na PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. itea. 



I. p. 144. Juss. p. 159. Lam. III. t. CXLVII. 

 f. 2. Roenu h' Schul t. Gen. 98 1. Nat. Ord. 

 Saxiiragem Juss. fMich.J 



I. virginica L. fV il I d. Spec. 1. p. 1 1 46. D uham, 

 j^r6. I. p. 219. t. 12G. M ic h. Fl. \. ^. \51, PurshFl. 

 l.p.171. FAliott Sk.\.^.2d3, Walt, Car. ^.IQ^. 

 Roem. ^' Schult. V. p. 408. 



A shrub 4 — 8 feet high. Leaves alternate, about 2 inches \ov\^, 

 petiolate, lanceolate, acumiriate, serrulate, pubescent beneath. 

 Flowers in terminal simple racemes Calyx persistent ; teeth 

 erect, subulate. Petaln white, pubescent within, inserted into 

 the summit of the calyx between the teeth. Stamens shorter 

 than the petals, with ihejilamtnls inserted between them ; an- 

 thers obloni^, opening internally the whole length. Siyle as 

 long as the stainens ; stigma somewhat 2-lobed. Cafisulc 

 ovate, acuminate with the remains of the style. Seeds small, 

 subrotund, smooth. 



Ham. On the margin of swamps in the pine barrens of New- 

 Jersey ; particularly abundant at Quaker Bridge. In Dela- 

 ware. Muhlenberg. Juue. 



172. IMPATIENS. L. 



Calyx 2-leaved, deciduous. Corolla in*egular. Nee- 



tanj cucLillate, calcarate. Anthers o-ohcviw^ at the apex. 



Capsule 5-valved, bursting elasticallv. Gen. pi 1365, 



NutU Gen. L p. 145, Latn. ///. t. DCCXXV, 



Roem. y Schult. Gen. 972. Balsamina Juss, 



p. 270. Nat. Ord. Papaverace^ Juss. (olini 



Gerania.) Balsam. 



1.1. pallida N utt. : peduncles solitary, 3— 4-flowered; 



nectary obtusely conicj dilated, shorter than the petals ; spur 



recurved, very short; flowers sparingly punctate; leaves 



rhombic-ovate, mucronately toothed. M utt. Gen. I. p. 146, 



1. nolilangere Pursh Fl, 1. p. 171. JW i c h. Fl. 11. p. 149» 



(«.) Elliott Sk, I. p. 303. 1. aurea Muhl. Cat. p. 26 ? 



Root annual. Stem about 2 feet high, tender and succulent, at 

 first diaphanous, much branched ; joints tumid. Leaves uni- 

 formly green, alternate, on petioles one third their length, 

 coarsely serrate. Pedunclts axillary, longer than the leaves, 

 3_5-flo\vered, fililorm ; pedicels bracteate about the middle- 

 Calyx small, with 2 dilated roundish leaves. Petals 4, includ- 

 ing liie nectary ; the 2 lateral petals unequally bilobed; larger 

 lobe dilated, retuae, sparingly spotted with brownish red to- 

 wards the base. jYectary broader than long, spotted ; spur of 

 the galea shorter than the calyx. Seeds elliptic, compressed, 



11. vB. In wet shady places. August. 



