Impatiens.'] xxi. balsamixacevE. 87 
stipules ovate, perfect stamens toothed at the base, stems de- 
pressed hairy. E. B. t. 902. 
Waste places, rare. Frequent in Guernsey and Jersey. In the 
Craven of Yorkshire, and in Westmoreland. Near Bristol; Shotover 
Hill, Oxford; and on Ampthill warren, Bedfordshire. Near Ply- 
mouth. Bank near Countess Weir Bridge, on the Exe, Devon. 
Near Gresford. Simmond’s Court, Carlingford Castle, and Monkton 
Church; Ireland. ©. 6,7. — Larger than the last, and with much 
less deeply cut leaflets, which yield a powerful smell of musk. 
3. E. marUimum Sm. ( Sea S .) ; peduncles 1 — 2-flowered, 
[ petals very minute or wanting, leaves simple ovato-cordate 
stalked lobed and crenate, stems depressed slightly hairy. E. 
B. t. 646. 
Sandy and gravelly sea-coasts, but rare ; as in Sussex, Wales, 
Cornwall, and Isle of Wight. Steep-Holmes, and near Bristol, far 
from the sea. Glenluce, Galloway. Hill of Howth, Ireland, fl. 
5—9. 
Orb. XXI. BALS AMIN ACE2E Rich, 
Flowers very irregular. Sepals 5, or 4 by the union of the 
two inner or upper ones, lowest cucullate with a spur. Petals 
5, or apparently 2 by the want of the uppermost and the co- 
hesion in pairs of the two lateral ones. Stamens 5 ; filaments 
more or less united at the extremity ; anthers 2-eelled. Ovary 
of 5 cells alternating with the stamens. Stigmas 5, almost 
sessile, distinct or united. Fruit a capsule bursting with 5 
elastic valves, or succulent and indehiscent. Seeds solitary or 
numerous, suspended. Albumen 0. Embryo straight with 
radicle superior. — Herbaceous and succulent plants, without 
stipules. 
1. Impatiens Linn. Balsam. 
Flowers of apparently 4 sepals and 2 petals. Capsule of 5 
elastic valves. — Name ( impatient ) from the sudden opening of 
the valves of the capsule, when the fruit is touched. 
1. I . * Noli-me-tdngere L. ( yellow B. or Touch-me-not) ; 
joints of the stem swelling, leaves ovate serrate petiolate, 
peduncles solitary many-flowered, spur of calyx loosely recurved 
and entire at the point. E. B. t. 937. 
Moist shady woods in Yorkshire, Westmoreland, Lancashire, and 
some other counties in England and Wales ; also at Castlemilk near 
Glasgow; — but perhaps only escaped from cultivation or planted. 
©. 7, 9. — Stem generally 1 ft. high, rounded, succulent, fragile. 
Flowers large, yellow, spotted with orange. Capsule bursting elasti- 
cally and scattering its seeds with considerable force ; the valves are 
then spirally twisted. 
