172 LAC 



5 1. IMPATIENS. (Signifying impatunt, from the elastic cipsule.) 



Pal"lida, (jewel-weed, touch-me-not. O. y. Ju. <v>) peduncles solitary, 

 2 and 4-flowered; nectary obtusely conic, dilated, shorter than the 

 petals; spur recurved, very short; flowers sparingly punt ate, 

 leaves rhomb-ovate, mucronate-toothed. 2 4. f. 



Ful'va, has the corollas with crowded spots. 



Exotic. 



Bal's&mina, (garden lady's slipper) peduncles aggregate, 1-flowered , 

 leaves lanceolate, upper ones alternate ; hooded petal (or nectary) 

 shorter than the other petals ; colour various. 



31. IRIS. (From Iris, the rainbow.) 



Ver&ic"olor, (O. b. J. 7J.) leaves ensiform; stem acute on one side; 

 Capsules oblong, 3-sided, with obtuse angles. 2 3. f. 



Exotic. 



Plica'tcL. (garden iris. p. w. M. 7].) bearded ; stem many flowered 



higher than the leave ; petals undulate-plicate, erect ones broadest. 



1824. i. 

 Pn'mila^ vdwari-flower-de-luce. b. M. 7J-) bearded; scape 1-flowered; 



eaves ensiform, glabrous ; tube of the corolla exsert ; petals ob*:>ng, 



obtuse. 610. i. 



39. IXIA. (From Ixia, birdlime.) 



Chinen"sis, (blackberry-lily, y. r. J. Tj.) corolla about 6 petaled ; stenr 

 flex'ious; leaves ensiform. 



21. JASMINUM. (From Ion, violet, and osme, odour.) 



Fruf'icans, (jasmine, y. 17) leaves alternate, ternate, simple; leafets 

 obovate, wedge-form, obtuse ; branches angled. 



101. KALMIA. (From Kalm, a botanist.) 



Lalijo'lia, (laurel. E. w. &r. Ju. 17) leaves long petioled, scattered, and 



in threes, oval, smooth both sides; corymbs terminal, with viscid 



hairs. 320. f. 

 Angustifo'lia, (sheep laurel. O. J. 17) leaves in threes, petioled, oblong, 



obtuse, sometimes rusty beneath; corymbs lateral; bracts linear; 



peduncles and calyx with glandular hairs. Var. ovata, taller* 



leaves broader, sub-ovate. 2 3. f. 



17- *1. LACTUCA. (From Lac t milk.) 

 Exotic. 



Sati'wz, (lettuce, y. Ju. 0) leaves roundish; cauhne ones cordate; 

 stem corymbed. Var. romana, has oblong, straight leaves, narrow- 

 ed at the base. Var. latiniata, has the lower leaves pinnatifJ, and 

 the upper ones runcinate. 



