Tabula 2872. 



IMPATIEN-S LEPTOCAULON, Hh f. 



Balsaminaceae, 



I. leptocaulon, Uh. f, {sp. 7iov.) ; lierba gracilis, parviflora, folils 

 ovatis, pedunculis 1- vel 2-floriSj pcdicello supcriore infra florem 

 bracteato, inferiore ebracteato, sepalis dimidiato-ovatis dcntatis, 

 labelli limbus infiindibularis, calcare gracili. 



Ilerha gracilis, fere glaberrima, parviflora, caule 3-5 dm. loiigo debili 

 infcme longc nudo apicem versus puberulo, internodiis 5-10 cm. longis. 

 Folia 8-10 cm. longa, alterna, brevitcr petiolata, opaca, ovata vel 

 ovato-lanceolata, acuta vel acuminataj crenulata vel scrrulata, mar- 

 giuibus basi pauci-glandulosa, basi in petiolum G'5-1 cm. longum 

 angustata, nervis utrinque 5-6, Pedunculi 4-5 cm. longi, graciles, 

 erecti, 1- vel 2-flori ; pedicelli breves, ixiferiore ebracteato, supcriore 

 infra florem bracteato ; bractcae minutae, lanceolatae. Flares 1-5 cm. 

 expansi, roseo-purpnrei. Sepala 2, dimidiato-ovata, subfalcata, 5 mm. 

 longa, longe cuspidatim-acuminata, costa unilaterali crassa, margine 

 lino inte^errimo altero tenuissime hyaline dentate. Vexillurn fore 



orbiculare, 9 mm. latum, apice paullo angustatuin, costa carinata, apice 

 minute rostrata. Alae scssiles, 11 mm. longae ; lobus basalis minimus, 

 rotundatus ; distalis obovato-oblongus, apice rotundatus ; auricula 

 dorsalis parva. Labelli limbus cymbiformis, in calcar duplo longius 

 incurvum apice clavellatum attenuatus, ore 9 mm. longo obtuso apicu- 

 lato horizontali. Filamenta brevia, linearia; antlierae obtusae. 

 Ovarium fusiforme, obtusuni. Capsula immatura clavata. — J. D. 



Hooker, 



Chixa : Kweichau ; plain near Tsin-tclian, L. MaHini ; ErniJe 

 Bodtnier, 1813. Le Mans Herbarium. 



Fig. 1 aiul 2, peclunclps and bracts ; 3, sepal ; 4, flower ; 5, Itract ; 0, slauJard ; 

 7, wing ; 8, lip. All cnlnrgccL 



