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A3SCULUS Pa\ ia; var. arguta. 
Fine-toothed Scarlet Horse-Chestnut. 
HEPTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Hippocastaneaj. 
jESCULUS. Supra, vol. 4. fol. 310. 
JE. Pavia; capsulis inermibus, staminibus corolla tetrapetala brevioribus, 
foliolis 5 elliptico-oblongis, utrinque acutis petiolisque glabris, axillis 
nervorum subtbs pilosis. Dec. prodr. 1. 598. sub Pavia rubra. 
The species and varieties of the genus iEsculus, in¬ 
cluding the Pavia of Boerhaave, have been by no means so 
well studied as they deserve. There is not amongst all 
the tribe of hardy trees and shrubs, one which is of more 
interest to the lover of ornamental gardening than the 
Horse-chestnut, whether we consider the beauty of its 
flowers or of its foliage. In the collections of this coun¬ 
try, many sorts exist which have not hitherto been dis¬ 
tinguished even by name; and in foreign collections, it 
is not improbable that a still more considerable number is 
to be found. 
Circumstances having placed unusually extensive mate¬ 
rials in the hands of the writer of these remarks, it is 
proposed to illustrate the genus completely in the present 
work; of which object, indeed, a commencement was 
made several years since. 
The plant now represented was received by the Horti¬ 
cultural Society, in 1824, from Mr. Catros, of Bourdeaux, 
under the name of JEscidus Pavia parvijlora. It is very 
distinct from any variety hitherto announced, and is per¬ 
haps superior in point of beauty to all the genus, except 
iE. hippocastanum and i£. carnea. Our drawing was 
made in the Chiswick garden, in April last. 
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