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Tabula 'iSGI. 



IMPATIENS ABBATIS, Ilh, /. 



Balsaminaceae. 



I. Abb.itis, Ilk, /. {sp. nov.) ; hcrba gracilis, inflorescciitia simpliciter 

 pedicellata, sepaJis 4, 2 exterioribus oblique ovatis falcatis, 2 inter- 

 ioribus lanceolatis. 



Herha glaberrima, ramis gracilibus rigidis. Folia sparsa, 2-4 cm. 



longa, alterna, breviter petiolata, ovata, acuta vel acuminata, serrulata, 



basi in pctiolum 0*5^-1 cm. longum angustata, iiervis utrinque 5-7. 



Tnflorescentia simpliciter pedicellata ; glandulae stipulares nullae ; 



pedicelli solitarii, foliis breviores, rarius bini, ima basi bracteati ; 



bractcae setaceae. Flores 4 cm. longi. Sepala 4 ; 2 exteriora 4-7 mrr, 



longa, dimidiato-ovata, recurva, infra medium valde dilatata, basi 



rotundata, costa margine superiori proxima ; 2 intcriora consimilia, fere 



aequilonga, sed multo angustiora. Vexillum orbiculare, ad 12 mm. 



diametro, costa gracili apiculata. Alae 2-5 cm. longae, sessiles ; lobus 



basalis late oblongus, apice retusus ; distalis duplo major, oblongo- 



dolabriformis, apice rotundatus ; auricula dorsalis mediocris, LabeUum 



3 cm. longum, saccatum, paullo incurvunij basi in calcar robustum 



uncinatum incurvum vix 1 cm. longum attenuatum, ore orbiculari, 



apice acutovel rotundato etapiculato. Filamenta breviuscula, linearia ; 



antherae didymae. Ovarium fusiforme. Capsulae 2-5 cm. longae, 



angustae, rectae, medio cylindraceae,utrinque attenuatae,oli^ospermae. 



Semina orbicularia, 2*5 mm. diametro, compressa, sublaevia, glabra, 



castanea. 



China : Yunnan ; Abb'^ Delavau, 3634. Paris Herbarium. 



/. Abhatis so closely resembles /. argiita, Hk. f, and T.,of the Eastern 

 Himalaya and Burma that I have doubts of its proving distinct. It 

 differs from that plant in the branching habit, small leaves, and in the 

 dolabriform distal lobes of the wings ; those of all forms of /. argut i 

 seen by me being obcordate, as may be seen by referring to the variety 

 ^ " i/ana fij^ured on tab. 2875 of this volunio. — J. D, Hooker, 



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FiVs. 1 and 2, sepals ; 3, wing ; 4, lip ; 5, stamen ; G, ovary ; 7, capsules ; 8, seed. 

 Ill more or hf^s ejilnrged. 



