Tabula 2S7L 



IMPATIENS LASIOPHYTON, Hlc. /. 



Balsamtxaceae. 



I, lasiophyton. III:. /. {sp, nov,) ; herba piibcsccus, parviflora, foliis 

 ovatis crenatis, pcclunculis 2-floris, pedicellis infra flores tautum 

 bracteatis, sepalis 2 vel 4, 2 exterioribus ovato-lanceolatis longe cus- 

 pidatis, 2 interioribus brevioribus glabris^ labelli infundibularis cal- 

 care limbo subaeqxiilongo. 



Ilcrha erecta, robusta, pilis patulis tomcntosa, ramis 3-4 dm. longis 

 gracilibus sparsim foliosis. Folia 3-8 cm. longa, alterna, pctiolata, 

 membranaceaj elliptica, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, acuta, obtusa 

 vel acuminataj grosse crenata vel crenato-serrata, utrinque vel subtus 

 tantum pubesceiitia, basi acuta in petiolum 2-3 cm. longum angustata, 

 nervis utrinque 7-8. PedunciiU 3-5 cm. longi, biflori : pcdicelli 

 2 cm. longi, infra flores solum bracteata ; bracteae lanceolatae, 5 mm. 

 longae. Flores ad 1*5 cm. expansi, albi vel flavi. Sepala 2 vel 4; 

 2 exteriora dimidiato-lanceolata, 5-8 mm. longa, cuspidata, inaequi- 

 latcra, hispido-pilosa ; 2 interiora dum adsint elliptica, 4-5 mm. longa, 

 obtusa, uiilnervia, glabra. Vexillum orbiculare, 7 mm. diametro, basi 

 bilobum, costa dorso ala crassa superne in rostrum latum acutum dila- 

 tatum producta, Alae 11 mm. longae, sessiles ; lobus basalis parvus vel 

 obsoletus ; distalis substipitatus, late dolabrifoTmis vel semi-lunaris ; 

 auricula dorsalis protrusa. Labelli limhus late infundibularis vel 

 cymbiformis, 1 cm. longus, in calcar robustum subaequilongum 

 incurvum apice integrum vel bidentatum attenuatus, ore liorizontali 

 acuto. Filamenla brevia, lincaria ; antherae didymae, obtusae. 

 Ovarium fusiforme, obtusum, 



China : Kwcictian ; Pin-uc district, Cavaleria and Fortunat, 2448 ; 

 environs of Touclian, Bodinier, 2334. Paris and Le Mans Herbaria. 



One of the few Chinese pubescent species of the genus. — J. D. Hooker. 



Fig. I, section of stem ; 2, outer sepal ; 3, standard ; 4, uing ; 5, lip ; G, Rtanieu ; 

 7, inim.'ituro r.ippule niul hrnot. All cvhtrgeiL 



