Fulham imraery, where the present drawing ww taken. 

 It is perfectly hardy, and flowers in May and June. The 

 fpti^e is extremely handsome. 



The genus has been sometimes divided into Hippocasta- 

 nuniy consisting only of the common Horse Chestnut, a 

 native of Asia; and Pavia, now consisting of six species, 

 all natives of North America. In the first the corolla is 

 5-petalled, in the second always 4-petalled. The species in 

 the last are palled by the Anglo-Americans Buck's-Eye- 

 iVees, frona the appearance of the chestnut out of its shell. 



Barh smooth, pale brown. Leaves soft, with the petioles 

 sometimes a foot and half long: leaflets unequal, oblongly 

 lanceolate without the least appearance of wrinkles, cuspi- 

 dately acumjiiate, smooth an(J of a tender green above, with 

 a midi-ib putting out from each side numerous parallel 

 ascendent nepyes, obsoletely seiTate, covered underneath 

 with a white woolly down, far tapered ^Qwnwards, the 

 lowermost side ones slanted. Thyrses terminal, upright, 

 loosely manyflowered, 3-4 inches long, spre^ing, furred 

 over with a close down ; peduncle round, pedicles jointed at 

 the base, lower one 3-flowered, npper ones l-floweredj 

 several times shorter than the corolla. Flowers an inch 

 and half long, some with only stamens, some with sta- 

 mens and pistil, viscously tomentosp, tricoloured, the red 

 dots predominating in the hue. Calyx membranous paler 

 than the corolla, cylindrical, somewhat swollen, *i times 

 shorter than the 2 longest petals, 5-toothed^ teeth short, 

 broad, unequal, rounded, one larger than the rest. Corolla 

 4-petalled, varicosely veined, dotted with minute dark 

 purple viscous glands: 2 outer petals opposite, upright, 

 equalling the ungues of the two interior ones, with a cordate 

 round pointed lamina: 2 inner petals upright, connivent, 

 linearly spatulate, with a small obcordately round lamina 

 slanting forwards. Stamens 7, inclosed, the length of the 

 shorter petals, unequal; Jilaments woolly haired: anthers 

 with orange-coloured pollen. Pistil equal to the stamens: 

 germen oblong, hirsute, white: style thicker than the fila- 

 ments, coveted with a purple downy pubescence. 



