Tabula 2864. 



IMPATIENS CAPUSII, Ilh. f. 



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Balsaminaceae. 



T. Capusii, Ilk, /* [sp. noi\) ; herba diffusa, ramosa, polyautha, 

 pedunculo 2~4-floro, sepalis 2 ovato-cordatis, labeUi limbo obcoiiico, 

 calcare brevi vel nuUo. 



Herba glaberrima, diffusa, ramosa, caule basi crasso-liguoso ramos 



saepe fastigiatos eniitteiite. Folia 2-5 cm. longa, alterna, petiolata, 

 membranacea, elliptica, ovata vel orbicularia, acuta, crenulata 

 vel serrulata, in petiolum gracilem 1-2 cm. longum angustata, iiervis 

 utrinque 3-6. Pedunculi numerosi, foliis breviores, filiformes vel 

 capillares, 2-4-flori, divaricati ; bracteae minimae, caducae. Flares 

 ad rS cm. expansi. Sepala 2, ovata, acuminata, 3 mm. longa, basi 

 cordata. Vexillwn orbiculare, cucullatum, dorso carinatum vel auguste 

 alatmn, apiculatum. Aloe sessiles, 9-10 mm. longa c ; lobus basalis 

 oblongus ; distalis aequilongus, dolabriformis, supra medium angusta- 

 tus, obtusus ; auricula dorsalis parva. Labelimn obconicum vel 

 infundibulare, in calcar breve rectum acutum attenuatum vel 

 ecalcaratum, ore 6 mm. longo acuto liorizontali. Filamenta gracilia ; 

 antlierae obtusae. Ovarium fusiforme, acutum. Capsulae clavatae 

 vel lineari-clavatae, 1-2 cm. longae, rectae, acuminatae, oligospermae. 

 Semina oblonga, 5 mm. longa, laevia, castanea, nitida.— J. D. Hooker. 



Indo-China : Sangirdak ; at the mouth of the Red River, Capus, 

 second voyage, 1866-7. Paris Herbarium. 



Fig. 1, flower; 2, sepal; 3, standard; 4, wing; 5, lip; 6, androecium ; 7, 

 ovary ; 8, capsule ; 9, seed. All more or less enlarged^ 



