BALSAMINACE^E. (BALSAM FAMILY.) 65 



styles, adnate to an elongated central axis, from which they separate elas- 

 tically at maturity. Seed solitary, without albumen. P^mbryo convolute. 



1. GERANIUM, Tourn. CRANESBILL. 



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 - "-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 l-2 high. Flowers purple, 1' 

 wide. 



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

 5 - 7-parted, the narrow divisions obtusgly 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. BALSAMINACE^E. (BALSAM FAMILY.) 



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. 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. Placentae central, persistent. Steins branching, somewhat pellucid. 

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

 fruiting in the bud. 



1 I. pallida, Nutt. (PALE TOUCH-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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