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on the common horsechestnut, forms the very beautiful pendulous 

 low tree of which there is a plate in the Arb. JBrit., 1st edit., vol. v. 

 In addition to these varieties, there are the three forms which are enu- 

 merated below. 



In its native country this species varies in magnitude from a low rambling 

 shrub to a tree of 20 ft. or more in height. In England P. rubra is in culti- 

 vation in various forms : as a tree, in which character it has, at Syon (see 

 our plate in the Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. v.), attained the height of 26 ft. ; as 

 a pendulous tree of 12 or 14 feet in height (see our plate in the Arb. Brit., 



174. Pkria rtibra. 



1st edit., vol. v., under the name of P. r. pendula) ; and as a trailing shrub, 

 under the name of P. humilis, in the London Hort. Soc. Garden, and in the 

 arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges. 



% 2. P. FLA'VA Dec. The yellow-flowered Pavia. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 1. p. 598. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 653. 



Synonymes. ^E'sculus flkva Aft., Hayne, and Tor. $ Gray ; JE. lutea Wangh. ; P&via lutea Potr. ; 



the sweet Buckeye, big Buckeye, Amer. ; the yellow Pavia ; the yellow Horsechestnut. 

 Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 163. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit, vol. v. ; and our 

 fig. 175. 



Spec. Char., $c. Petioles pubescent, flattish towards the tip. Leaflets 5 7 

 pubescent beneath, and above upon the nerves. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous 

 tree of the middle size. Virginia and Georgia, in fertile valleys. Height 

 30 ft. to 80 ft. in America ; 30 ft. to 40 ft. in England. Introduced in 1764. 

 Flowers yellow ; April and May. Fruit brown ; ripe in October. Decay- 

 ing leaves yellow, tinged with brown. Naked young wood yellowish brown. 

 A more vigorous and rigid-growing tree than P. rubra, with the branches 



