﻿BALSAM 
  FAMILY 
  153 
  

  

  ^SCULUS 
  L. 
  

   Characteristics 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  as 
  above 
  given 
  for 
  the 
  family. 
  

  

  1. 
  JE. 
  Hippocastanum 
  L. 
  HORSE-CHESTNUT. 
  A 
  round-topped 
  tree 
  

   with 
  frequently 
  forking 
  branches 
  and 
  stumpy 
  twigs. 
  Leaves 
  very 
  

   large, 
  with 
  7 
  straight-veined 
  leaflets. 
  Flowers 
  large 
  and 
  showy. 
  

   Corolla 
  open 
  and 
  spreading, 
  of 
  5 
  white 
  petals, 
  spotted 
  with 
  purple 
  

   and 
  yellow. 
  Stamens 
  with 
  long, 
  curved 
  filaments. 
  Fruit 
  large, 
  cov- 
  

   ered 
  with 
  stout, 
  soft 
  prickles 
  when 
  young. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  Asia. 
  

  

  2. 
  JE. 
  glabra 
  Willd. 
  OHIO 
  BUCKEYE. 
  A 
  large 
  tree, 
  not 
  unlike 
  

   a 
  horse-chestnut. 
  Leaflets 
  generally 
  5. 
  Flowers 
  small. 
  Corolla 
  of 
  4 
  

   upright, 
  pale 
  yellow 
  petals. 
  Stamens 
  curved, 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  petals. 
  Fruit 
  prickly 
  at 
  first. 
  River 
  banks. 
  

  

  3. 
  JE. 
  octandra 
  Marsh. 
  SWEET 
  BUCKEYE. 
  Varying 
  in 
  size 
  from 
  a 
  

   low 
  shrub 
  to 
  a 
  tall 
  tree. 
  Leaves 
  with 
  5-7 
  leaflets. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  a 
  short, 
  

   dense 
  panicle. 
  Petals 
  4, 
  in 
  2 
  unlike 
  pairs, 
  bending 
  inward 
  ; 
  blades 
  of 
  

   the 
  longer 
  pair 
  very 
  small. 
  Fruit 
  not 
  prickly. 
  Woods 
  W. 
  and 
  S. 
  

  

  4. 
  JE. 
  Pavia 
  L. 
  RED 
  BUCKEYE. 
  Shrubs. 
  Sterns 
  erect, 
  branched, 
  

   4-8 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaflets 
  usually 
  5, 
  lanceolate 
  to 
  narrowly 
  oval, 
  taper- 
  

   pointed 
  at 
  both 
  ends, 
  finely 
  serrate, 
  smooth 
  or 
  nearly 
  so. 
  Flowers 
  

   in 
  dense, 
  erect 
  panicles, 
  bright 
  red. 
  Stamens 
  rather 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   petals. 
  Fruit 
  nearly 
  smooth. 
  Common 
  in 
  open 
  woods.* 
  

  

  61. 
  BALSAMINACEJE. 
  BALSAM 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Tender, 
  fleshy-stemmed, 
  annual 
  herbs. 
  Leaves 
  simple, 
  with- 
  

   out 
  stipules. 
  Flowers 
  bisexual, 
  zygomorphic. 
  Sepals 
  usually 
  

   3, 
  the 
  largest 
  one 
  with 
  a 
  spur. 
  Petals 
  3. 
  Stamens 
  5, 
  dis- 
  

   tinct 
  or 
  nearly 
  so. 
  Ovary 
  5-celled, 
  bursting 
  when 
  ripe 
  into 
  

   5 
  valves. 
  

  

  IMPATIENS 
  L. 
  

  

  Characteristics 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  those 
  above 
  given 
  for 
  the 
  family. 
  

   Fruit 
  a 
  capsule 
  (very 
  fleshy 
  in 
  our 
  species), 
  which 
  when 
  ripe 
  

   bursts 
  open 
  with 
  considerable 
  force, 
  throwing 
  the 
  seeds 
  about. 
  

  

  1. 
  I. 
  pallida 
  Nutt. 
  WILD 
  BALSAM, 
  LADY'S 
  SLIPPER. 
  Stem 
  3-5 
  ft. 
  

   high, 
  branching. 
  Leaves 
  oblong-ovate, 
  2-6 
  in. 
  long, 
  the 
  lower 
  often 
  

   long-petioled, 
  the 
  upper 
  nearly 
  sessile. 
  Peduncles 
  axillary, 
  1-3 
  in. 
  

   long, 
  slender, 
  2-5-flowered. 
  Flowers 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  slightly 
  dotted 
  

   with 
  brownish-red. 
  Sac 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  sepal 
  broader 
  than 
  it 
  is 
  long, 
  

   ending 
  in 
  a 
  recurved 
  spur 
  about 
  | 
  in. 
  long. 
  Damp, 
  shaded 
  ground, 
  

   not 
  very 
  common. 
  

  

  