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[Latin=that cannot bear; so named from the sudden and elastic force with which the species burst their capsules.] Bot.: A genus of Balsam in a cee, with the calyx and corolla so abnormal that it is difficult to discriminate the several parts; sepals three, rarely five, petaloid, imbricate, two anterior (if present) minute, two lateral small and flat, the posterior one large, produced into a hollow spur i petals three anterior external, bud large, lateral, two-lobed; stamens five; ovary oblong, five-celled; stigma se ile, five-toothed. About 135 species are known, nearly all from the Him a lay as and other Indian mountains. The distilled water of the Yellow Balsam, taken in large quantities, is said to bring on diabetes.