20. BALSAMENACEiE. 
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i. EBb'muM Alton. Storksbill. 
1. E. cicutdrnoii, (Ait.) ; st. procumbent hairy, peduncles 
many-flowered, perfect.s^///;.</i7"^rt/not toothed below glabrous, 
beak hairy, a concentric furrow below the circular glandless de- 
pression on the carpel, /. inniiate /eatfets sqssUq j> In uatiyid cut, 
stip. lanceolate. — E. JS. 1768. — St. diffuse, leafy, with scattered 
hairs. Fl. purplish or white. Leaflets very deeply divided, 
their segments lanceolate or linear, acute. In J ersey specimens 
the 1. are ovate and short, and their segments short broad and 
bluntish. — a. E. jn)tij)iue//i/olim/i (Cav.) ; 2 pet. with a spot, Its. 
ovate incise-pinnatitid with bluntish lobes, furrow on the carp, 
conspicuous. E. coinini.itunt (Jord.). — ti. E. triviale (Jord.) ; 
pet. not spotted, Its. incise-pinnatifid, carp.-furrow faint. — 
7. E.pilosiDtt (Bor.) ; pet. not spotted, Its. almost pinnate, carp.- 
furrow obsolete. (8. & y. E. clutroplii/lluin Cav. ?). — Waste 
ground. A. VI.-IX. ' E. S. T. 
2. E. mmchr'itmn (Ait.) ; st. procumbent hairy, peduncles 
many-flowered, perfect stam. toothed at the base glabrous, beak 
downy, a concentric furrow below the circular <jlandular de- 
jiression on the carpel, /, pinnate, feaffets nearly sessile, ovate 
unequally cut, stiji. oval. — E. B. 902. — Much larger than the 
preceding, and diffusing a strong musky scent when handled. 
Leaflets less deeply cut. — Waste places, rather rare. A. VI. 
VII. E. I. 
3. E. niarit'ittiwn (Ait.) ; St. prostrate slightly hairy, 
peduncles 1 — 2-flowered, pet. very minute, a transverse furrow 
below the semicircular depression on the carpel, sinij^le ovate- 
cordate stalked lobed and crenate. — E. II. 646. — St. often very 
fleshy. Fl. very small. Pet. pale red, very minute, often 
wanting. — Sandy and gravelly places, particularly near the sea, 
rare. P. V.— IX. " E. L 
Order XX. BALSAMINACE.l^:. 
Sep. 5 (2 upper usually wanting), irregular, deciduous, lower 
spurred, imbricate in the bud. Pet. 5, irregular, the lateral 
united in pairs. Stam. 5. Anth. 2-celled, opening at the apex 
by a longitudinal fissure, more or less cohering. Ovary 5-celled. 
Fr. capsular with 5 elastic valves. Seeds solitary or many, 
pendulous ; albumen 0.— L. with glands in place of stipules. 
Plants succulent. Many raphides. Minute but fertile fl. 
which do not open are found. 
