Tabl'la 2858. 



IMPATIENS HARMANDI, Ilh /. 



Balsamixaceae. 



I. Harmandi, Ilk. /. {sf, now) ; herba flaccida, inflorescentia slm- 

 pliciter pedicellata, sepalis 4, 2 orbicularibus ad medium connatis, 

 2 minutis ovatiset alarum lobis distalibus connatis. 



Herba flaccida, glaberrima, parviflora, caule 2-4 dm. alto gracili 

 simplice erecto nudo apice tantuni folioso. Folia conferta, 1-1 "5 dm. 

 longa, alterna, petiolata, membranacea, ovato- vel oblongo-Ianceolata, 

 attenuato-acuminata, subserrulata, basi in petiolum gracilem 1-1 '4 cm. 

 longum angustata, nervis utrinque 10-12 gracillimis. Inflorescentia 

 simpliciter pedicellata ; pedicelli solitarii vel bini, petiolls brevloros, 

 filiformes, basi bracteati. Flores mediocres, campanulati. Sepala 4 ; 

 2 orbicularia, apiculata, membranacea, 8 mm. diametro, ad medium 

 connata ; 2 minuta, ovata. Vexillum ellipticum, 12 mm. longum, 

 apice bifidum, costa dorso infra medium breviter alata. Alae ad 2*5 

 mm. longae ; lobi basales falcatim flabelliformi, liberi ; distales 

 longiores, in laminam apice bilobam connati ; auricula dorsalis parva. 

 Lahelli limhus cymbiformis vel obconicus, ore obtuso ; calcar bre- 

 vissimum, incurvum, fissum, inflatum vel bitcsticulatum. Filamenta 

 longiuscula, linearia ; antherae didymae, obtusae. Ovarium gracile, 

 acuminatum, Capsulae ad 10 mm. longae, stipitatae, obtuse rostratae, 

 oligospermae. Semina oblonga, 2 mm. longa, laevia. — J. D, Hooker. 



Indo-China : Cocbincliina ; island of Pulo Condor, Harmand. Paris 

 Herbarium, 



Fig. 1, pedicel, bract, and lip; 2, sepals; 3, wings; 4, ovarj- ; 5, stamens ; 

 fi, cajisule ; 7, seed. All more or less enlarged. 



