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Sapindacea sEscu lus. 



lanceolate, serrate, petiolulate. Flowers numerous, in terminal 

 thyrsoid panicles ; lower petals white tinged with red, upper 

 yellow and red bordered with white. Fruit unarmed. A 

 native of North India. 



Fig. 64. 2Esculus Hippocastanum. \\ nat. size.) 



4. d. glabra. This species has even larger foliage than the 

 common one, and white or greenish yellow flowers, but it is a 

 very shy bloomer, and only desirable in a collection. Fruits 

 either smooth or prickly. A native of North America. 



^E. Ohiotensis and JE. pdllida are scarcely distinguishable 

 even as varieties. 



5. jE. Pavia (fig. 65), syn. Pavia rubra. Red Buckeye. A 

 small relatively slender tree with reddish flowers. There are 



