Tabula 2S54. 



IMPATIENS INDO-CHINENSIS, Hh }. 



Balsamixaceae. 



I. indc-chinensi?, Tlh, /. {sj>, nov.) ; frutex foliis serrulatis, iiiflores- 

 centia simpliciter pedicellata, sepalis minutis, labello cymLifoniu et 

 calcare limbo paullo longiore robusto. 



Frutex ramosus, glaberrimus, foliosus, ramulis oppositis alternis et 

 vcrticillatis gracilibus strictis. Folia 4-6 cm. longa, alterna vel quasi- 

 verticillata, petiolata, ovata, acuminata, serrulata, basin versus ciliata, 

 in petiolum gracilem, 2-3 cm. longum angustata, nervis utrinque 5-6 

 Rracillimis. Infloresceniia simpliciter pedicellata : pedicelli foliis 

 breviores, graciles, filiformes, basi minute bracteati. Florcs ad 

 1"5 cm. expansi. Sepala 2, minuta, orbicularia, longe cuspidata. 

 Vexillum orbiculare, 10 mm. diametro, apice bilobum, costa dorso 

 carinata, sinu apiculato. Alae ad 15 mm, longae, sessiles ; lobi lati, 

 superpositi ; basalis rotundatus ; distalis paullo major, semilunatus, 

 apice recurvus ; auricula dorsalis parvula. Lahdll Iwihus profunde 

 cymbiformis, ore acuminato ; calcar limbo paullo longius, robustimi, 

 incurvum, obtusum. Filmnenta minuta, subulata ; antherae adnatae, 

 didymae. Ovarium rectum, obtusum. Capsulae 13 mm. longae, 

 breviter stipitatae, turgidae, acute rostratae, oligospermae. Semina 

 ellipsoidea, 4 mm. longa, tuberculata, fusca. — J. D. Hooker. 



Indo-China : Plain of Cambodia ? Pierre. Paris Herbarium. 



Fig. 1, se])al ; 2, standard ; 3, wing ; 4, lip ; 5, stamen ; 6, ovary ; 7, capsule ; 

 8, :jeed. All more or le^s enlanjed. 



