62 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. SAPINDACES. 
Aesculus Californica was first noticed by Dr. P. E. Botta, and was first described by Spach, who 
established a genus to receive it, differmg from A‘sculus only in its tubular bilobed calyx and erect 
stamens. It was introduced into English gardens by the Messrs. Veitch, in whose nursery at Exeter it 
flowered in 1858.' It was first planted in Paris in 1854 in the Jardin des Plantes, where it flowered in 
1862.” It is now rarely cultivated, although it is one of the most ornamental trees of the whole genus. 
1 Bot. Mag. t. 5077. — Fil. des Serres, xiii. 39, t. 1312. — Gard. 2 Rev. Hort. 1862, 369, £. 
Chron. 1858, 844. — Belg. Hort. ix. 121. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
Puate LXXI. AscuLtus CALIFORNICA. 
. A flowering branch, natural size. 
. Diagram of a flower, natural size. 
. Vertical section of a staminate flower, natural size. 
. Vertical section of a pistillate flower, natural size. 
A stamen, enlarged. 
. Vertical section of an ovary, enlarged. 
NH OT PRP CF dD eH 
. A winter-bud, natural size. 
Prate LXXII. Ascutus CAirornica. 
1. A fruiting branch, natural size. 
2. Vertical section of a fruit, natural size. 
3. A seed, natural size. 
