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on the common horsechestnut, forms the very beautiful pendulous 
low tree of which there is a plate in the Ard. Brit., Ist edit., vol. v. 
In addition to these varieties, there are the three forms which are enu- 
merated below. 
In its native country this species varies in magnitude from a low rambling 
shrub to a tree of 20 ft. or more in height. In England P. rdbra is in culti- 
vation in various forms: as a tree, in which character it has, at Syon (see 
our plate in the Ard. Brit., 1st edit., vol. v.), attained the height of 26 ft. ; as 
a pendulous tree of 12 or 14 feet in height (see our plate in the Ard. Brit., 
174. Pavia ribra. 
Ist edit., vol. v., under the name of P. r. ;.éndula); and as a trailing shrub, 
under the name of P. humilis, in the London Hort. Soc. Garden, and in the 
arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges. 
¥ 2. P.Fva‘va Dec. The yellow-fowered Pavia. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 1. p. 598. ; Don’s Mill, J. p.653. 
Synonymes. /E'sculus flava Ait., Hayne, and Tor. & Gray ; Z.lUtea Wangh.; Pavia litea Por. ; 
the sweet Buckeye, big Buckeye, Amer.; the yellow Pavia; the yellow Horsechestnut. 
ea Wats. Dend. Brit., t.163.; the plate in Arb. Brit., Ist edit., vol. v.; and our 
. 175. 
Spec. Char., §c. Petioles pubescent, flattish towards the tip. Leaflets 5—7 
pubescent beneath, and above upon the nerves. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous 
tree of the middle size. Virginia and Georgia, in fertile valleys. Height 
30 ft. to 80 ft. in America ; 30 ft. to 40 ft. in England. Introduced in 1764. 
Flowers yellow; April and May. Fruit brown; ripe in October. Decay- 
ing leaves yellow, tinged with brown. Naked young wood yellowish brown. 
A more vigorous and rigid-growing tree than P. riibra, with the branches 
