ACERACEAE 255 



is said to be useful for ox-yokes, woodenware, intericjr finish, pa- 

 per pulp, etc. 



Grows in rich woods and on creek and river banks, especially 

 in calcareous and non-ferruginous regions. Widely distributed, 

 but nowhere abundant. 



IB. Lauderdale, Madison (Mohr), Colbert, Lawrence (Mohr), Mor- 

 gan and Blount Counties. 



2B. Fayette, Walker, Jefferson and Tuscaloosa Counties. 



3. Frequent throughout. 



5. Cleburne and Elmore Counties. 



6A. Tuscaloosa, Bibb and Elmore Counties. 



6C. Montgomery County. 



7. Frequent in most of the counties. 



8. Marengo, Dallas, Wilcox and Barbour Counties. 



low. Sumter, Choctaw, Wilcox, Clarke, Monroe and Butler Counties. 

 11. Washington, Clarke and Monroe Counties. 



AESCUI.ACEAE (or HIPPOCASTANACEAE). 



Horse-Chestnut Family. 



About 2 genera and 30 species, trees and shrubs, mostly in the 

 north temperate zone. Several are ornamental. 



AESCULUS, L. The Buckeyes, Etc. 



Trees or shrubs, with opposite palmately compound deciduous 

 leaves, rather showy flowers of various shapes and colors in elon- 

 gated clusters, and large brown seeds in roundish leathery pods. 



Aesculus glabra, Willd. (Ohio) Buckeye. 



A medium-sized tree with yellow flowers in May and prickly 

 pods much like those of the horse-chestnut (which is a native of 

 southeastern Europe, commonly cultivated in the northeastern 

 states), ripe in September. Occasionally cultivated for ornament. 

 The wood is light, soft, and difficult to split, and is said to be pre- 

 ferred to that of all other American trees for artificial limbs. The 

 bark has medicinal properties, and the seeds contain some in- 

 teresting drugs. 



Grows in rich woods. Not common in Alabama. 



lA. Ravines near Sheffield. 



IB. Madison and Blount Counties (Mohr). Limestone slopes, Alorgan 

 County. 



2 A. Winston County (Mohr). 



7. Along small creek a few miles south of Eutaw, Greene County. 



