Tabula 2S74. 



JMPATIENS MORSEI, Ilk. f. 



Balsamixaceae, 



I. Morsei, Ilk. /. [sp. now) ; herba caule robiisto succulento, foliis 

 ellipticis serrulatis, inflorescentia simpliciter pedicellata, pcdicellis 

 ebracteatis, scpalis oblique rotundatus, alarum lobis distalibusconnatis, 

 labclli limbo infuzidibulare, calcare robusto incurvo. 



Herha 3-6 dm. alta, glaberrima, caule robusto lamoso succulento 

 parce ramoso inferne longe nudo, internodiis elongatis. Folia 6-10 cm, 

 louga, alterna, petiolata, crassiuscula, ovata, elliptica vel oblonga, 

 acuminata, serrulata vel crenulata, basi cuneata vel acuminata, bi- 

 glandulosa, petiolo S-l cm. longo robusto, costa valida, nervis utrinque 

 10-12. Inflorcscentia simpliciter pedicellata ; fcdicelli solitarii, 

 ebracteati, post anthcsin elongati. FJores ad 3 cm. cxpansi, albi, 

 rosei vel purpureij intus aurantiaco-punctati. Sepala 2, oblique orbi- 

 cularia, 8 mm. lata, multinervia, crassiuscula, costa valida extrusa. 

 Vextllum orbiculare, apice bilobum, costa dorso medio incrassata. 

 Alae 3 cm. longae ; lobi basales falcatim flabelliformes ; distales 

 oblongi in laminam bilobam connati ; auricula dorsalis inconspicua, 

 Lahclli Ihnhus 12 mm. longus, cymbiformis vel infundibularis, in 

 calcar validum incurvum limbo brevius attenuatus, ore liorizontali 

 acuto. Filamenta elongata, angusta ; antlierae didymae, obtusae. 



Ovarium fusiforme. 



China : Kansu, //. B. Morse, 308. Kew Herbarium, 



The specimens are in a poor state, but are accompanied with a pencil 

 sketch of a flower which has aided me in the description, — J. D. Hooker. 



Fig. 1, flower with the wings removed ; 2, sexial ; 3, wings ; 4, stamen ; 5, ovary. 

 All enlarged. 



