Tabula 2SG5. 



IMPATIENS LEVEILLEI, Ilk. /. 



Balsaminaceae. 



I. Leveillei, Ilk. /. {^jj, nov.) ; inflorescentia pedicellata, pedicellis pod- 

 unculo abbreviate stipatis basi bracteatis, sepalis 4, 2 exterioribusova'o- 

 lanceolatis, 2 interioribus linearibus, labelli saccati calcare 2 cm. longo. 



Herha elata ? glaberrima, caule robusto. Folia 1-1 -5 dm, longa, 

 alterna, longe petiolata, tenuiter membranacea, ovata, longe acumi- 

 nata, crenulata crenis apiculatis, vel subserrulata, marginibus basi 

 setulosa, in petiolum gracilem 2—4 cm. longum seusim angustata, 

 nervis utrlnque 9-10. Pedicelli solitarii vel bini, pedmiculo brevissimo 

 axillari inserti, filiformes, ima basi bracteati ; bracteae setiformes, 

 6-7 mm, longae, Flores magni, 3-4 cm. longi, 3 cm. expansi, violacci. 

 Sepala 4 ; 2 exteriora ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, unilateralia, basi 

 gibba, 12 mm. longa ; 2 interiora anguste linearla, 8 mm. longa, hyalina. 

 Vexillum orbiculare, costa dorso medio acute rostrata aplcem versus 

 cuspidata. Alae sessiles, ad 3 cm. longae ; lobus basalis amplus, 

 rotundatus ; distalis dolabriformis, apice rotundatus ; auricija dorsalis 

 mijuscula, inflexa. LabeHum sacciforme, 3-4 cm. longum, basi in 

 calcar incurvum 2 cm. Ionium atteniuxtum, ore ascendcnte acumi- 

 nato. Filamenta 4 mm. longa, filiformia ; antberae obtusae. Ovarium 

 Lncare. Capsulae erectae, liiiearcs, sursum scnsim latiores, longe 

 acuminatae, ad 3 cm. longae, polyspermae, Seniina orbicularia, 3 mm. 

 diametro, compressa. 



China : Kweichau ; Yangfien, Le Mans Herbarium, 493. 



A very handsome plant, allied to 7. arguta of India and its near ally 

 7. pseudarguta of China, but differing greatly in the size and mem- 

 branous texture of the crenulate leaves, and in the much larger flowers 

 and capsules. Unfortunately the specimens are in a very bad state of 

 preservation as regards the flowers, which I found it impossible to 

 analyse satisfactorily ; these are described as of a violet colour. 



J, D. Hooker. 



Figs. 1 and 2, sepals ; 3, standard ; 4, wing ; 5, lip ; 6, stamen ; 7, pedicel, 

 bracts and ovarv ; 8, capsule ; 9, seed. All except 5 adanjcd. 



