^sculus. SAl'IXDACE.E. 447 



banks, &c., from W. Tennsvlvania to Iowa, KansaH, Indian Territory, and H.utliward ; H. 

 April to .luiio. Passes west of tlio Mi8sis«i|)j)i into 



Var. arguta, Houinson, n. comb. A shrub or suiall tree witlioiit eonst^mt flonil 

 diffcn iicos I. Ill «iili leaves mostly G-7-foliolate and leaflets narrower, lanceolate, and gener- 

 ally more attenuate at both ends, sliarjdy ami somewhat doubly serrate, sceminglv of some- 

 what (inner t.xture and with veinleta often pn.minulous. — ./t,". nn/iitu, Huiklev, I'roe. 

 Acad. I'hiiad. 18C0,44.'J ; Younj;, Fl. Tex. 20'j ; \V;its. liibl. Index, 177." ji:. ;,l,tf,m'r,ny in 

 Hall, ri. Tex. 5. — Mt. I'lciisant, Iowa, Mills, to Mi.x.souri, Dnsh, Kansas, Kellermun, Xorlon, 

 and Texas, IhirUei/, Hall. An imperfect specimen from Lampasas Co., Texai4, Mu$mm, 

 having similar folia>;e but .still narrower and more numerous Icalli-ts (f. to 10) is said to li.xve 

 smooth fruit and may be distinct and of tiie ftdlnwinj,' section. 

 § 2. PXviA, Ruirhenb. Petals 4, very di.ssiiiiilar, and at least the upper pair 



of theiu about e(iualliii<,' or usually exeeediug the stamens. Calyx more tubular, 



Globed, more or less distinctly gibbous or oblique at the base. — Nomencl. 108; 



Ta.x, 1. e. 27G. — Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, S. Atlantic and Gulf States. 



^. OCtandra, Mahsh. (Swekt Buckeye.) In favorable situations a tall tree with 

 ron,t,diish ijcray-brown bark but sometimes (especially southward) tl<.werinf,' as a low shruli 

 only .'3 or 4 feet in heigiit : leaves .'■)-f<diolate; leaflets obovate, jjraihiallv or rarelv almiptlv 

 acuminate, Lrradually narrowed to a subsessile or petiolulate base, finely sharplv am! .some- 

 what doubly serrate or .serrulate, green and glabrous above, paler and tinelv jmbescent to 

 somewiiat tlocculent-tomeutulo.se beneath : flowers pale yellow, finely pui)escent or granular, 

 borne on the upper side of the spreading brandies of an ovate short-peduneled thvrse: 

 pedicels short and thick, in authesis 1 to "3 lines in length : calyx tubular-<'ampanulate, 5 to 

 6 lines in length : lateral petals nearly an inch in length, with l>road ovate sometimes cor- 

 date or subcordate crisped blade alxmt equalling the claw; the upper j)etals .still longer, 

 but with small blades much shorter than tlie elongated claws: stamens usuallv 7: smooth- 

 ish fruit mottled, at first oblong or somewhat pear-shaped, at length sul)globo.se. — Arb. 4 ; 

 Sargent, Gard. & For. ii. 364, & Silv. ii. 59, t. 69, 70. j:. fam. Ait. Kew. i. 494 ; Pursh, 

 Fl. i. 255; Gnimp. Otto & Ilayne. 1. c. 27, t. 23 ; "Wats. Dendr. Rrit. ii. 163, t. 163; Lodd. 

 Bot. Cab. t. 1280; Gray, Man. ed. 1-6. uE. >iff/l<'rl,i, Limll. Hot. Heg. t. 1009. Pan'a 

 JIavii, Miench, Meth. 66. P. nefjlecta, Don in Loud. Ilort. Brit. i. 143. J'./iiIrn, & /'. 6|. 

 color, Raf. Alsogr. 74. Paviana /lava, Raf. Fl. Ludov. 87. — Rich woods, W. Penu.sylvania 

 to S. Iowa and southward to Georgia and Texas. Runs into the following variety connect- 

 ing with the next species. 



Var. h^brida, S.\kgent. Shrubby or rarely arl)oreons with " jialer bark": flowers 

 flesii-coldred, dull red, or purplish, on pedicels about 3 to 4 lines in length: cah x less 

 inclined to be companulate or inflated : leaflets more commonly flocculent-tomentulose be- 

 neath. —Silv. ii. 60. yE. Pavia, Willd. Berl. Baum. 12, at least in ])art, not L. yE.hyhriJa, 

 DC. Ilort. Monsp. 75. ^E. discolor, Pursh, FT i. 255, at least in part ; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 

 t. 310 ; Gray, PI. For. Trees N. A. t. 30. AJ. Pavia, var. discolor, Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 252. 

 ^E. flava,\a.T. pnrpurasceiis. Gray, Man. ed. 5, 118. Pavia discolor, Poir. Suppl. v. 769. 

 P.hi/hrida, DC. Prodr. i. 598. P. lirida, iiiutdhilis, versicolor, & lucida, Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat. 

 ser. 2, ii. 56, 57, 60. — Occurring witii tiie type but especially southwe.stward. An aggregate 

 of forms differing by trivial and incon.stant diaracters of ftdiage, puliescence, and sliade of 

 flowers, and all more or less intermediate between the foregoing sj)ecies and the following. 



^. Pavia, L. A neat .shrub, 6 to 15 feet high, with slemler branches : leaves 5-foliolate; 

 leaflets much as in the hvst, but averaging somewhat longer (5 to 6 inches) and relatively 

 narrower: flowers scarlet or crimson, slender, 1 to 1} inches in length : pedicels slender, 4 

 to 8 lines long, tending to l)e aggregated or .snlifa.sciculate near the ends of the short 

 branches of the thyrse ; this oliloiig, 6 inches in lengtii and raised on a jiednnde 1 to IJ 

 inches long: calyx more slender and more decidedly tuliular than in the preceding species, 

 6 to 8 lines long. — Spec. i. 344 ; Marsh. Arl). 5 ; Pursh, Fl. i. 2.54. Gnimp. Otto & H.iyne. 

 1. c. t. 21 ; Bart. Bot. App. 28, t. 15, f. 3. Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 252 (excl. var.) ; Chapm! Fl. 

 79. ./-;. humilis, "Lod. Cat."; Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1018, hence ]\iria hiimilia, Don in Loud. 

 Ilort. Brit. 143. /'. atropurpima. l.indlrynna, Willdrnowiana, {]) iutcnntdln. Sc Mirhinurii, 

 Spadi, Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 2, ii. 58-61. — Low rich woods and also on dry hillsides through 



