68 21. BALSAMINACE^. 22. OXALrDACE:^. 
by a longitudinal fissure, more or less connected. Ovary 5-celled. - 
Fv. capsular with 5 elastic valves. Seeds solitary or many, pen- 
dulous ; albumen 0. — L. without stipules. Plant succulent. 
1. Impatiens. Sep. 3, the lower one hoodlike with a spur. 
Pet. 3, upper one symmetrical, lateral unequally 2-loDed 
or each formed pf 2 qombined. Anth. cohering. 
1. Impa'tiens Linn. Balsam. 
1. /. Noli-me-tan'gere (L.) ; 1. ovate coarsely sen-ate, pedun- 
cles many-flowered solitary, spur loosely recurved not cinarqinate. 
—R B. 937. R. V. 198. b. -S^C. 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. VL— IX. Yel- 
low Balsam. E. S. I. 
[*2. I. fvVva (Nutt.) ; 1. ovate coarsely sei-rate, peduncles 
about 4-tiowered solitary, spur closely rcjiexed emarginate. — 
E. B. S. 2794. — n. orange-yellow spotted with red. Each ser- 
ratiu-e of the 1. with a reflexed glandular tooth. St. 2 — 3 feet 
high. — An American plant qtdtc natui-alized by the Wey and 
other rivers in Surrey. A. VIII.] E. 
[7. parvifldra (DC.) is establishing itself in many places ; it 
has elliptic sen-ate 1., many-il. pedimcles, erect small yeUowisli 
fi. with a short straight spm-. A Kussian plant.] 
Order XXII. OXALIDACE^. 
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 monadelplious, those opposite to the pet. longer than the 
others. .Vnth. 2-celle(i, not connected. Ovary 5-celled. Styles 5. 
Caps. 5 — 10-valved. Seeds several. Embryo sti-aight, in car- 
tilaginous albumen. 
1. OxAi-is. Sep. 5, connected below. Pet. 5, often connected 
below. Stam. 10, monadelphous, 5 outer ones shorter. 
Styles 5. Seed with an elastic coat. 
1. Oxa'lis Z^'>m, Wood-Sorrel. 
1. O. Acetosel'ln (L.) ; stemless, rhizome creeping toothed, 1. 
teniate, leaflets oboordate hairy, peduncles with 2 scaly bracts 
at about the middle ]-flowered, caps, ovoid, seeds lono^tudinally 
ribbed. — E. B. 762. R. v. 190.— Fl. white with puri)le veins or 
rarely purple or blue. Cor. about 4 times as long as the calyx. 
— W oods and shady places. P. V. Wood-Sorrel. E. S. I. 
t2. O. comiculdta (L.) ; st. diffuse with procumbent branches 
