FAM. 9.'). 96, 97. 77 



glands between the petals; upp< >purrv 1, the spur ;i I the pedicel; of 



the 10 stamens 3 or mora are sterile. 



In Tropaeolum, cultivated under the names of Initan Cress an I \a\lurttum. 

 the spur is t M fl 'yle 1. stigmas 3; fruit n >t l>eak 



rating from the short axis into three achenes; leaves alternate, exstipulate. 



95. Balsaminaceae, Jewel-weed Family. 



Smooth and succulent herbs with simple exstipulate 

 leaves and irregular flowers on axillary peduncles; calvx 

 of 3 sepals, the lower one petaloid, saccate and spurred, 

 all deciduous; corolla of 5 petals, the lateral pair on each 

 side united, deciduous; stamens 5, each filament with a 

 scale and partially united above; ovary 5-celled, stigma 

 5-lobed. sessile; fruit a capsule with elastically bursting 

 and coiling valves. 



L<_aves alternate or opposite; flowers orange, mottled with brown, the 

 saccate sepal conspicuously spotted, tipped with a recurved 

 spur one-half as long as the body. Moist soil. Summer and 

 Fall. - - Impatiens biflora (fulva), Touch-me-not, Jewel-weed 



Cultivated species go by the name of Balsamine; potplants. 



96. Linaceae, Flax Family. 



Chiefly herbs with alternate or opposite narrow leaves; 

 flowers perfect, regular, solitary or in terminal racemes and 

 panicles or corymbose cymes; sepals, petals and stamens 4-6, 

 the stamens alternate with the petals; ovary 2-5 celled or 

 falsely 4-10 celled; styles 2-5; fruit a globose capsule with 

 1-2 seeds in each cell. 



Herbs with alternate or opposite, mostly sessile leaves; sepals, petals and 

 stamens 5. the stamens partly united, often with small staminodia 

 between; ovary 5-celled with false partitions; styles 5, rarely 

 2. distinct or united. ------ Linum, Flax 



L. usitatissimum. Stems simple or branching above; leaves alternate, linear; 

 flowers blue. Waste places. Summer. 



97. Oxalidaceae, Wood-Sorrel Family. 



Chiefly herbs with sour juice; leaves basal or cauline, 

 compound, with or without stipules, the leaflets notched 

 at the apex and with a membranous fold in the sinus; flow- 

 ers solitary or in peduncled cymes, umbel-like or dicho- 

 tomous; sepals 5, persistent; petals 5, white, purplish or 

 yellow, deciduous; stamens 10-15, more or less united; 

 ovary superior, 5-celled; styles 5, distinct; fruit a capsule. 



Plants caulescent, not succulent; leave i alternate, without stipules, palm- 

 ately 3-fohate. leaflets obcorlit--; Sowan yellow, stamens 10, 



