Tabula 2873. 



IMPATIENS GANPIUANA, Ilk, /. 



Balsamtnaceae. 



I. Ganpiuana, Hh /, {sp. nov,) ; herba ramosa, foliis ovatis serratis, 

 ixiduiiculis 1-2-floris, pedicello inferiore basi superiore altius bracteato, 

 sepalis ovatis, labelli limbo cymbifornii in calcar robustum longiiis 

 attenuate. 



Herha gracilis, glabcrrima, caule simplice 3 dm. longo flaccido basi 

 repente. Folia 3-6 cm. longa, remota, alterna, petiolata, submem- 

 branacea, ovata vel oblonga, acuminata, serrata, basi acuta, interdum 

 ciliata, in petiolum gracilem 1-2 cm. longum angustata, nervis utrinque 

 6. Pedunculi 2-2"5 cm. longi, graciles 1- vel 2-flori ; pedicclli ad 1 cm. 

 longi, inferiore basi superiore altius bracteato ; bracteae lanceolatae. 

 Florcs ad 2 cm. expansi, flavi. Sepala 2, 3-1 mm. longa, ovata, 

 hyalina, costa valida excurrcnte percursa. VexiUum orbiculare, 10 mm. 

 diametro, costa gracile apice infra marginem nodosa. AJ(w sessiles, 

 1-7 mm. longae ; lobus basalis amplus, rotundatus ; distalis subduplo 

 longior, dolabriformis, dorso infra apicem rotundatum excisus ; 

 auricula dorsalis majuscula, inflexa. Labelli liinhus cymbiformis, 

 in calcar 2-2-5 cm, longum fere rectum apice bidentatum attenuatus, 

 ore 10 mm. longo acuto horizontali. Filamenta brevia, linearia ; 

 antherae parvae, obtusac. Ovarium fusiforme, rectum, acutum. 

 Capsulm anguste fusiformes, ad I'S cm. longae, stipitatae, longe 

 acuteque rostratae, oligospermae. Semina oblonga, 2 mm. longa, laevia, 

 atra. 



Chtxa : Kweichau; margins of streams near Ganpiu, L. Martini] 

 EviileBodinier, 1782. Le Mans Herbarium. 



I have bad difficulty in ascertaining the nature of the bractcation 

 in this species owing to the very early fall of the bract of the lower 

 pedicel.— J. D. Hookkr. 



Fig. 1, buds showing bract at base of lower pedicel; 2, lower bract ; 3, upper 

 bract ; 4, stuudurd ; 5, wing ; 6, lip ; 7, stamens. All cnlan^cd. 



