VASCULAR PLANTS OF NORTH DAKOTA 473 
Turtle Mountains, Devil’s Lake, Peninsula of Lake Ibsen, 
Pleasant Lake. 
Family 76. HIPPOCASTANACEAE T. & G. FI. N. A. I: 
250. (1838). 
Aes-ulaceae Lindley, Arb. Dict. 1:155. (1841). 
HIPPOCASTANUM ‘Tour. Flémens 485. (1694). 
Aesculus Linn. Gen. 109. (1737) and 161. (1754), not Esculus 
Plinius and the ancients=Quercus Esculus Linn. 
710. Hiprocastenum vulgare Tour. 1. c. 
Aesculus Hippocastanum Linn. Sp. Pl. 344. (1753). 
Leeds (in cultivation). 
‘“Hippo-Castanum est confarcinatum nomen (Phil. Bot. 225), 
nec synonyma alia supersunt, assumsi itaque Esculum veterum 
cum castaneae et fagi fructus figura affinis videatur, quae omnes 
apud veteres sub Quercus militarunt nomine.’’—Ex. Linn. Hort. 
Clifi.tq2.-(1737).* 
Family 77. BALSAMINEAE DC. Prodr. I: 684. (1824). 
Balsaminariae Lindley, Nat. Syst. ed. 2: 138. (1836). 
CHRYSAEA Cusa in Dalech. Hist. Pl. Lugd. p. 896. (1587). 
This is the oldest name, but no one took it up. Later were added 
species with differently colored flowers, but this ought not 
necessarily make the name invalid. Cfr. Chrysanthemum, etc. 
Balsamina. The oldest application of this name (B. prima) 
is to Momordica Balsamina eq. Ruellius Hist. 660. (1543), also 
Fuchs., Anguillara, Gesner, Lob., Tab.,,Cam., Ger. Cast. etc. etc. 
Balsamina altera Tragus Hist. 105. (1749) and Stirp. Hist. 
190. (1546). Balsamina Bauhin, Pinax 306. (1625), Tournef. 
and many of the older authors. It was usually called Noli-me- 
tangere, and Impatiens, Rivinus, Tetrapet, 246. (1681) [=/mpatiens 
herba Dod. Pemp. (1503)] was the name taken up by Linnaeus. 
711. Chrysaea biflora (Watt.) Nwd. & LIl., nov. comb. 
Impatiens biflora Walt. Fl. Car. 219. (1788). 
Impatiens fulva Nutt. Gen. I: 146. (1818). 
*Nostra sententia minime recte fecit Linnaeus, Esculus vero nomen 
male a Linnaeo assumptum, qui quoque mentitus est de nomine Tourne- 
fortiano. Non enim habet Tournefortius Hippo-Castanum ut Linnaeus nos 
credere vult, sed Hippocastanum ut 1. c. supra. His adjectis dicere possumus 
Linnaeum valde pejora habere nomina suis in operibus quam hoc Hippo- 
castanum! Omnine melius est Hippocastanum T. quam Aesculus vel. Esculus 
Linn., eo quod Quercus speciem significat Plinianam, ut Linnaeus ipse 
confitetur, et Tournefortianum nomen est et novum et usu veterius.— Nwd. 
