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M. CALIFORNICA, Nuttall. CALIFORNIAN BUCKEYE. 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 5077 ; Pavia californica, HartwegC) 



A tree with a short trunk and a low, spreading, rounded head of branches, 

 considerably more in diameter than it is in height, or a large shrub ; bark 

 smooth ; winter buds resinous. Leaves among the smallest in the genus, 



JESCULUS CALIFORXICA. 



consisting usually of five (sometimes seven) narrowly oblong or oval, pointed, 

 shallowly round-toothed, stalked leaflets, 2 to 4 ins. long, downy when quite 

 young, of a pale greyish green. Flowers fragrant, borne in dense, erect, 

 cylindrical, downy panicles up to 6 or 8 ins. long and 2 to 3 ins. wide, white or 

 faintly tinged with rose, the stamens protruding \ in. beyond the petals. Fruit 

 somewhat fig-shaped, swollen on one side, 2 to 3 ins. long, ending in a point, 

 the surface rough but not spiny. 



Native of California, where it is occasionally found from 30 to 40 ft. high, 

 but more often as a bush 10 to 15 ft. high. It is perfectly hardy as a small tree 



