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21. OXALIDACE^.-' 
1. Impatiens. Sep. 3, the lower one hoodlike with a spur. 
Pet. .3, upper one symmetrical, lateral unequally S-lobed 
or each formed of 2 combined. Anth. cohering. 
1. Impa'tiens Linn. Balsam. 
1. /. Xoli-tatifjere (L.) : 1. ovate coar.seiy serrate, peduncles 
many-flowered solitary, spur doxehi recurved not eraarqi/aaU. — 
E. B. 937. R.y. 198. b. .SV. 5. 15.— Fl. large, yellow spotted 
with orange. St. 1 — 2 feet high, tumid at the joinings. — Damp 
woody places in mountainous districts, rare. A. YI. — IX. 
Yellow Balsam. E. S. 
*2. /. hiflora (Walt.) ; 1. ovate coarsely serrate, peduncles 
about 4-flowered solitary, sptrr rloselt/ reiiered ermargiiiate. — 
I. fulvo rXutt.). E. B. S. 2794.— Fi. orange-yellow spotted 
with red. Each serrature of the 1. with a reflexed glandular 
tooth. St. 2 — 3 feet high. — An American plant quite natural- 
ized by the Wej' and other rivers in Surrey. A. YIII. E. 
*3. /. parmfidra (DC.) : 1. elliptic serrate, ped. erect 3 — 12- 
fiowered, spur short straight.— »S'?/- E. B. 315. — Fl. small, yel- 
lowish. St. 6 — 18 in. high. L. very acute at both ends. — 
Waste places. A Eussian plant now quite naturalized. A. 
VIT.— IX. ■ E. 
Order XXI. OXALIDACE.E. 
Sep. .5, equal, persistent, imbricate in the bud. Pet. 5, equal, 
often cohering at the base, twisted in the bud. Stam. 10. more 
or less monadelphous, those opposite to the pet. longer than 
the others. Anth. 2-celled. Ovary 5-celled. Styles 5. Caps. 
5 — 10-valved. Seeds several. Embryo straight, in cartila- 
ginous albumen. — With stipules. 
1. OxALis. Sep. 5. connected below. Pet. .5, often connected 
below. Stam. 10, monadelphous, 5 outer ones .shorter. 
Styles 5. Seed with an elastic coat. 
1. Ox ALis Linn. Wood-Sorrel. 
1. 0. Aretosel'la (L.) ; stendess, rhizome creeping toothed, 1. 
ternate, leaflets obcordate hairy, peduncles with 2 scaly bracts 
at about the middle l-flowered, caps, ovoid, seed longitudinallj' 
ribbed.—^. B. 762. R. v. 199.— Fl. white with purple veins or 
rarely purple or blue. Cor. about 4 times as long as the 
calyx. — Woods and shady places. P. V. Wood-Sorrel . 
E. S. I. 
