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Geranium or Granesbill. Ocr()nlnm. 

 I'etaU nil alike. All lo HtntnuuH wilh aiitliurs, every other one Hhorter. HeibR, 

 t. hJl'orrKi) G. Htetn erect, from a perennial root; leaves s-parted, also cut and toothed, often 

 whitish-blotched ; petaln pale purple, liurdern of woodH ; l\. in Hpring and Huninier. 



(i. iiKinifiitum. 



9. C.VIWH.INA Cf. .Stems Hpreading from a biennial or annual root ; leaves 5-i>nrted, and cut intoinir- 



ntwlolieM; floweiMNniall : jietals MeHh-coluur, notched at the end. Waste jilaces. (,'. ('nrnHninnum. 



3. Hkiiii-Hiiukkt (i. Stiins Hprciulini,' ; leaves ^-divided, and tlie divisionH twice pinnattdy cleft ; 



(lowers small, purple. Moist woods and ravines ; tl. summer. (*'. JtoUrtianinii, 



24. INDIAN-CRESS FAMILY. Or.br THOT.koLACK.K. 



Twiiiiiiu', clinibiii^', or tniiliii^' luilts, with 11 WiUory juice of u sharp Uistc like Mustard, 

 nlteriialo k';ive.s, and showy irrc'i^uliir flowers, as iu 



Indian-Cress (commcmly called Nasti'htium). Trupnnhnn. 

 Calyx projecting,' into a Ion;; hollow spnr bciiin<l, petal-like, 5-cleft. I'ftals 5, of two sorts, two 

 of them borne on the throat of the ('alyx, the 3 oliiers with claws. Staniuns K, uue(pi,d. Fruit 

 3-lobed, separating into 3 thick and closed i-seeded pieces. 



1. Common I. or NAsTruritM. Very smooth ; leaves roundish. shi(dd-shapcd ; flowers larije ; petal* 



oraiiLce-yellow, the claws of 3 of them fringed. Cult, very common, T. Mnji'X. 



8. CANAUV-mun I. Climbing high ; leaves deeply lobed ; jjctals pale yellow, cut-fringed. Cult. 



T. jieiei/rinwn. 



25. BALSAM FAMILY. Onl.r r.ALSAMTNACE.-i:. 



Teiuler iinimals, wiili a bland watery juice and \ery irre<,'ular ilowers ; siu'h as tho.ee 

 of the principal genus, 



Balsam (or Jewel-wked). ImiMiena. 



Cidyx and corolla coloured alike and diffi- 

 cult to distinguish, in all of 6 i>ieces, tlie 

 largest one extended backward into a larg» 

 and doe]) sac ending in a little sjiur; and the 

 two innermost uneipndly 2-lobed. Stamens 

 on the rece[>tacle, 5, very short, united over 

 the pistil. This forms a thick-walled pod, 

 whicli when ripe smldenly hursts with con- 

 siderabk' force, or falls into 5 coiling i)iecea 

 at the touch, .scattering the r.ither large 

 seeds. Jjcaves simple, alternate. Flower* 

 showy, j)roduced all summer. 



FlowoiofXo. 2, 



338. Calyx loid corolla displayed. 



2. 



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Gardkn Km-sam. Flowers very showy, white, red, or pink, often double, clustered in the axila 

 of the crowded lance-shajjed leaves. Garden annual. /. lialsdmina. 



Pale Jewel-weed. Flowers pale-yellow, sparingly spotted, the hanging sac broader than long ; 

 leaves ovate or oblong. Common in rich and shady or wet soil. /. pdlUda. 



Spotted Jewel-weed. Flowers orange, spotted with reddish-brown ; sac longer than broad. 



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