240 Balsamineae. 



etiam recenlissimi. Balsaminae nomen quidem antiquius, 

 jam a Fuclisio et Trago propositum, sed exlra foemi- 

 nam s. hortensem, etiam masculam s. Momordicam com- 

 prehendit, e cujus solum pomis immaturisoleum s. Balsa- 

 mum vulnerarium coiiflciebatur; unde nomen. 



154. /. noli tangere L. = Balsamina liitea C. 

 Bauh. = Impatiens Dodon. 1583! = Noli me tan- 

 gere Gesner 13o2, 1561!, Camer. Thal. Besler = 

 Mercurialis silv. 2 s. Esula (false) Trag. 1552 ic. prima! 



Herba tenera, glaberrima. Caulis 1 — 3 ped. digitum 

 crassus, succosus, geniculis tumentibus. Folia alterna, 

 ovalia, acuta, grosse serrato-dentata. Pedunculi 3-ooflori, 

 folio subjecti. Flores penduli, poUicares, citrini, fauce et 

 in sepalo petaloideo maximo punctis kermesinis adspersi. 

 Calcar apice sigmoideo. Noctu obdormit [foliis pendulis 

 laxis (Linne). 



In fossis obumbratis, fruticetis et sylvis humidis ad 

 fontes, pluribus locis copiose. Floret a flne Junii v. serius 

 ad finem Aug.; fruct. mat. saltem a medio v. fine Aug. ©. 



Hist. spcc. JamDeschisaux (1725, p. 9) in sylvaticis 

 circa Petrop. copiosam vidit. In omnibus fere insulis, 

 praesertim vero in ins. Petri! in locis humidioribus inter 

 Filices! copiosissime provenit (Krasch. Ind. Mss. 1749, 

 a. 215); ubivis locis humidis et sylvosis (Krasch. ed. 

 Gorter 1761, p. 142); in sylvis et locis humidis arenoso- 

 argillosis, umbrosis, uti: ad fabricam pyriam Ochtensem, 

 in vico Strelina! et Catherinhofii! (Sobol. Petr. 1799, 

 p. 208, n. 576), ctiam in ins. Basileensi (Sobol. Petr. ed. 

 ross. II, 1802, p. 186, n. 593); in sylvis, locis umbrosis, 

 humidis, montosis, flor. Jun. Jul. (Libosch. et Trin. FL 

 Petr. et Mosq. 1818, p. 85, tab. XXVIII); in sylvis palu- 

 dosis umbrosis vulgaris (Weinm. Pawl. 1824, p. 112); in 

 ins. lapidea, prope Katherinhof!, Golodaja! (Turcz. 1825, 

 n. 173); in sylvis umbrosis humidis copiosc, Jul. Aug. 

 (Weinm. Pctrop. 1837, p. 28, n. 182); ad fl. Oredesh pr. 

 Wuira, ad lacum Tscheremenetzkoje pr. monasterium; ad 

 limites austr. occid. pr. Lotschkina. 



