Vor. II.] BUCKEYE FAMILY. 401 
2. AEsculus glabra Willd. Fetid Buckeye. Ohio Buckeye. (Fig. 2382.) 
AEsculus glabra Willd. Enum. 405. 1809. 
A tree, with maximum height of about 50° and 
trunk diameter of 20’, the bark rough and fetid. 
Leaves long-petioled; leaflets 5, rarely 7, 3/-6’ long, 
oval, oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed at 
the base, glabrous or slightly pubescent on the 
veins beneath, finely and sharply serrate, short- 
stalked or at first sessile; inflorescence loose, pubes- } 
cent, 4’-6’ long; flowers pale yellow; calyx cam- “% 
panulate; petals 4, 5’’-7’’ long, slightly unequal, 
their claws about equalling the calyx-lobes; stamens 
curved, exserted; fruit 1/-1%4’ in diameter, very 
prickly when young, becoming smoothish at ma- 
turity. 
Woods, Alleghanies of Pennsylvania to Alabama, 
west to Michigan and the Indian Territory. Wood 
soft, white, the sap-wood slightly darker; weight per 
cubic foot 28 lbs. Timber used for artificial limbs and 
a variety of woodenware articles. April-May. 
YSN 
DS; 
Con S 
ike ‘\ 
bY way 
¥G Was AWK 
RANUERS Gio 3. AEsculus arguta Buckl. Shrubby or 
Boa RS Western Buckeye. (Fig. 2383.) 
AE. arguia Buckl. Proc. Phil. Acad. 1860: 443. 1860. 
A shrub, 3°-10° high, with smooth bark. Twigs, 
young petioles, leaves and inflorescence somewhat 
pubescent, becoming glabrate; leaflets 7-9, narrow, 
3/-4’ long, about 1’ wide, long-acumizate, unequally 
serrate; inflorescence dense, 4/-6’ long; flowers 
yellow, ‘‘the centre reddish;”’ calyx broadly cam- 
panulate, its lobes very obtuse; stamens exserted, 
curved; petals 5’’-6’’ long; fruit very spiny when 
young. 
2 Kansas and the Indian Territory to Texas, Similar 
5 |G\ to the Drcoeding species, but apparently distinct. 
EA\' March-April. 
& LS 
4. AEsculus octandra Marsh. Yellow, 
Sweet or Big Buckeye. (Fig. 2384.) 
AE sculus octandra Marsh. Arb. Am. 4. 1785. 
ee lutea Wang. Schrift. Nat. Fr. Berl. 8: 133. 
pl. 6. 1788. 
Piecectus fava Ait. Hort. Kew. 1: 494. 1789. 
A large tree, with maximum height of 85°-go° and 
trunk diameter of 214°-3°, rarely reduced to a shrub; 
bark dark brown, scaly. Leaves petioled, the peti- 
ole commonly slightly pubescent; leaflets 5, rarely 
7, 4’-7’ long, 2’—3’ wide, oval, glabrous or pubescent 
on the veins above, more or less pubescent beneath, 
acuminate at the apex, the lower ones oblique, the 
others cuneate at the base, all finely serrate; inflor- 
escence rather loose, puberulent; flowers yellow; 
petals 4, long-clawed, connivent, the 2 upper nar- 
rower and longer than the lower; stamens included; 
fruit smooth even when young. 
Woods, Alleghany Co., Pa., south along the mountains 
to Georgia, west to Iowa and Texas. Wood soft, creamy 
white; weight per cubic foot 27 lbs. April-May. 
AEsculus octandra hybrida (DC.) Sarg. Silva, 2:60. 1891. PURPLISH BUCKEYE. 
AEsculus hybrida DC. Cat. Hort. Monsp. 75. 1813. 
amomutine fava var. purpurascens A. Gray, Man. Ed. 3, 118. 1867. 
Flowers purplish or pink; leaflets pubescent beneath; bark light brown. West Virginia to 
Georgia and Texas. Perhaps a distinct species. 
26 
