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BALS AMINEiE — OXALIDE/E. 
** Leaves opposite. 
4. L. catharticum (L.) ; sep. elliptical pointed, I. opposite obo- 
vate-lanceolate. — £.5.382. — Fl. white, small; sep. serrated; 
pet. acute. St. one or more, slender. Panicle forked, spreading. 
— In dry pastures. A. VI. — VIII. 
2. Radiola Gmel. 
1. R. millegrana (Sm.). The only species. E. B. 893. 
R. 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. VII. VIII. 
Order XXII. BALSAMINE^E. 
Sep. 5, irregular, deciduous, lower spurred, imbricate in aesti- 
vation. Pet. 4, irregular, (fifth abortive,) united in pairs. 
Stam. 5. Anth. 2-celled, opening at the apex by a longitudinal 
fissure, more or less connected. Ovary 5-celled. Fr. capsular 
with 5 elastic valves. Seeds solitary or numerous, pendulous, 
albumen 0. — L. without stipules. Plant succulent. 
1. Impatiens. Sep. 3, the lower one cucullate with a spur. 
Pet. 3, the upper one symmetrical, 2 lateral unequally 
2-lobed. Anth. cohering. Caps, of 5 elastic valves, at 
length spirally rolled inwards. 
1. Impatiens Linn. 
1. J. Noli-me-taiigere (L.) ; 1. ovate coarsely serrate, pedun- 
cles many-flowered solitary, spar loosely recmved not emarginate. 
— E. B. 937. St. 5. 15. — Fl. large, yellow spotted with orange. 
Serratures of the leaves not glandular. St. 1 — 2 feet high, 
tumid at the joints. — Damp woody places in mountainous di- 
stricts. A. VII. — IX. Yellow Balsam. 
*2. I.fulva (Nutt.) ; 1. ovate coarsely serrated, peduncles about 
4- flowered solitary, spur closely refiexed emarginate. — E. B. S. 
2794. — Fl. orange-yellow spotted with red. Serratures of the 
1. with a refiexed glandular tooth. St. 2 — 3 feet high with tu- 
mid joints. — An American plant now quite naturalized by the 
river Wey in Surrey. A. VIII. E. 
Order XXIII. OXALIDEyE. 
Sep. 5, equal, persistent, imbricate in aestivation. Pet. 5, 
equal, often cohering at the base, twisted in aestivation. Stam. 
10, more or less monadelphous, those opposite to the pet. 
longer than the others. Anth. 2-celled, not connected. Ovary 
5- celled. Styles 5. Caps. 5 — 10-valved. Seeds several ; testa 
fleshy, bursting elastically. Embryo straight, in cartilaginous 
albumen. 
