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POPULAR FLORA, 
Geranium or Cranesbill. Geranium. 
Petals all alike. All 10 stamens with anthers, every other one shorter. — Herbs. 
1. Spotted G. Stem erect, from a perennial root; leaves 5-parted, also cut and toothed, often 
whitish-blotched; petals pale purple. Borders of woods; fl. in spring and summer. G. maculatum. 
2. Carolina G. Stems spreading from a biennial or annual root; leaves 5-parted, and cut into nar¬ 
row lobes; flowers small; petals flesh-color, notched at the end. Waste places. G. Carolinianum. 
3. Herb-Robert G. Stems spreading; leaves 3-divided, and the divisions twice pinnately cleft; 
flowers small, purple. Moist woods and ravines; fl. summer. G. Robertianum. 
24. INDIAN-CRESS FAMILY. Order TROPiEOLACEiE. 
Twining, climbing, or trailing herbs, with a watery juice of a sharp taste like Mustard, 
alternate leaves, and showy irregular flowers, as in 
Indian-Cress (commonly called Nasturtium). Tropceolum. 
Calyx projecting into a long hollow spur behind, petal-like, 5-cleft. Petals 5, of two sorts, two of 
them borne on the throat of the calyx, the 3 others with claws. Stamens 8, unequal. Fruit 3-lobed, 
separating into 3 thick and closed one-seeded pieces. 
1. Common I. or Nasturtium. Very smooth; leaves roundish, shield-shaped; flowers large; petals 
orange-yellow, the claws of 3 of them fringed. Cult, very common. T. majus. 
2. Canary-bird I. Climbing high; leaves deeply lobed; petals pale yellow, cut-fringed. Cult. 
* T. peregr'inum. 
25. BALSAM FAMILY. Order BALSAMINACEJ3. 
Tender annuals, with a bland watery juice and very irregular flowers; such as those 
of the principal genus, 
^—\ Balsam (or Jewel-weed). Impatient. 
( ^ ) Calyx and corolla colored alike and diffi¬ 
cult to distinguish, in all of 6 pieces, the 
largest one extended backward into a large 
and deep sac ending in a little spur; and the 
two innermost unequally 2-lobed. Stamens 
on the receptacle, 5, very short, united over 
the pistil. This forms a thick-walled pod, 
which when ripe suddenly bursts with con¬ 
siderable force, or falls into 5 coiling pieces 
at the touch, scattering the rather large 
seeds. — Leaves simple, alternate. Flowers 
showy, produced all summer. 
X. Garden Balsam. Flowers very showy, white, red, or pink, often double, clustered in the axils 
of the crowded lance-shaped leaves. Garden annual. I. Balsdmina. 
2. Pale Jewel-weed. Flowers pale-yellow, sparingly spotted, the hanging sac broader than long; 
leaves ovate or oblong. Common in rich and shady or wet soil. I. pallida. 
3. Spotted Jewel-weed. Flowers orange, spotted with reddish-brown; sac longer than broad. 
I.fulva. 
