Handbook of Trees of the North kkx States and Canada. 341 



in its distribution to low moist regions and 

 the banks of streams, and is a tree of hand- 

 some aspect on account of its star shaped 

 clusters of lieallets, whicli in autunni turn yel- 

 low before falling. When leafless in winter the 

 distinctly keeled bud-scales with apiculate free 

 tips and rather smaller buds readily distin- 

 guish it from closely allied Yellow Buckye. 

 It is occasionally planted fo'- ornamental pur 

 poses though ill-favored on account of the ill 

 smelling bark and foliage when bruised and is 

 not as ornamental as the introduced Horse- 

 Chestnut. 



Its light wood weighs when absolutely dry 

 28.31 lbs. per cubic foot, is soft, close-grained. 

 rather tough and easily worked. These quali- 

 ties make it in demand for the manufactur.' 

 of artificial limbs, splints and some kinds 

 of wooden-ware, and it is also used for paper- 

 ])ulp.i The nuts. " buckeyes." are often carried 

 in the pockets of superstitious jjcople with the 

 belief that they will keep away the rheuma- 

 tism. 



Leaves with petioles 4-6 in. lonp- and ."7 oval 

 or oblong leaflets S-6 in. long cuneatc and " itiic at 

 liase. acnminatc. finely unequally serrate al)ove. at 

 maturity jjlabrons on uppcM- surface, pubescnt oi 

 (lie veins beneath and on the ))etioles. Fluirrifi 

 (.\pri]-Mayi yellowish green. al)out % in. lonf-. 

 mostly unilateral in loose pnbi'sc'nt panicles ~t-Ci 

 in. long: calyx campanulatc : p'tals of nea'']y 

 equal len-rth tb" c'aws abeut einnlly as Ictig as the 

 calyx but tlie lateral pair broader; stamens longer 

 than the petals, usually 7. with Ion'- curved fi'n 

 nients ; ovary pubescent and armed with prickh's 

 Fruit irregularly obovate or snbglobose. 1-2 in 

 long, more or less roughened with prickles ; seec 

 11 Va in. wide. 



1. Syn. jEscuIus flara .■\it. 



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