72 20. BAtSAMIWACEiE. 



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

 solete.— Waste ground. A. VI,— IX. E. S. I. 



2. J^. moschdtum (Sm.) ; st. prooum'bent hairy, peduncles 

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

 downy, a concentric furrow below the circular fflandular de- 

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

 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. 



vn. E. I. 



3. E. marit'imum (Sm.) ; st. prostrate slightly hairy, peduncles 

 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. BALSAMINACE^. 



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 fissure, 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. . 

 Plants succulent. Many raphides. Minute but fertile fl. which 

 do not open are foimd. 



I. iMPATrBNS. Sep. 3, the lower one hoodhke with a spur. 

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

 or each formed of 2 combined. Anth. cohering. 



1. Imp a' HENS Linn. Balsam. 



1. I. Noli-me-tan'gere (L.) ; 1. ovate coarsely serrate, pedim- 

 cles many-flowered solitary, spur loosely recur ced not emarginate. 

 —E. B. 937. R. V. 198. b. -Si!. 5. 15.— Fl. large, yellow spotted 

 with orange. St. 1 — 2 feet high, tumid at the joinings. — -Damp 

 woody places in mountainous districts, rare. — A. VI. — IX 

 Yellow Balsam. E. S. I. 



*2. I. ftd'va (Nutt.) ; 1. ovate coarsely serrate, peduncles 

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

 E. B. 8. 2794.— Fl. orange-yellow spotted -n-ith red. Each ser- 

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



