Tabula 2870. 

 impatiens martinii, hi: / 



BALSA>rlXAC'EAE. 



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laiiceolalis serratis, pedunculis bifloris, pedicellis medio bracteatis, 

 sepalis ovatis costa alata, labelli limbo in calcar elongatum atteniiato, 



TIerha glaberrima, parviflora, caulc ramose 4-5 dm. alto, ramis 

 gracilibus. Folia 5-8 cm. longa, altenia, brevitcr pctiolata, ovato- 

 lanccolata, acuminata, serrataj basi parcc ciliutaj in petiolum nudum 

 minute biglandnlosum O'5-l cm.longum angustata, nervis utrinquefi-lO. 

 PednnmU 4-5 cm. longi^ graciles, erecti, biflori ; pedicelli 0'5-l'5 cm. 

 longi, medium versus tantum bracteati ; bracteae lanceolatae, 5 mm. 

 longae, recurvae, deiitatae. Flares ad 1*5 cm. expansi, albi vel flavi. 

 Sepala 2, ovata, acuta, 6-7 mm, longa, costa late alata. Vcxillum 

 rotundatum vel oblatum, apice bilobum, 8 mm. latum, crassiusculum, 

 costa incrassata. Alae sessiles, angustae, 12-14 mm. longae ; lobus 

 basalis minutus ; distalis substipitatus, anguste dolabriformis, sub- 

 acutus ; auricula dorsalis prominens. Lahelli crassi limbus brevis, 

 infunclibularis, subcymbiformis, in calcar elongatum obtusum incur- 

 vuni 1-5-1 '7 cm. longum attenuatus, ore 8-10 mm. longo liorizontali. 

 Filamenta bre\dssima, linearia ; antberae didymae, obtusae. Ovarium 

 rectum, acuminatum, 



China : Kweichau ; on bills near Piu-fau, Le Mans Ilerharium, 1329, 

 1905. 



The specimens in Le Mans Herbarium are fragmentary, but afford 

 good material for description. The flo-wers are described as white under 

 1329, and yellow under 1905.— J. D. Hooker. 



Fig. 1, portion of pedicel and bract ; 2, sepal ; 3, standai-d ; 4, wing ; 5, lij) ; 

 n. stamen ; 7, ovtuy. AU enlarged. 



