siniiliter affiiiis. 



Ilerha erecta,pusillaj caule simplice pctiolis foliis subtus pedicellisque 

 tomentellis. Folia 3-4 cm. longa, alterna, petiolata, firma, ovata, acuta, 

 obscure crenulata vel integerrima, supra glabra, subtus albescentia, 

 basi rotundata vel cuneata, petiolo 1-3 cm, longo, nervis utrinque 4-5. 

 Inflorescentia simpliciter pedicellata ; pedicelli erecti, apice decurvi, 

 foliis longiores, ima basi minute bracteati. Flares ad 2 cm. expausi, 

 pcrigonio crassiusculo. Sepala 2, minima, vix 1 mm. longa, ovata, 

 acuta. Vexilhim late oblatum, fere didymum, basi retusum, apice 

 bilobnm, costa dorse carinata breviter rostrata- Alae breves, sessiles ; 

 lobi subaequales, 10 mm, longao, obovatae, apice retusae vel obcordatae ; 

 auricula dorsalis rotundata. Lahellum infundibulare, in calcar graoil- 

 limum 1-5 cm. longum attenuatum, ore circular! apiculato. Filamenla 

 brevissima, subulata ; antherae parvae, obtusae. Ovarium ovoideum, 

 acutum. Capsida ovoidea, gibba, 1-5 cm. longa, breviter stipitata, 

 rostrata, tomentosa, oligosperma. Semina oblonga, 3-5 mm, longa, 

 laevia, glabra, castanea. — J. D. Hooker. 



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Ixdo-Chixa : Without precise locality ; Pr. Henri d'Orleans. Paris 

 Herbarium. 



Fig. 1, pedicel and sepals ; 2, standard ; 3, wing ; 4, lip ; 5, stamens ; G, ovary ; 

 7, cnpsnle ; 8, sood. All wore or le.ss enlarged. 



