XIV. ^ESCULA CE/E : 



129 



Varieties. 



t P.r.2 arguta G. Don. 



(B. Reg. ,t. 993.; our 



^. 172.) A hand- 

 some small tree, with 



dark brownish red 



flowerSjdifferinglittle 



from those of P. 



rubra. Introduced in 



? 1820. 

 P. r. 3 sublacinidtaWats. 



Dend. Brit. t. 120. 



3Z. P. serrata Hort. 



Leaflets acutely 



serrated : in other re- 

 spects it differs little 



from the species. 

 * P. r. 4 hiimilis. P. hu- 



milis G. Don; and 



^'sculus hiimilis 



Lodd. (Bot. Reg.,t. 



1018; and our Jig. 



173.) A diminutive, weak, straggling form of the species, probably 



obtained from some sport, and which, on its own root, is only a re- 



172. Pkvia rtbra argiita. 



75. Pkvw rubra hdmili 



cumbent bush, from 2 ft. to 3 ft. in height ; but which, when grafted 



