Tabula 28G2. 



IMPATIENS BALANSAE, Ilh. /. 



Balsamtxaceae. 



I. Balansae, Hh, /. {sp. noi\) ; lierba ramis ramulis pedunculisque 

 robustis, floribus racemosis, bractcis 1-1'5 cm. longis, sepalis 4, labelli 

 calcare limbo saccatim infundibulare dimidio breviore. 



Ilerha robiista, glaberrima, ramosa, ramis ramullsque duris. Folia 

 rS dm. longa, alterna, ovato-oblonga, acuminata, serrulata, bavsi integra, 

 in petiolum brevem crassum nudum angustata, nervis utrinque 9-12. 

 Pedunculi 0"5-l dm. longi, validi crccti, multiflori. Flores racemosi, 

 magni, subcampanulati, pcnduli, pedicellis 1*3-2 cm. longis; bracteae 

 pedicellis aequilongae, ovato-lanceolatae, concavae, deciduae, Sepala 

 4, vexillo longiora, membranacea ; 2 exteriora 2 cm. longa, dimidiato- 

 ovata, acuminata ; 2 interiora paullo breviora, lineari-oblonga, cus- 

 pidata. VexiUum ad 12 mm. longum, ellipticum vel obovatum, cost a 

 apicc mucronata. Alae 2*5 cm. longac ; lobus basalis obovato-cuneatus, 

 majusculus ; distalis longior, substipitatus, geniculatim incurvus, 

 dolabriformis ; auricula dorsalis nulla. Labellum saccatim infundibu- 

 lare, in calcar incurvum limbo dimidio brevius attenuatum, ore ascen- 

 dente acuminato. FiJamcnta 5 mm. longa, plana, dcorsum angustata ; 

 aiitherae didymae, obtusae, stipitatae. Ovarium rectum, apice in- 

 curvum, acutum. — J. D. Hooker. 



Indo-Chixa : Tonkin; valley of Lankok, forests of Mont Bavi, 

 Balansa, 3880. Paris Herbarium. 



Figs. 1 and 2, sepals ; 3, standard ; 4, wing ; 5, lip ; H, stamen ; 7, ovary. All 

 more or less enlnrged. 



