SPECIES CHINENSES. 339 
L|y) Impatiens Forrestii, Hook. f. nomen tantum in Herb. Kew. 
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Herb. Edin. deser. W. W. Sm. 
Species ante I. cyclosepalam, Hook. f. et I. Davidi, Franch. 
in Herbario Kewensi a claro Hookero f. sub numero 8o in serie 
specierum chinensium posita. 
Herba 30-90 cm. alta erecta caule subsimplici vel paulo 
ramoso gracili basi longe nudo superne folioso glabro vel supra 
setis raris consperso. Folia magna usque ad 15 cm. longa, ad 
5 cm. lata, petiolo 1-2 cm. longo glabro praedita, alterna, ex- 
siccata membranacea, ovato-lanceolata vel subelliptica acuminata 
basi + late cuneata regulariter serrata serraturis magnis glandu- 
loso-apiculatis supra hic illic setosula infra glaucescentia 
sparse minute setosula nervis utrinque 8-9. Pedunculi axillis 
superioribus orientes folia aequantes vel paulo breviores sub- 
erecti vel paulo deflexi flexuosi graciles 2—3-flori ; pedicelli 1-2 
cm. longi glabri; bracteae 3-4 mm. longae ovato-lanceolatae 
glanduloso-apiculatae costa distincta nigrida nonnunquam seto- 
sula praeditae. Flores magni roseo-purpurei saturatius maculati 
et striati. Sepala 2, oblique late ovata fere orbicularia 8—g mm. 
longa, longiuscule glanduloso-apiculata membranacea reticulato- 
nervosa. Vexillum reniforme circ. 2.8 cm. latum 1.8-2 cm. 
longum costa distincte carinata apicem versus cornuta. Alae 
3.5 cm. longae vel paulo ultro breviter stipitatae ;- lobus basalis 
subrotundatus diametro circ. 1.4 cm.; distalis fere duplo 
longior falcatim flabelliformis obtusus. Labellum late saccatum 
cum calcare circ. 3 cm. longum medio (in sicco) circ. 1.5 cm, 
latum, basi in calcar circ. 1 cm. longum incurvum abrupte 
attenuatum ore 1.8 cm. lato ascendente apiculato. Filamenta 
3-4 mm. longa antheris acutatis. Ovarium lineare acutum. 
Fructus deest. 
“ Plant of 1-3 ft. Flowers rose purple with darker markings. 
Moist open and shady situations on humus-covered boulders in 
side valleys on the eastern flank of the Tali Range, West Yunnan. 
Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. gooo-10,000 ft. July 1906.” G. Forrest. 
0. 4275. 
“ Branched plant of 1~2 ft. Flowers rose-red. Sides of 
streams and similar moist shady situations on the Irrawadi- 
Ming-Kwang divide, also in the Irrawadi basin, Upper Burma. 
Lat. 25° 50’ N. Alt. 8000-10,000 ft. -Oct.1905.”": G. Forrest. 
No. 1002. 
Impatiens pinetorum, Hook. f. nomen tantum in Herb. Kew. 
et Herb. Edin. descr. W. W. Sm. 
Species inter J. loulanensem, Hook. f. et 7. dichroam, Hook. f. 
in Herbario Kewensi a claro Hookero f. sub numero 26 apud 
species chinenses posita. 
