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^.SCULUS discolor, 



Jiicolor-leaved american Horse- Chesttuit qt Suck's 



Eye Tree. 



HEPTANDRIA MOXOGVXLL 



Nat* ord. Acera. Jussieti gen. ^50. J)iv. /. Fmctus multilocularis* 

 JESCULUS. Ca/. tubulosus 5-Iobus. Pel. 5-4* inoequalia; Iiorum 2 

 superiora angustiora. Stam, iosequalia; anther^ subincumhen(es. Germ* 

 Uesinens in stylum conicum; stigma 1. Caps, curiacea, muricatq aut iner- 

 mis, fiubrotunda 3-locuIaris 3-valvis, loculis 2-*ipermis; semina magna, hylo 

 iato, cortice coriaceo, qufedam abortiva. Arbores; fidin digitata; Jlores 

 racemosi ierminales^ pedicellis suprd racemum ariiculiUiSf. quidam sffrilesj 

 semenjere CastaneiSy unde nomen vernaculum, Juss, I. c- 2J1. 



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JE. discoior, foliis quinatiB utrinque acurainatis ^iibtiis toriientosis iniequa- 



liter serrulatis, racetHQ thyrsoideo, fasclculis multiflorls, corollis 4-peta- 



Hs, petaloruin conniTentium uiiguibus longitutlioe calycis, s^aminibuf 7 



corolld brevioribus, fructibus inermibus, Pursh amer, sept. 1. 255. 



Arhuscula 2-3-pedalu, ramit teretibas Mris. Fol. moUtuscula, cum 



petiolo simul sumta nunc sesquipedalia ,- foliola in^qualia, ohloiige-lanceolata, 



absque omni rug^, cuspidato-acuminata, suprd ^labm leneri viretttia, costS 



midiS nervos numerosos paraUelos ascendentes utrmqne tmittente, obsoleli tet- 



ratd^ subtiis tomentoso-albicantia, infemi hngd attenuata, lateralia ima obU- 



qtta. Thyrsi ferminales, etecti, laxius mult^ri, a-4-uiiOflfc«, patujt, latm- 



^nedensS ttndique pubeates, pedunculo «ere«V pedicelli* eon articu/ai«, tn- 



ferioribus S-Joris, superioribua l-fior'u, plunet brevumbtts coroOS. Flore* 



sesquiunciaUs mascufi cum hermapkrodHis mixti v, ptJygttm, vtscoso-tomentan, 



tricolores, punctato-rubentes. Cal. mentbranosut, paUidior corolla, culmdn- 



cus, 3-pL hrevior pelalis 2 longioribus, inflatiusculus, 5-dentatus, dentibut 



irevibus, latis, incEoualibus, rotundatts, I majore. C6r. 4>-petala, vancoso- 



venosa, punctis viscosis atropurpureis ^retccns i pet. 2 exteriora oppostta, 



erecta, ieguantia ungues 2 tnteriorumJaminS cordatA apuerofundo; 2 inte- 



riora erecto^onniventia, Uneari-spathulata, iptnitid parvS obcordato-rt^undd 



pntrorsHm obliguatS. Slam. 7 inclusa, loJigituditt.epefalorum estertorum, 



inaqualia: &. lanato-pilosa .- - ^nth. amttpUoca. Pi»U fi^qmle stamtmbus: 



germ, oblongum, nlh-hirsutum: stylus parpureo-fomentosns erasstor fla. 



mentis. 



V tree-like shrub, in the gpecimen we buw .ut imnu 

 two feet high, but mentioned by Mr, Pursh by whom 

 fi first recorded, as attaining the height of four feet, 



A tree-like shrub, in the gpeclmen wo saw not more 

 than 



Indigenous of North America, whefe it is found principally 

 in the western territory of Georgia. Inti-ociuced some ycai-s 

 ago by Mr. Lyon; but is Still extremely rare wj h us; 

 indeed we are not aware that it is in any other collerf.m 

 than tlrnt of Messi-s. Whitley, Brumes, and Mdnes, ol tl.c 



