Tabula 2859. 



IMPATIENS SPIREANA, Hh f. 



Balsamixaceae. 



I. Spireana, Tlh. /. {sp, noi\) ; fruticulus ? ramulis crassis verrucosis, 

 inflorescentia slinpliciter pcdicellata, sepalis ovatis cuspidatis, alarum 

 lobis distalibus connatis, labelli calcarc limbum aequante profundefisso, 



Fruticulus ? glaberrimus, ramis crassis verrucosis siibconfertim 

 foliosis. Folia 1-1 '2 dm, longa, alterna, petiolata, crassiuscula, ex- 

 siccata fusca, ovato-oblonpa, acuta, subserrulata, basi nuda vel bi- 

 glandulosa, in petioluni robustum 4-6 cm. longum angustata, costa 

 crassa, nexvis utrinquc 12-15. Inflorescentia simpliciter pcdicellata; 

 pedicclli 1-1 '5 cm. longi, crassiusculi, basi ebracteati. Flores 

 inter miiiores, pcrigonio cxsiccato corneo. Sefola 2, oblique ovata, 

 cuspidata, 10 mm. longa, coriacea, multinerA'ia. Vexillum. ellipticum, 

 sepalis aequilongum, apice rotundatum, costa dorso carinata. Alae 

 ad 2'5 cm, longae ; lobi basales falcatim flabelliformes ; distales in 

 laminam amplam bifidam connati ; auricula dorsalis iucoiispicua. 

 Labelli limbus profuude cymbiformis, in calcar fere aequilongum 

 crassum, incurvum, profunde fissum attcnuatus. ore ascendente 

 acuto. Filamenta angusta, linearia ; antherae obtusae. Ovarium 

 rectum, acuminatum. — J. D. Hooker. 



Indo-Chixa : Tonkin; region of Laos, Spire, 316, Parrs Herbarium. 



Fig. 1, sepal ; 2, standard ; 3, wings ; 4, lip ; 5, stamens ; 6, ovary. All more or 

 less enlarged^ 



