DICOTYLEDONS. BALSAM1NE&. 



or laciniated linear, capsules smooth hairy, seeds punctate, 

 p. 208. Hedges. 



12. G. columbinum, peduncles 2-flowered shorter than the leaves 

 which are 5-partite, the lobes divided into many acute seg- 

 ments, petals entire as long as the much awned cal, 5 capsules 

 smooth glabrous, seeds punctate, p. 208. Pastures. 



ORDER LV. OXALIDEJE. Br. 



Cat. inferior, 5 -leaved; imbricated in aestivation. Petals 5, re- 

 gular, unguiculate. Stamens 10, monadelphous, alternately 

 shorter. Capsule rostrate, 5 -celled, 10-valved, 2 many- 

 seeded. Valves cohering by the axis. Seeds suspended, 

 thrown out of the capsule by the elastic rupture of the outer 

 coat of the testa. Embryo in the axis of a fleshy albumen. 

 Cotyledons flat. 



Herbs with many parted, rarely simple leaves. 



1. OXALIS. 



Cat. 5-partite. Cor. of 5 petals. Caps, angular, 5-celled. 

 Cells 2- or many- seeded. Seeds with an elastic arillus. 



1. O. Acetosella, leaves all radical ternate inversely heart-shaped 

 hairy, scape single- flowered, root squamose. p. 141. Woods 

 and hedge -banks. 



2. O. cornicttlata, stem branched spreading, flowers single or 

 subumbellate shorter than the petioles, leaves ternate obcor- 

 date pubescent, p. 141. Old ivalls. 



ORDER LVI. BALSAMEXHELE. Juss. 



CaL deciduous, 3-leaved, with one leaf larger than the rest, and 

 elongated into a spur. Petals very unequal, the two lowest 

 the largest. Stamens 5. Anthers cohering. Ovary 5-cell- 

 ed, many-seeded. Stigma sessile, simple. Capsule 5-celled, 

 5-valved, many-Reeded, halves bearing the dissepiments in 

 their middle, and separating with elasticity when ripe. Seeds 

 suspended. Embryo of the same form as the seed. Cotyle- 

 dons thick, ovate, convex. Radicle very small, superior. Al- 

 bumen none. 



Herbs with opposite or alternate leaves. Flowers axillary. 



l.IMPATIENS. 



1. I. Noli-me-tangere, joints of the stem swelling, leaves ovate 

 serrated petiolate, peduncles solitary many-flowered, p. 76, 

 Moist groves. 



