PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 1 1^ 



115. IMPA HENS- Gen. pi. 1365. (GerantaJ 



Calix 2-leaved. Corolla 4-petallcd, irregular; 

 the two interior petals unequally bilobed ; 

 lepanthium (nectarium, L.) hooded, calca- 

 rate. Anthtrs at first cohering. Capsule 

 superior, 5-valvcd, elastic. — .\utt. 



1. I. peduncles solitary, 3 or 4-flowered ; lepan- P&** 

 thium (|)etaloid nectary) obtusely conic, dilated, 

 shorter than the petals : spur recurved, very short ; 

 flower citron-yellow, sparingly punctate ; leaf 

 rhombic-ovate, mucronatelv toothed. — Xutt. 



I. Nolitangere, Pursh. 



Pale flowered Touch-me-not. 



On the margins of streams, and in shaded swampy thickets. 

 More rare than No. 2. Annual. July, August. 



Nutt. 



% I. peduncles solitary, 3 or 4 flowered ; Icpanthi- fuiva 

 um acutely conic, longer than the petals ; spur " 

 resupina^-, emarginate, nearly as long as the ga- 

 lea ; flower fulvous, crowded with spots ; leaf 

 rhombic ^vate, obtuse, mucroiiately toothed. — 

 Nutt. 



I. biflora, W 'illd. and Puish. 



I. macul ita, Muhl. 



Tuloousjloxvered Touch-me-not. 



In similar places. Much more common than ihe preceding, 

 but rery like it. Flowers brownish-) elkm and sp -fed. This 

 species, Mr. Nuttall su\s, is sometimes used for dyeing salmon- 

 red. Annual. June. 



116. VIOLA. Gen. pi. 1364. (OlLJ 



Calix 5-leavcd, produced at the base. Corolla 

 3 »pc tailed, irregular, the lower petal cornute 



