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HIPPOCASTANEiE. 



b 



seven leaflets, disposed in a palmate manner. 

 Two of the inner bracts, which remain after the 

 outer scales (which are very numerous) have 

 fallen, are shown at c. I mention this parti- 

 cularly, as these remaining bracts have very 

 much the appearance of stipules, and it is one 

 of the characters of the Horse-chestnuts that 

 their leaves are without stipules. The flowers 

 consist of five petals, two of which (d in Jig. 

 128) are somewhat smaller than the others. 

 Each petal consists of a broad blade or limb 



Fig. 128.— Horse-chestnut. 



(e), and a very narrow claw (/*). There are 

 seven stamens, three of which (g) are shorter 

 than the others. The filaments are inserted in 



