20. BALSAMINACE^. I'-i 



2. EBo'DiTjii L'HSrit. Storksbill. 



1. E. cicutdrium (Sm.) ; st. procumbent hairy, peduncle* 

 many-flowered, perfect dam. dilated not tootlied below glabrous, 

 beak bairy, a concentric furrow below the circular ^landless de- 

 pression on the carpel, 1. pinnate, leaflets sessile pinuatifl,d cut, 

 Mip. lanceolate. — St. difi'use, leafy, with scattered hairs. Fl. 

 purplish or white. Leaflets very deeply diA'ided, their segments 

 lanceolate or linear, acute. In Jersey' speciiuens the 1.. are 

 ovate and short, and their segments short broad and bluntish. — 

 u. pimpinellifolium ; 2 pet. with a spot, Its. ovate incise-pin- 

 n:"itifid with bluntish lobes, furrow on the carp, conspicuous, 

 -i'. commixtum Jord. — /3. tiiviale ; pet. not spotted, Its. incise- 

 pinnatifid, carp.-furrow faint. — y. pilosum ; pet. not spotted, Its. 

 almost pinnate, cai'p.-furrow obsolete. — Waste ground. A. 

 \L—JX. , E.S.I. 



•2. E. moschdtum (Sm.) ; St. procumbent hairy, peduncles 

 many-flowered, perfect stani. toothed at the base, glabrou?, beak 

 downy, a concentric furrow below the circular ffla,ndular de- 

 pre!isioii on the carpel, 1. pinnate, leaflets nearly sessile, ovate 

 iinequalht ei(f, slip. oval. — Much larger than the preceding, and 

 diffusing a strong musky scent when handled. Leaflets less 

 deeply cut. — ^Taste places, rather rare. . A. VI. VII. E. I. 



3. E. mant'imiim (Sm.) ; St. prostrate slightly hairy, peduncles 

 1 — 2-flowered, pet. very minute, a tv.msYerse furrow below the 

 semicircular depression on the carpel, 1. simple ovate-cordate 

 staUied lobed andcfenate. — St. often very fleshy. Fl. very small. 

 Pet. pale red, very minute, often wanting. — Sandy and gravellv 

 places, particularly near the sea, rare. P. V. — ^IX. ■ E. I. 



Order XX. BALSA^iIIXACE.E. 



Sep. 5 (2 upper usually wanting), irreg-ulai', deciduous, dower 

 spurred, imbricate in the bud. Pet. 5, irregular, the lateral 

 united in pairs. Stam. 5. Anth. 2-celled, opening at the apex 

 by a longitudinal fissure, more or less cohering. Ovary 5-celled. 

 Fr. capsular with 5 elastic valves. Seeds solitary or many, pen- 

 dulous ; albumen 0. — 1j. without stipules. Plants, succulent. 



1. ImpAtiens. Sep. .3, the lower one hoodlike with a spur. 

 Pet. 3, upper one symmetrical, lateral unequally 2-lobed 

 or each formed of 2 combined. Anth. cohering. 



