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POPULAR FLORA. 



Geranium or Cranesbill. Geranium. 

 Petals all alike. All 10 stamens with anthers, every other one shorter. — Herbs. 



1. Spotted G. Stem erect, from u perennial root ; leaves 5-parted, also cut and toothed, often 



whitish-blotched; petals pale purple. Borders of woods ; fl. in spring and summer. G. inaculdium. 



2. Caholina G. Stems spreading from a biennial or annual root; leaves 6-parted, and cut into nar- 



row lobes; flowers small; petals flesh-color, notched at the end. Waste places. G. Carolinianum. 



3. Herb-Robert G. Stems spreading; leaves .3-divided, and the divisions twice pinnately cleft; 



flowers small, purple. Moist woods and ravines ; fl. summer. G. Roberiianum. 



24. INDIAN-CRESS FAMILY. Order TROPiEOLACEiE. 

 Twining, climbing, or trailing herbs, with a watery juice of a sharp taste like Mustard, 

 alternate leaves, and showy irregular flowers, as in 



Indian-Cress (commonly called Nasturtium)- Trop&olum. 

 Calyx projecting into a long hollow spur behind, petal-like, 5-cleft. Petals 5, of two sorts, two of 

 them borne on the throat of the calyx, the 3 others with claws. Stamens 8, unequal. Fruit 3-lobed, 

 separating into 3 thick and closed one-seeded pieces. 



1. CoMTviojJ I. or Nasturtium. Very smooth; leaves roundish, shield-shaped; flowers large; petals 



orange-yellow, the claws of 3 of them fringed. Cult, very common. T. majus. 



2. Canaky-bikd I. Climbing high ; le.aves deeply lobed ; petals pale yellow, cut-fringed. Cult. 



T. pereffrinum. 

 25. BALSAM FAMILY. Order BALSAMINACEiE. 

 Tender annuals, mth a bland watery juice and very irregular flowers ; such as those 



of the principal genus, 



Balsam (or Jewel-weed). Tmpadens. 



Calyx and corolla colored alike and diflS- 

 cult to distinguish, in all of 6 pieces, the 

 largest one extended backward into a large 

 and deep sac ending in a little spur; and the 

 two innermost unequally 2-lobed. Stamens 

 on the receptacle, 5, very short, united over 

 the pistil. This forms a thick-walled pod, 

 ivhich when ripe suddenly bursts with con- 

 siderable force, or falls into 6 coiling pieces 

 at the touch, scattering the rather large 

 seeds. — Leaves simple, alternate. Flowers 

 33^ j3g showy, produced all summer. 



337. Flower of No. 2. 338. Calyx and corolla displayed. 



1. Garden Balsam. Flowers very showy, white, red, or pink, often double, clustered in the axils 



of the crowded lance-shaped leaves. Garden annual. /. Bahamina. 



2. Pale Jewel-weed. Flowers pale-yellow, sparingly spotted, the hanging sac broader than long; 



leaves ovate or oblong. Common in rich and shady or wet soil. I. pallida. 



8. Spotted Jewel-weed. Flowers orange, spotted with reddish-brown ; sac longer than broad. 



I.Julva. 



