Impatiens

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers;

— so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force. Called also touch-me-not, jewelweed, and snapweed. I. Balsamina (sometimes called lady's slipper) is the common garden balsam.

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