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FARSCULUS MACROSTACHYA. SMALL FLOWERED 
Horse Cuesnut, or Buck’s-Eve-Tree. 
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Class and Order. 
HepranpriaA Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 1-phyllus 4- s. 5-dentatus, ventricosus. Cor. 4- s. 
5-petala, ineequaliter colorata, calyci inserta. Caps. 3- locu- 
laris. | 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
/Escutus macrostachya ; foliis quinatis septenatisve, corollis 
tetrapetalis, staminibus corolla duplo lengioribus. 
JEscutus macrostachys ; humilis, foliolis quinis subtus sub- 
tomentosis, spica tenui longissima. Persoon Syn. 1. 
p. 403. 
Mscutus macrostachya ; foliolis subtus subtomentosis : 
racemo pyramidato longissimo multifloro, floribus albidis 
tetrapetalis plerumque heptandris. Michaux Fl. bor. 
Amer. 1. p. 220. s . 
JEscutus macrostachya ; foliis quinatis subtus subtomentosis 
serrulatis, racemo longissimo laxo, fasciculis subtrifloris, 
corollis tetrapetalis patulis, staminibus longissime exsertis. 
Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 255. Nuttall North-Amer. 
Pl... p. 241. 
ZEscuxus parviflora; Walter Fl. Carol. 128. Hort. Kew. 
ed. alt. 2. p. 335. 
Pavia edulis. Poit. et. Turp. Arbr. fruit. 88. 
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The American species of this genus have long ago been 
separated from Aiscutus by the French botanists, under the 
name of Pavia, distinguished by four petalled corollas, and 
smooth fruit; but two species found in America have gon 
ruit, 
