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styles, adnatc to an elongated central axis, from whicli they separate elas- 

 tieally at maturity. Seed solitary, without albumen. Embryo convolute. 



1. GERANIUM, Tourn. Cu.\nesbill. 

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

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

 inner fiicc naked. — Herbs. Stems forking. Leaves palmately lobed. I'edun- 

 cles 1 -3-tlowcrcd. 



1. G. maculatura, L. Perennial, erect, hairy; leaves 5-7-partcd, the 

 divisions acutciy lol)ed and toothed ; peduncles 1 -2-flowere(l, the tcrTuinal 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 tuherous, \ery astringent. Stem l°-2° high. Flowers purple, 1' 

 wide. 



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

 5-7-partcd, tlie narrow divisions obtusely loljcd and tootlicd ; peduncles 2-flow- 

 ered; petals eniarginate, as long as the ovate awncd sepals. — Waste places, 

 common. March and April. — Stems forking, 6' -18' long. Flowers pale 

 purple. 



Order 33. BALSAMIiVACEiE. (Balsam Family.) 



Smooth and succulent annual herbs, with undivided exstipulatc 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. 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 bud. 



1. I. pallida, Nutt. (Pale Toucii-me-not.) Leaves ovate or oval, ob- 

 tusely serrate, membranaceous ; flowers pale yellow ; lower sepal sligiiily 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 Tocch-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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