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and more branched, caps. 0 |)enin{j with elasticity, seeds ])aler. — 
In cultivated tields. A. VII. Common Flax. 
3. h. perenne (L.); n(‘p- obovate obtuse obscurely 5-nervcd 
{llahrous, 1. linear-lanceolate, st. numerous, fruitstalks erect. — 
E. B. 40. — FI. blue. — St. erect or decumbent. — Chalky places. 
P. VI. VII. 
** Leaves opposite. 
4. L. catharticum (L.) ; sej). elliptical pointed, 1. opposite ob- 
ovate-lanceolate. — E. B. 382. — FI. white, small ; sep. serrated ; 
pet. acute. St. one or more, slender. Panicle forked, spreading. 
— In dry pastures. A. VI. — VIII. 
2. Radiola G7nel. 
1. R. millegrana (Sm.). — E. B. 893. R. linoides DC., Koch. 
— St. I — 2 in. high, repeatedly forked, with solitary ll. in the 
axils as well as at the extremities of the branches. FI. minute, 
white. Sep. deej)ly and acutely 3-eleft, connected below into a 
tube. — Damp sandy places. A. VII. VIII. 
Order XXII. BALSAMINE^. 
Sep. 5 (2 upper usually wanting), irregular, deciduous, lower 
spurred, imbricate in a;stivation. Pet. 5, irregular, united in 
j)airs. Stam. 5. Anth. 2-celled, ojiening at the a])ex by a lon- 
gitudinal fissure, more or less connected. Ovary 5-celled. Fr. 
capsular with 5 elastic valves. Seeds solitary or numerous, pen- 
dulous, albumen 0. — L. without stipules. Plant succulent. 
1. Impatiens. Sep. 3, the lower one cucuUate with a spnr. 
Pet. 3, u])per one symmetrical, lateral unequally 2-lobed or 
each formed of 2 combined. Anth. cohering. Caps, of 5 
elastic valves, at length spirally rolled inwards. 
1. Impatiens Linn. 
1. I. Noli-me-tangere {L.) ; I. ovate coarsely serrate, pedun- 
cles many-flowered solitary, spur loosely recurved not emarginate. 
— E. B. 937 . R. V. t. 198. b. St. 5. 15. — FI. large, yellow spotted 
with orange. Serratures of the leaves not glandular. St. 1 — 2 
feet high, tumid at the joints. — Damp woody places in moun- 
tainous districts. A. VII. — IX. Yellow Balsam. 
*2. I. fulva (Nutt.) ; 1. ovate coarsely serrated, peduncles 
about 4-flowered solitary, spur closely reflexed emarginate. — 
E. B. S. 2794 . — FI. orange-yellow spotted with red. Serratures 
of the 1. with a reflexed glandular tooth. St. 2 — 3 feet high with 
tumid joints. — An American jilant now quite naturalized by the 
river Wey in Surrey. A. VIII. E. 
