BALSAMINACEAE 



619 



Fig. 348. Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus 

 glabra). Causes irritation of the cerebro- 

 spinal system. (Lois Pammel.) 



Fig. 349. Red Buckeye (Aescuhts Pavia): a, 

 flowering branch; b, seed; both two-ninths natural 

 size. (Chesnut, U. S. Dept. Agr.) 



ridged; embryo straight. About 200 species mostly of tropical Asia. One 

 genus with 2 species is native to eastern North America. The Balsam {Impati- 

 ens Balsamina) is frequently cultivated. The sap of some species contains 

 a dye. 



Impatiens L. Jewel Weed 



Succulent herbs with simple, thin, petioled leaves; sepals 3, the 2 alternate 

 small, green, the posterior one largest, and forming a spurred sac; petals S, 

 or 3, with 2 of them 2-clef t into dissimilar lobes ; stamens 5, short ; ovary oblong, 

 S-celled; fruit an oblong or linear capsule, dehiscent elastically into a coiled 

 valve, scattering the seeds; endosperm none; embryo nearly straight; cotyle- 

 dons flat. 



