64 21. BALSAMINACE. 
3. L. perenne (L.); sep. obovate obtuse obscurely 5-nerved 
glabrous, 1. linear-lanceolate, st. numerous, fruitstalks erect.— 
E. B. 40.—Fi. blue. St. 1—2 ft. long, erect or decumbent.— 
Chalky places. P. VI. VII. 
** Leaves opposite. 
4. L. catharticum (L.); sep. elliptical pointed, /. opposite ob- 
ovate, upper 1. lanceolate—E. B. 382.—Fl. white, small; sep. 
serrated; pet. acute. St. one or more, slender. Panicle forked, 
spreading.—In dry pastures. A. VI.—VIII. 
2. Raproua Gmel. 
1. R. millegrana (Sm.).—E. B. 893. RB. linoides DC., Koch. 
—St. 1—2 in. high, repeatedly forked, with solitary fl. in the 
axils as well as at the extremities of the branches. Fl. minute, 
white. Sep. deeply and acutely 3-cleft, connected below into a 
tube.—Damp sandy places. A. VIT. VII. 
Order XXI. BALSAMINACE. 
Sep. 5 (2 upper usually wanting), irregular, deciduous, lower 
spurred, imbricate in estivation. Pet. 5, irregular, united in 
pairs. Stam. 5. Anth. 2-celled, opening at the apex by a lon- 
gitudinal fissure, more or less connected. Ovary 5-celled. Fr. 
capsular with 5 elastic valves. Seeds solitary or numerous, pen- 
dulous, albumen 0.—L. without stipules. Plant succulent. 
1. Impatiens. Sep. 3, the lower one cucullate with a spur. 
Pet. 3, upper one symmetrical, lateral unequally 2-lobed or 
each formed of 2 combined. Anth. cohering. 
1. Impatiens Linn. 
1, I. Noli-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. 15.—FI. large, yellow spotted 
with orange. Serratures of the leaves not glandular. St. 1—2 
feet high, tumid at the jomts.—Damp woody places in moun- 
tainous districts. A. VII—IX. Yellow Balsam. 
*2. I. fulva (Nutt.); |. ovate coarsely serrated, peduncles 
about 4-flowered solitary, spur closely reflexed emarginate— 
E. B. §, 2794.—F. orange-yellow spotted with red. Serratures 
of the |. with a reflexed glandular tooth. St. 2—3 feet high.— 
An American plant quite naturalized by the Wey and other rivers 
in Surrey. A. VIII. 
