BALSAMINACEAE 



619 



Fig. 348. Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus 

 glabra). Causes irritation of ttie cerebro- 

 spinal system. (L,ois Pammel.) 



Fig. 349. Red Buckeye (Aesculus Pavia) : a, 

 flowering branch; b, seed; both two-ninths natural 

 size. (Chesnut, U. S. Dept. Agr.) 



ridged; embryo straight. About 200 species mostly of tropical Asia. One 

 genus with 2 species is native to eastern North America. The Balsam (Impati- 

 ens Balsamina) is frequently cultivated. The sap of some species contains 

 a dye. 



Impatiens L. Jewel Weed 



Succulent herbs with simple, thin, petioled leaves ; sepals 3, the 2 alternate 

 small, green, the posterior one largest, and forming a spurred sac; petals 5, 

 or 3, with 2 of them 2-cleft into dissimilar lobes ; stamens 5, short ; ovary oblong, 

 5-celled ; fruit an oblong or linear capsule, dehiscent elastically into a coiled 

 valve, scattering the seeds ; endosperm none ; embryo nearly straight ; cotyle- 

 dons flat. 



