Tabula 28G3. 



IMPATIENS CLAVIGER, HJc. f. 



Balsaminaceae. 



I. clayiger, Ilh, /. [s-p, nov.) ; infloresceiitia pedunculata, floribus 

 racemosis, sepalis 4, capsula clavifonue, ovulis collateralibus. 



Fructiculus ? erectus, glaberrimus, caule stricto robusto inferne 

 lignoso. Folia l-l'S dm. longa, alterna, pctiolata, membranacea, 

 obovata vel oblanceolata, acuminata, crenato-serrata, basi in pctioluni 

 1-2 cm. longum longe angustata, subtus pallida, nervis utrinque 

 5-6. Pedunculi foliis multo breviores, robusti, erecti, pluriflori ; 

 pedicelli 1-2 cm. longi, fructiferi elongati, robusti; bracteae ovatae, 

 acuminatae, deciduae. Flares ampli, 4-5 cm. expansi, penduli, pal- 

 lide-flavi. Sepala 4; 2 exteriora 12 mm, longa, late oblique ovata vol 

 ovato-cordata, acuta, basi uno latere gibba, 5-nervia ; 2 interiora 

 longiora, 1*7 cm. longa, lincari-lanceolata, falcata. VexiUum obovatum, 



2 cm. longum, apice rotundatum, emarginatum, costa tenui supra 

 medium gibba. Alae 2-6 cm. longae, basi acutae ; lobus basalis amplus, 

 orbicularis, acutatus ; distalis longior, incurvus, oblongus, apice 

 rotundatus; auricula dorsalis rotundata. ia6r?/i /m6w5 subsaccatus, 



3 cm, longus, basi in calcar incurvum limbo dimidio bre\aus repente 

 attenuatus, ore ascendente 2 cm. longo acuminato. Filamenta linenria ; 

 antherae minutae, didymae, obtusae. Ovarium ovoideum. Capsula 

 immatura claviformis, nempe basi angusta, vacua dein dilatata, com- 

 pressa, acute rostrata, ovulis 4 biseriatim coUateralibus pendulis, 

 oblongis. — J, D, Hooker. 



Indo-Chtn-a : Tonkin ; Lankolc valley, in tlie forests of Mt, Bavi, 

 Balansa, 3881, Paris Herbarium. 



Figs. 1 and 2, ao-pah ; 3, standard ; 4, wing ; 5, lip ; fi, stamen ; 7, ovary. All 



wore or Ir-f-'i enlarged. 



