The Trees of Texas 



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leaves palmately compound; leaflets usually 5, sometimes 3, 

 short stalked, pointed at the apex, unequal at base, serrate, 

 smooth above, hairy beneath. Flowers in terminal panicles, 



Fig-. 42. Aesculus pavia. 



red, with tubular calyx, and stamens longer than the corolla. 

 Fruit a pear-shaped capsule with yellowish brown seeds. 

 Tennessee, Missouri, Louisiana and eastern Texas. In rich 



soil and along rivers. 



2. Aesculus pavia L. Red Buckeye. A shrub or small 



