274 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBull. 



Rare or local. River banks or roadsides. Apparently 

 native along the Housatonic River from Oxford (Harger) 

 to Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps); escaped from cultivation 

 at Putnam (Harger), Groton (Graves), Southington (An- 

 drews), Wethersfield (Bissell), and Norwalk (Miss A. E. 

 Carpenter) . April — ]\Iay. 



It is a rapid grower, thriving best in moist ground. Often 

 planted as a shade tree and in the West grown for wind-breaks. 



SAPINDACEAE. SOAPBERRY FAMILY. 



CARDIOSPERMUM L. 



Cardiospermum Halicacabum L. (classical name). 

 Balloon Vine. Heart-seed. 



Rare. Escaped from gardens to waste ground in Bridge- 

 port (Eames). Oct. Fugitive from the Tropics. 



AESCULUS L. Horse-chestnut. Buckeye. 



Aesculus Hippocastanum L. (horse-chestnut). 

 Common Horse-chestnut. 



Rare. Southington, escaped from cultivation to a fence- 

 row (Andrews). June. Native of Asia. 



Extensively planted for shade or ornament. 



BALSAMINACEAE. TOUCH-ME-NOT FAMILY. 



IMPATIENS L. Balsam. Jewelweed. 



Impatiens pallida Nutt. (pale). 

 Impatiens aurca Muhl. ( ?) 

 Pale Touch-me-not. 



Damp, rocky woods. Rare in most districts, becoming 

 occasional in the northwestern part of the state. July — 

 Sept. 



The herb possesses the same properties as the following 

 species. 



Impatiens biflora Walt, (two-flowered). 

 Impatiens fnlva Nutt. 

 Spotted Touch-me-not. Snap-weed. Silver Weed. 



