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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. 

 Flowers regular. Stamens perfect, the inner ones with a glanrl at the base. 

 Styles at maturity separating with the 1-seeded carpels, and coiled upward, the 

 inner face naiced. — Herbs. Stems forking. Leaves palmately lobcd. Pedun- 

 cles 1 -3-flowered. 



1. G. maculatum, L. Perennial, erect, hairy; leaves 5 -"-parted, the 

 divisions acutely lohod and toothed ; peduncles 1 - 2-flowercd, the tenninal ones 

 often umbellate ; petals lai-ge, entire, 2-3 times longer than the oblong awned 

 sepals — Open woods in the upper districts and northward. April and May. 

 — Root tuwrous, very astringent. Stem l°-2° high. Flowers purple, 1' 

 wide. 



2. G. Carolinianum, L. Annual, generally prostrate, pubescent ; leaves 

 5 -"-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. 



Order 33. BALSAMIiVACETE. (Balsam Family.) 



Smooth and succident annual herbs, witli undivided exstipulate leaves, 

 and irregular hjpogynous 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. Jewel-Weed. 



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. Placenta; central, persistent. — Stems branching, somewhat pellucid. 

 — Leaves serrate. Peduncles axillary, 1 -several-flowered. Earliest flowers 

 fruiting in the l)ud. 



1. I. pallida, Nutt. (Pale Toucii-me-not.) 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 

 and northward. July - Sept. — Stems 2° - 4° high. 



2. I. fulva, Nutt. (Spotted Touch-me-not.) Flowers deep orange; 

 lower sepal conical, conspicuously spotted, tipped with a rather long recurved 

 spur; otherwise like No 1, but with smaller flowers. — Shady swamps, Florida 

 and northward. July -Sept. 



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