74 20. BALSAMTNAOEiE. 



glandular hairs, not transversely wi'inkled. — 13. G. -purpwreum 

 (Forst.) ; pet. narrower, sep. glandular-hairy, carp, glabrous and 

 more wiinkled, 1. in narrower segments. IS. B. S, 2648. — 

 Hedgebanks. /3. Southern sea-coast. A. V. — IX. E. S. I. 



2. Eko'dittm L'Eirit. Storksbill. 



1. E. cietddnum (Sm.) ; st. procumbent hairy, peduncles 

 many-flowered, perfect stam. dUatedmot toothed below glabrous, 

 beak hairy, a concentric furrow below the circular glandless de- 

 pression on the carpel, 1. pinnate, leaflets sessile piunatifld cut, 

 stip. lanceolate. — E. B. 1768. — St. difl'use, leafy, with scattered 

 hairs. Fl. purplish or white. Leaflets very deeply divided, 

 their segments lanceolate or linear, acute. In Jersey specimens 

 the 1. are ovate and short, and their segments short broad and 

 bluntish. — a. pimpinelUfolium ; 2 pet. with a spot. Its. ovate 

 incise-pinnatifld with bluntish lobes, furrow on the carp, con- 

 spicuous. E. commixf,um Joi-d. — j3. E. iriviale ( Jord.) ; pet. not 

 spotted, Its. incise-pinnatifld, carp.-furrow faint.— ^. E. pilosmn 

 (Bor.) ; pet. not spotted. Its. almost pinnate, carp.-furrow ob- 

 solete.— Waste ground. A. ^^[.— IX. E. S. I. 



2. E. mosehdtum (Sm.) ; st. procumbent hairy, peduncles 

 many-flowered, perfect stam. toothed at the base glabrous, beak 

 downy, a concentric furrow below the circular glandular de- 

 pression on the carpel, 1. pinnate, leaflets nearly sessile, ovate 

 unequally cut, stip. oval. — E. B. 902. — Much larger than the 

 preceding, and diffusing a strong musky scent when handled. 

 Leaflets less deeply cut. — Waste places, rather rare. A. VI. 

 YII. E. I. 



3. E. marit'imum (L'ffir.) ; st. prostrate slightlyhairy, pedun- 

 cles 1 — 2-flowered, pet. very minute, a transverse furrow below., 

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

 stalked lobed and crenate. — E. B. 646. — St. often very fleshy. 

 Fl. very small. Pet. pale red, very minute, often wanting. — 

 Sandy and gravelly places, particularly near the sea, rare. P. 



v.— ix. E. I. 



Order XX. BALSAMINACEJ5. 



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

 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 flssure, more or less cohering. Ovary 5-celled. 

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

 pendulous ; albumen 0. — L. with glands in place of stipules. 



