BALSAMINACEJXE. (BALSAM FAMILY.) 65 
styles, adnate to an elongated central axis, from which they separate elas- 
tically at maturity. Seed solitary, without albumen. Embryo convolute. 
1. GERANIUM, Tourn CRANESBILL. oe 
Flowers regular. Stamens perfect, the inner ones with a gland at the base. 
Styles at maturity separating with the 1-seeded carpels, and coiled upward, the 
inner face naked. — Herbs. Stems forking. Leaves palmately lobed. Pedun- 
cles 1 -3-flowered. 
1. G. maculatum, L. Perennial, erect, hairy ; leaves 5 —7-parted, the 
divisions acutely lobed and toothed ; peduncles 1 — 2-flowered, the terminal ones 
often umbellate ; petals large, entire, 2-3 times longer than the oblong awned 
sepals. — Open woods in the upper districts and northward. April and May. 
— Root tuberous, very astringent. Stem 1°-2° high. Flowers purple, 1! 
wide. : 
2. G. Carolinianum, L. Annual, generally prostrate, pubescent; leaves 
5 —7-parted, the narrow divisions obtusely lobed and toothed ; peduncles 2-flow- 
ered; petals emarginate, as long as the ovate awned sepals. — Waste places, 
common. March and April.— Stems forking, 6/—18' long. Flowers pale 
purple. 
Orver 33. BALSAMINACEJE. (Barsaw Famizy.) | 
Smooth and succulent annual herbs, with undivided exstipulate leaves, 
and irregular hypogynous pentandrous flowers. — Sepals 5, colored, de- 
ciduous; the two inner (and upper) ones united, the lowest large and 
saccate. Petals 4-5, distinct or united, Stamens 5, coherent above. 
Ovary 5-celled, the cells 2—several-ovuled. Fruit capsular or drupa- 
ceous. Seeds anatropous, without albumen. Embryo straight, with thick 
cotyledons, 
1, IMPATIENS, L. Jewer-Weep. 
Lowest sepal saccate and spurred. Petals 4, united by pairs. Filaments 
short, with a scale on the inner face. Capsule 5-celled, bursting elastically into 
5 valves. Placentx central, persistent. — Stems branching, somewhat pellucid. 
— Leaves serrate. Peduncles axillary, 1-several-flowered. Earliest flowers 
fruiting in the bud. 
1. I. pallida, Nutt. (Pare Toucn-me-nor.) Leaves ovate or oval, ob- 
_tusely serrate, membranaceous ; flowers pale yellow ; lower sepal slightly spotted, 
dilated, open, tipped with a short recurved spur. — Wet shady places, Georgia 
an northward. July- Sept. — Stems 29-49 high. — 
E 2 X fulva, Nutt. (SrorrED. TOUCH-ME-NOT.) Flowers deep 
r sepal lesen sare bee spotted, with a rather 
