68 Hypocastaneae. 



exstipulata, Flores paniculati^ terminales ^ poly- 

 gami; pedicellis articulatis, 



Aesculus Lmn., Cand. 

 Calyx cainpannlatus, irreg-ulariter quinqnelobns. Pc- 

 tala 4 vel 5, patentia. Stamina declinato-adscendentia. 

 Fructns spinosi. Folia digitaia ; foliolis sessilibus. 



1. Aesculus Hippocastanum Linn, Spec, 488. Ple?ick, 



Plant.med,t,293. Schkuhr, Handb.2.t.lOL Uayne, 



Arzneigetv. 1. 1, 42* Guimpel, Abbild. U 40. Cand. 



Prod. 1. 597. 



Foliolis septem, rarius quinque, obovato - cuneatis, 

 acnminatis, duplicato-crenato-serratis^ floribus pentape- 

 talis, subheptandris. 



Hippocastannm vulg-are Gaertn Fruct. 2. 135. 1. 111.^. 2. 



In uemoribus, ad vias, pag-os inque ipsa urbe 

 frequens. (Ex Asia advena.) Floret Majo. ^ 



Caljx campanulatus, 5-lobus, basi antica ventrico- 

 sns , puberulus ; lobis inaequalibus, obtusis, erectis, cilia- 

 tisj lateralibns dimidio minoribus; infima snperiores su- 

 perante, concava. Petala 5, hypogyna, unguiculata, ovato- 

 snbrotunda, basi leviter cordata, margine subundulata et 

 ciliata, albida, supra unguem macula velutina rosca vel 

 lutea notata, patentia, inaequalia; duo inferiora minora. 

 Discns in fundo calycis, inter stamina et petala duo su- 

 periora, unilateralis. Stamiua 7, rarius 6, hypogfyna, uni- 

 serialia, declinato -adsccndentia. Filamenta filiformi-su- 

 bulata, inferne pilosa. Antherae oblongae, obtusae, basi 

 bifidae ibique affixae, pilosae, croceae, secundum longi- 

 tudinem interne dehiscentes. Ovarium obovato-oblongnm, 

 plerumque effoetum, pilosum, mucronulis apice glandu- 

 loso-incrassatis sparse obsitum, Stjlus filiformi-subula- 

 tus, parum curvatus, inferne pilosus. Stigma simplex, 

 acntum, papillosnm. 



