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pairs, apparently forming one unequally bilobed petal on each sidr. 

 Anthers cohering. Capsule prismatic-terete, elongated, glabrous, with 

 .Vcells, and 5 clastic dissilient valves. Seeds numerous, suspended, 

 elliptic, acuminate, compressed. 



Herbaceous: glabrous; stem succulent, tender, and subpellucid, with tumid 

 joints; haves simple, penninerved, alternate, without stipules; peduncles axilla- 

 ry. Nat Ord. 126. Lindl. Balsamixe jg. 



1. I. pallida, Jfutt. Leaves oblong-ovate, rather acute; peduncles 

 2 to 5-iowercd, longish ; the cucullate sepal dilated, obtusely conic, 

 with a *hort recurved spur ; flowers palish yellow and sparingly macu- 

 late. Jleck, Bot. p. 68. 



I. noli-tangere. Willd? Sp. 1. />. 1176. Pers? St/n. I. p. 257, Mtihl? 

 Catal. /,. 26. Pursh, Am. 1. p. 171. Ell. Sk. I. p. 303. Var. a. Ma. 

 Am. 2. p. 149, 



Also, I. aurea. Muhl. Catal. p. 26. 

 Pale I-ipatiens. Vulgo — Snap-weed. Touch-me-not. 



Plant oT an uniform green. Root annual. Stem 3 lo 5 feet high, much branched 

 Leaves 2 l0 5 or G inches long, and 1 to 3 or 4 inches wide, obtusely and coarsely 

 iTenate-s»rrate, serratures mucronulate, the base fringed with a few short filiform 

 teeth; petioles varying in length from one eighth of an inch to 3 inches,— the 

 young i»H>er leaves being nearly sessile. Peduncles 1 to 3 inches long, 6iender, 

 2to6-floweredj pedicels about an inch long, with a small lanceolate bract near 

 the middle. Outer sepals one fourth of an inch long, roundish ovate, pale green, 

 reined, wth a midrib terminating in a short oblique callous point; the two inner 

 and upper sepals yellow, resembling petals, united into one by a suture, a little di- 

 vided or e^arginatc at apex; the hirer sepal yellow, with a few reddish brown 

 •pots, distended into a conic nectary, wider than long, with a recurved spur about 

 one fourtl f an inch in length. Petals yellow, sparingly spotted, 2 on each side, 

 unequal, completely united at base, the upper one much shorter and resembling a 

 lateral lol. e of the lower one. Capsule an inch or more in length; the valves, at 

 maturity, springing with great elasticity, and scattering the seeds in all directions. 

 Hub. Moi^t, shaded grounds : frequent. Fl July— Sept. Fr. Aug.— Octo. 



Obs. Tij s epecies is frequently to be met with along shaded rivulets, and low 

 grounds ; Uu is not so common as the following. It has a greener aspect, and is of 

 a larger growth. It may, moreover, be readily distinguished by its flowers, which 

 are of a gamboge yellow, and not much spotted. 



2. I. fulva, NutU Leaves somewhat rhombic-ovate, rather obtuse > 



peduncle* 2 to 3 or 4-flowcred ; the cucullate sepal acutely conic, with 



a longish recurved spur ; flowers deep orange-color, with numerous 



reddish l»own spots. Beck, Bot. p. 69. 



I. biflora. Willd. Sp. I. p. 1175. Pers. Syn. 1. p. 257. Pureh, Am. 



I. p. 171. Ell. Sk. I. p. 304. Lindl. Ency. p. 184. 



I, noh-tangcre, var. b. Mx. Am. 2. p. 149. Bigel. Boot. p. 93. 



I. macula*. Muhl. Catal. p. 26. 



Fulvous, or Tawny Impatiens. Vulgd— Snap-weed, Touch-me-not. 

 Root annual. Stem2io 4 feet high, much branched, somewhat tawny. Leares 



1 to 3 or 4 inches long, and half an inch to 2 inches wide, somewhat glaucous, whh 



fulvous micrib, and nerves. Peduncles about an inch long, usually 2 or 2 flower- 

 ed ; pedicel* half an inch to an inch in length, with a subulate bract near the mid- 

 dle. Outer sepals frequently tawny ; the cucullate sepal conic, longer than wide, 

 rather acuu, with a recurved spur about half an inch long. 



