SAPINDACEiE 



Calyx 4-lobed ; Petals 4, claws shorter than calyx ; Stamens 8 ; Fruit a capsule, 

 not so spinous as yE. Hippocastanum. 



Leaves compound, opposite, petiolate, digitate ; leaflets 5-7, obovately 

 cuneate, unequally serrated, acute, deep green. Autumn tint yellow. 



A deciduous tree, 20 30 ft. ; Bark lighter ; Buds with little resin. 



Introduced from N. America, 1820. A hybrid between JE. Hippocastanum 

 and jE. Pavia (P. rubra). Synonymous with uE. rubicunda. 



FETID BUCKEYE, Msculus glabra. 



Parks, gardens. April, May. 



Flowers pale yellow-green, polygamous ; Inflorescence a thyrsus, 5-6 ins. 

 long, pubescent, pedicels short ; only lower flowers perfect and fertile ; Calyx 

 5-lobed, campanulate, imbricated in bud ; Petals 4-5, imbricated, nearly 

 equal, puberulous, limb about twice as long as claw ; Stamens usually 7, 

 exserted, filaments long, pubescent, orange, anthers hairy ; Ovary sessile, 

 3-celled, pubescent ; style slender, curved ; stigma entire ; Fruit a capsule, 

 1-2 ins. long, ovate or obovate, pale brown, prickly ; seeds 1-li in. broad. 



Leaves opposite, exstipulate, digitate, leaflets 5-7, usually 5, oval-oblong 

 or obovate, acuminate, finely serrated, entire at base, pubescent when young, 

 yellow-green, paler beneath, 4-6 ins. xll -2.1 ins. Autumn tint yellow. 



A deciduous tree, 20-30 ft. ; Branches spreading ; branchlets orange-brown, 

 pubescent, to reddish-brown and glabrous ; Bark ashy-grey, furrowed, broken 

 into thick rough plates ; Twigs dark brown, scaly ; Buds acuminate, jj in. 

 long, not resinous, scales triangular; Wood light, soft, close-grained, not 

 strong, nearly white. 



Native of N. America ; also called Ohio Buckeye. 



HORSE-CHESTNUT, Msculus Hippocastanum. 



Parks, gardens, avenues. April, May. This, the most showy of all our 



flowering trees, is equally at home in park, garden, or avenue, " a thing of 



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