630 385. Geranium. 66. GERANlEiE. PL ex. that. 
Stem hirsute; hairs bent down; sepales 3-ribbed ; petals 
purple ; anthers purple ; arilles scarcely keeled, hairy ; hairs 
spreading; seeds reticulately dotted. 
£. majus. Plant large. 
Geranium columbinum maximum, foliis dissectis, Raii Syn. 360, 13. 
B. Balsamine^;. Capsule 3-celled, many-seeded ;' peri- 
sperm 0 ; corculum straight ; radicle above. 
III. 386. IMPATTENS. Dodonceus. Touch-me-not . 
Calyx 2-leaved, very small ; petals 4, hypogynous, irre- 
gular, unequal ; upper petals arched, lower with a short 
spur ; stamens 5 ; anthers united ; capsule oblong, 5-celled, 
5-valved, many-seeded ; valves twisted spirally, opening 
elastically. 
Impatiens palustris. Marsh touch-me-not . 
Joints of the stem swelled; leaves ovate, obtusely ser- 
rated ; peduncles many-flowered, solitary. 
Balsamine lutea, sive Noli me tangere, Raii Syn. 316. 
Persicaria siliquosa, Ger. em. 446, 4. 
Mercurialis sylvestris, Noli me tangere dicta, sive Persicaria siliquosa. 
Park. 296. 
Impatiens Noli tangere, Lin. S. P. 1329. 
Yellow balsam. Quick in hand. 
Damp fields ; annual ; August. 
Herb juicy, pale, pellucid, bald, much branched ; leaves 
alternate; peduncles axillary, 3 or 4-flowered; flowers yel- 
low, dotted with red ; spur turned back at the tip. — Plant 
acrid. 
C. Oxalideje. Capsule 5, many-seeded ; seeds covered 
with an arille; perisperm fleshy; corculum straight, central; 
radicle above ; cotyledons leaflike. 
IV. 387. OXALIS. Dioscorides. Wood-sorrel . 
Calyx persistent, 5-parted ; petals 5, hypogynous, equal, 
regular; stamens 10; filaments nearly joined at bottom, al- 
ternately shorter ; anthers free ; capsule short, oblong, 
5-sided, 5-celled ; cells 1 or many-seeded. 
1 . Oxalis vulgaris. Common wood-sorrel. 
Root toothed, scaly; stem 0; peduncles radical, longer 
than the leaves, 1 -flowered; leaves tern ate, reverse-heart- 
shape, hairy ; style as long as the interior stamens. 
