21. BALSAMINACE^. — 22. OXALIDACE^. 67 



white. Sep. deeply and acutely 3-cleft, connected below into a 

 tube. — Damp sandy places. A. VII. VIII. 



Order XXI. BALSAMINACE^. 



Sep. 5 (2 upper usually wanting), irregular, deciduous, lower 

 spurred, imbricate in sestivation. Pet. 5, irregular, united in 

 pairs. Stam. 6. Anth. 2-celled, opening at the apex by a lon- 

 gitudinal fissure, more or less connected. Ovary 5-celled. Fr. 

 capsular with 6 elastic valves. Seeds solitary or many, pendu- 

 lous ; albumen 0. — L. without stipules. Plant succulent. 



1. Impatiens. Sep. 3, the lower one cucuUate with a spur. 

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

 each formed of 2 combined. Anth. cohering. 



1. Impatiens iirew. Balsam. 



1. I. NoU-me-tangere (L.) ; 1. ovate coarsely serrate, pedun- 

 cles many-flowered solitary, spur loosely recurved not emarginate. 

 —E. B. 937. R- V. 198. b. St. 5. IS.— Fl. large, yellow spotted 

 with orange. Serratures of the leaves not glandular. St. 1 — 2 

 feet high, tumid at the joinings. — Damp woody places in moun- 

 tainous districts. A. VII. — IX. Yellow Balsam. E. 



[*2. I. fulva (Nutt.) ; 1. ovate coarsely serrated, peduncles 

 about 4 -flowered solitary, spur closely reflexed emarginate. — 

 E. B. S. 2794. — Fl. orange-yellow spotted with red. Serratures 

 of the 1. with a reflexed glandular tooth. St. 2 — 3 feet high. — 

 An American plant quite naturalized by the Wey and other rivers 

 inSun-ey. A. VIII.] E. 



Order XXII. OXALIDACE^. 



Sep. 5, equal, persistent, imbricate in sestivation. Pet. 5, 

 equal, often cohering at the base, twisted in aestivation. Stam. 

 10, more or less monadelphous, those opposite to the pet. 

 longer than the others. Anth. 2-celled, not connected. Ovary 

 5-celled. Styles 5. Caps. 6 — 10-valved. Seeds several ; testa 

 fleshy, bursting elastically. Embr)'0 straight, in cartilaginous 

 albumen. 



1, Oxalis. Sep. 5, connected below. Pet. 5, often connected 

 below. Stam. 10, monadelphous, 5 outer ones shorter. 

 Styles 6. 



1. Oxalis Linn. Wood-Sorrel. 



1. 0. Acetosella (L.) ; stemless, rhizome creeping toothed, 1. 



