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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 ^^'sculus 

 and Pavia. 



at 5. P. Di'scoLOR Sivt. The ty/o-coXouTedi-Jlowered Pavia. 



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



Synonymes. yE'sculus discolor Fk. and Bot. Reg. ; ..E'sculus Va.yia /3 discolor Tor. S[ Gray. 



Engravings Bot. Reg., t. 310. ; and onrjig. 178. 



Spec. Char., Src Leaflets 3, 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 Mil/.) 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 ^. 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. 



* 6. P. macrosta'chya Lois. The long-racemed Pavia. 



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



bynonymes ^'sculus parviflbra Walt., and Torr. S; Grat, ; JE macrostachya Mx. and Uayne ; 



l-avM alba Poir.\ Pav/a ediilis Poi^. Arb. Fr. t. 88. ; Macroth^rsus discolor Spach; Pavier il 



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

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



Spec. Char,, 8^c. 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 2 ft. to 4 ft.; in the climate of 

 London 10 ft. to 15 ft. Introduced in 

 1820. Flowers white, with long pro- 

 jecting stamens, which give the spike a 

 fine fringetl 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 

 onth or six weeks later than the other yEsculkces, and continues flowering. 



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178. P^Tio discolor. 



179. Pavia rpacrostiichja 



