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The leaves are large, glabrous on the upper surface, and shining. The branches 

 are spreading and loose ; and the whole tree has an open graceful appear- 

 ance, quite different from that compactness of form and rigidity of branches 

 which belong to most of the tree species and varieties both of 

 and Pavia. 



& 5. P. DISCOLOR Swt. The two-coloured^o&'tfm/ Pavia. 



Identification. Swt. Hort. Brit, p. 83. ; Don's Mill., p. 653. 



Synonymes. ^'sculus discolor Ph. and Bot. Reg. ; ^E'sculus Pavza {2 discolor Tor. $ Gray. 



Engravings Bot. Reg., t. 310. ; and our fig. 178. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaflets 5, acuminate at both ends, tomentose beneath, un- 

 equally serrulated. Raceme thyrsoid, many-flowered. Corolla of four con- 

 niving petals, with their claws the length of the calyx. Stamens 7, shorter 

 than the corolla. (Don's Mill.) A deciduous tree-like shrub. Virginia and 

 Georgia, in fertile valleys and on mountains. Height 3 ft. to 10 ft. In- 

 troduced in 1812. Flowers variegated with white, yellow, and purple; 

 May and June. Fruit brown ; ripe in October. Decaying leaves yellowish 

 brown. Naked young wood of a brownish stone-colour. 



The whole plant, including the young 

 wood, is covered with pubescence. 

 The flowers are large, showy, continu- 

 ing a long time expanding, and nume- 

 rous though they are but sparingly 

 succeeded by fruit. When the plant 

 is raised from seed, it is remarkable 

 for its thick, fleshy, carrot-like roots, 

 which, in free soil, penetrate perpendi- 

 cularly to the depth of 8 or 10 feet 

 before they branch. Unless when 

 grafted on JE. Hippocastanum, it is 

 seldom seen above 4 or 5 feet in 

 height ; but it is a very free flowerer, 

 and, considered as a shrub, is in May, 

 when it is in flower, one of the most 

 ornamental that the British arboretum 

 affords. 



36 6. P. MACROSTA V CHYA Lois. The long-racemed Pavia. 



Identification . Lois. Herb. Amat. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 598. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 652. 



Synonymes ^E'sculus parviflbra Walt., and Torr. $ Gray ; JE macrostachya MX. and Hayne; 



Pavza alba Pair. ; Pavia edixlis Pott. Arb. Fr. t. 88. ; Macrothfrsus discolor Spach; Pavier 



longs E'pis Pavier nain, Fr.; langahrige Rosskastanie, Ger. 

 Engravings. Lois. Herb. Amat, t 212. ; Hayne Abbild., t. 26. ; and our fig. 179. 



Spec. Char. y fyc. Stamens much longer 

 than the corolla. Racemes very long. 

 Root stoloniferous. Flowers white. 

 (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous shrub, 

 with numerous radicled shoots. South 

 Carolina and Georgia. Height in Ame- 

 rica 2ft. to 4ft.; in the climate of 

 London 10ft. to 15ft. Introduced in 

 1820. Flowers white, with long pro- 

 jecting stamens, which give the spike a 

 fine fringed appearance ; July and 

 August. Fruit brown ; ripe in October. 

 The shoots are slender, spreading, and 

 rooting at the joints where they happen 

 to rest on the soil, with ascendent extre- 

 mities. The tree comes into flower about a 



178. Pkvia dfscolor. 



179. Pi via roacrostachya 



month or six weeks later than the other ^scuPaceEe, and continues flowering 



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