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BUCKEYE 



Family: ACERACEAE. [Translator's note: now in family Hippocastanaceae.] 

 Reproductive system: HEPTANDRY, MONOGYNY. 



The RED BUCKEYE, Pavia rubra; JEsculus, Willd., is a tree that grows five or six 

 meters high. The leaves are opposite with three, four, or five oval-oblong finely 

 denticulated digitations. The flowers are dark red. The calyx is tubular with five teeth at 

 the top. There are four petals; they have an unguis as long as the calyx. They're 

 connivent; two are narrower than the others. The fruit contains two seeds. It differs from 

 that of the horse chestnut in that it has no spines. 



FLOWERS: in May. 



RANGE: Carolina and Florida. 



NOMENCLATURE. German, die pavie. English, the scarlet flowered horse 

 chestnut. Japanese, totji noki. 



The HYBRID PAVIA, Pavia hybrida, is a tree that I first saw in M. Cels' garden. I 

 think botanists still don't know about it. It came from seeds that Michaux Sr. brought 

 from North America. I called it the hybrid pavia because of its resemblance to the two 

 previously known species. The ones that bloom every year in M. Cels' garden are three or 

 four meters high. They're still quite young, and since they have very vigorous shoots, 

 there's reason to believe that they'll grow taller than the two other species. The stem is 

 cylindrical and smooth with branches and opposite digitate leaves with oval-oblong 

 smooth finely denticulated leaflets. The flowers, much larger than those of the other two 

 species, are upright and a beautiful yellow. The calyx is tubular with five teeth; it's a 

 vivid red and slightly hairy. The corolla has four petals; two of them are longer and 

 narrower than the others. There are six stamens, more often seven. The fruit is similar to 

 that of the yellow buckeye, only it's bigger. 



FLOWERS: in June. 



RANGE: North America. 



