AESCULACEAE 257 



Aesculus parviflora. Ait. (.4. iiiacrosfachya. Willd.) 



(White) Buckeye 



(Fig. 62) 



A shrub of more graceful habit than the preceding, usually 

 growing in colonies with about one stem to the square foot. It has 

 small white flowers in long erect spikes, and blooms from late May 

 in the southern part of the state to late July in the northern ; but 

 only about one flower in 100 sets fruit. 



This is a very ornamental shrub, especially when in bloom, 

 and I have seen it in cultivation as far north as Long Island, New 

 York, but it seems to be rather difficult to transplant successfully 

 from its native haunts. The leaves are sometimes eaten by cattle. 



Grows in rich woods, especially in calcareous and potassic 

 soils, well protected from fire. There is probably more of it in 

 Alabama than in all the rest of the world. 



IB. Near Blount Springs and on Warnock Mountain. 



2A. Blount and St. Clair Counties. 



2B. Walker, Jefferson and Tuscaloosa Counties, mostly near the War- 

 rior River. 



3. Etowah, St. Clair, Blount, Jefferson and Talladega Counties. 



5. Clay and Chilton Counties. 



6B. Small dry valley near Joffre (formerly Kingston), Autauga 

 County. 



6C. Ravines southeast of Booth and near House Bluff, Autauga 

 County. Discovered near the Chattahoochee River, probably near Fort 

 Mitchell, by Bartram in July, 1776(?). 



7. Near Epes, Sumter County. About 16 miles southeast of Mont- 

 gomery (Miss Z. Rogers, May, 1927). 



8. Dallas County. 



lOE. "Henry and Franklin Counties" (Mohr). (Probably meaning 

 near the old town of Franklin, Henry County). 



low. Butler, Wilcox, Monroe and Clarke Counties. 

 11. Near Suggsville, Clarke County. 



Two or three other species of Acscitlus. such as A. discolor Pursh, A. 

 austrina Small, and A. Gcorgiana Sarg., have been credited to Alabama, but 

 I have never identified them, and they probably do not differ much from 

 some of those above listed. 



