LXX. HIPPOCASTANE.E. 



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Horse-chestnut. 

 Pistil entire and cut vertically (mag.) 



Horse-chestnut. 

 Flower (mag.). 



Horse-chestnut. 



Vertical section of 



flower (mag.). 



Horse-chestnut. (j/StcuItU Hippocastanum.) 



Horse-chestnut. Sterile cell, open. 



Horse-chestnut. Fruit. 



Horse-chestnut. 

 Diagram. 



Horse-chestnut. 

 Stamen (mag.). 



Horse-chestnut. 

 Seed, entire and cut vertically. 





in its restricted sense], which belongs to New Grenada ; one species, the Horse-chestnut (&. Hippo- 

 castanum) is cultivated in Asia and Europe [but its origin is wholly unknown. There are also two Indian 

 species, one Himalayan, and the other tropical, found in Silhet and Assam. ED.]. The bark of the 

 Horse-chestnut contains gallic acid and a bitter principle, which make it rival, as atonic, that of the 

 Willow; its seeds, the taste of which is at once mild and bitter, are rich in starch, and are given in 

 Turkey to broken-winded horses; reduced to powder they serve as soap ; roasted they are used as coffee; and 

 fermented they yield a spirituous liquor, which yields alcohol by distillation ; the young aromatic buds 

 have been employed in place of the Hop in the manufacture of beer. [The fruit and leaves of the American 

 yZT. Ohioensis (Buckeye) are considered to be deadly poison. ED.] 



