Sapindacea—é sculus. 107 
varieties of this named respectively hivmilis, péndula, lacini- 
ata, ete. All from North America. 
Fig. 65. Aisculus Pavia, (} nat. size.) 
6. 4. Califérnica.—This is the bandsomest of the North 
American species referred to Pavia. It is a tree 12 to 15 feet, 
high, forming a dense head, which is literally covered with 
panicles of white highly fragrant flowers about the month of 
May. 
Besides the foregoing, there are several other North American 
species occasionally grown in collections; as, A. fldva, Sweet 
Buckeye, a tree or shrub with yellowish flowers and included 
stamens, of which &. purpurascens, syn. di. discolor, is a 
variety, having the flowers tinged with red or purple; and &. 
macrostachya is a shrubby species, remarkable for its long 
slender racemes of yellowish-white flowers. 
Tree IIl.—ACERINES. 
Flowers regular. Sepals and petals, when present, of the same 
number. Fruit samaroid, indehiscent. 
