HORSE-CHESTNUT 



157 



(2) Leaves palmately compound, digitate, ex- 

 stipulate. 



dEsculus Hippocastanum, L. Horse-chestnut (Fig. 33). 

 Large tree with stout shoots, and large digitate leaves 

 on a long petiole with broad insertions and prominent 



Fig. 33. Horse-chestnut, JEsculus Hippocastanum, p. 157 (D). 



pulvinus ; exstipulate. Leaflets 7 (or rarely 5), large, thin, 

 6 12 cm. or more long (8 20 x 4 10 cm.), obovate- 



