237 
two, rich dark brown, 2-4 em. (34-11% inches) broad. The fruit 
is poisonous to stock, although it seldom proves fatal. 
Anthers protruding from the flower; fruit warty.......... 1 A. glabra. 
Anthers included in flower, fruit smooth................. 2 A. octandra. 
1. Aésculus glabra Willdenow. Buckryr. Plate 114. Branch- 
lets at first covered with hairs which soon disappear, orange brown 
becoming a reddish-brown; terminal bud sharp-pointed, about 1.5 
em. (1% inch) long, scales of bud nearly triangular; flowers appear 
in May, pale yellow green. 
Distribution. Pennsylvania to Iowa, south to Alabama and west 
to Kansas. Probably native to every county of Indiana, although 
scarce at present because it has been destroyed on account of the 
poisonous character of its fruit. It is rare in the extreme northern, 
northwestern and southwestern counties. In the other parts of 
the State it is locally frequent in moist rich soil, usually along 
streams. In the greater part of the State it is frequently associated 
with sugar maple and beech. 
The published records of the distribution are as follows: Boone 
(Coulter); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Clinton (Coulter); Dearborn 
(Collins); Decatur (Ballard); Delaware (Phinney); Delaware, Jay, 
Randolph and Wayne (Phinney); Fountain (Brown); Franklin (Hay- 
mond) and (Meyncke); Gibson (Schneck); Hamilton (Wilson); 
Hendricks (Trucksess); Jay (M’Caslin); Jefferson (Barnes), (Coul- 
ter) and (Young); Knox (Thomas); Kosciusko (Clark); Marion 
(Wilson); Miami (Gorby); Monroe (Blatchley); Noble (Van Gorder) ; 
Parke (Hobbs); Posey (Schneck); Putnam (MacDougal); Shelby 
(Ballard); Steuben (Bradner); Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Vigo 
(Blatchley); Wayne (Petry and Markle). 
Additional records are: Crawford (Schneck); Montgomery (Ev- 
ans); Putnam (Grimes); Tippecanoe (Coulter) and (Dorner); Bar- 
tholomew, Crawford, Dekalb, Delaware, Franklin, Hamilton, Han- 
cock, Henry, Howard, Jennings, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, 
Putnam, Shelby, Spencer, Vermillion, Wabash and Wells (Deam). 
Economic uses. Wood white, soft, not strong, rather tough. 
Used for pulp. The fact that the wood is of little commercial 
value and that the fruit is poisonous to stock has caused it to be 
cut until at present only isolated trees remain. For ornamental! 
use it has been supplanted by the horse-chestnut. 
2. Aésculus octandra Marshall. Bucxkeyr. Plate 115. Branch- 
lets orange-brown, hairy when young, soon becoming glabrous and 
