110 SOAPBERRY FAMILY. 



4. -2ESCULUS, HORSE-CHESTNUT, BUCKEYE. (Ancient name 

 of an Oak or other mast-bearing tree, applied to these trees on account 

 of their large, chestnut-like, but unedible 01 even poisonous, seeds.) 

 (Lessons, Figs. 38, 39, 159, 170.) 



* Petals 5, shorter than stamens ; fruit prickly. 



A-. H/ppocdstanum, Linn. COMMON H. Tall fine tree, with mostly 

 7 leaflets, and large flowers of 5 petals, white, with yellow spots becoming 

 crimson ; stamens 7, at first declined. There are double, variegated, and 

 cut-leaved forms. # # petalg ^ 



- Petals broad, spreading on slender claws. 



AL. rubicunda, Lois. RED H. Compact, round-headed tree, flower- 

 ing even as a shrub ; leaves rather bright green, of 5-7 leaflets ; petals 

 rose-red ; stamens mostly 8. Origin unknown ; thought to be a hybrid. 



/. turbinata, Blume. CHINESE H. A tree, 30 high ; leaflets 5-7 

 obovate-cuneate ; panicle a span long, pubescent ; flowers whitish, calyx 

 5-lobed ; petals repand-toothed, ciliate ; stamens 6 or 7 ; ovary densely 

 reddish, pubescent. 



/E. Calif drnica, Nutt. CALIFORNIAN H. Low tree ; leaflets usually 5. 

 small, oblong-lanceolate, slender-stalked ; small, white or rosy-tinged 

 flowers densely crowded in a long pubescent thyrse ; calyx 2-lobed ; 

 stamens 5-7, slender ; ovary hoary, pubescent. Cal. 



- <- Petals erect, and rather narrow, on slender claws. 



2&. parvif!6ra, Walt. SMALL BUCKEYE. Shrub 3-9 high ; leaflets 

 5-7, soft downy underneath ; panicle slender, raceme-like, 1 long ; stamens 

 twice as long as the narrow white petals ; flowering N. as late as midsum- 

 mer ; fruit smooth ; seeds small, almost edible. Wild in the upper 

 country S. , and planted N. 



2B. glabra, Willd. FETID or OHIO BUCKEYE. Tall tree ; leaflets 5, 

 nearly smooth ; panicle short ; stamens moderately longer than the some- 

 what uniform, pale yellow petals ; fruit prickly roughened like that of 

 Horse-chestnut. W. of the Alleghanies. 



* # * Petals 4, longer than the stamens. 



JE. flava, Ait. YELLOW or SWEET BUCKEYE. Tree or shrub ; leaflets 

 5-7, smooth or smoothish ; panicle, short, dense ; calyx oblong ; petals 

 connivent, light yellow, these of two dissimilar pairs, the longer pair with 

 very small blade ; fruit smooth. W. and S. 



Var. purpurascens, Gray. PURPLISH B. Has both calyx and corolla 

 tinged with purple or reddish, and leaflets generally downy underneath. 

 W. Va. , S. and W. 



JR. Pavia, Linn. RED BUCKEYE. Shrub or low tree, like the last, 

 but leaves generally smooth ; the longer and tubular calyx and the petals 

 bright red ; the several forms showy in cultivation. S. and W. 



5. ACER, MAPLE. (The classical Latin name from Celtic, hard.) 

 (Lessons, Figs. 11-25, 79, 81, 82, 182, 391.) 



# Flower clusters terminating a shoot of the season, appearing after the 



leaves. 



- Leaves undivided or 3-5-lobed, with as many palmate ribs. 

 M- Flower clusters erect, rarely drooping. 



K. Tartdricum, Linn. TARTARIAN M. A small tree or shrub ; young 

 branches tomentose ; leaves ovate or oblong, mostly undivided, incised ser- 



