
Vascalures. 
XCVIIl. HIPPOCASTANE/L.—THE HORSE-CHESNUT TRIBE. 
540. ZEsculus glabra, Willd. May. y—w. 10 to 30f. b. 
541. 
D4. 
>46. 
p47, 
_ 550. 
551 
Woods. Lexington, Short, Eat. Man. Banks of the 
Ilinois, Bk. Probably identical with the next. 
4. ohioensis, mihi. A. pallida, Willd. ohioensis, Eat? 
Michx? Buckeye. Fetid buckeye. Calyc half as 
long as the corol: petals 4, yellowish, claw shorter than 
the calyx: stamens twice as long as the petals: pericarp 
echinate: leaves in fives, lance-oblong, acuminate, ser- 
rulate, glabrous above, axils of the veins pubescent 
beneath: bark rough, cinereous.. 40 to 50f. %. bt. 
QO. Ky. Emetic,narcotic, &c. Dr. Drake. 
2, A. flava, Ell. Bot. i. 436. Pursh. 28. lutea, Linn? Eat? 
Sweet buckeye. Upland buckeye. Ap. Pale y. 20 
to SOf. b. Pericarp smooth. Hills near large rivers, 
O. Ky. : 
y = 
(5. 4. On the Walnut Hills near Cincinnati, I find a spe- 
cies of Aisculus resembling the flava, but differing in 
the deep orange and yellow hue of its flowers, its 
elabrous, irregularly serrate leayes,and more acute 
divisions of the calyx. The buckeye (either the flava 
or ohioensis) is regarded as the emblem tree of Ohio. 
i. 48, discolor, Pursh. May. y.w.& p. 4f. h. West Va. 
Paddock. 
C. SAPINDACE/L.—THE SOAT-TREE TRIBE. 
Cardiospermum halcacabum, Willd. Heart seed. Aug. 
©. Mo. Ter. Jas. Aperient, Lind. Nat. Syst. 115. 
Cl. ACERINE.—THE MAPLE TRIBE. 
Acer rubrum, Ehrh. Red maple. Soft maple. Ap. +. 
30 to 50 f. b. Woods. W. Bark astringent: used 
domestically in dying black. 
A. eriocarpum, Micha. White maple. Silver maple. 
River maple. Ap.May. g. Large tree. River 
banks. W. 
& 
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. A. saecharinum, Linn. Sugar maple. Hard maple. 
Ap—May. g-y. 40t0 60f. Woods W. Yields su- 
gar and excellent fuel. 
. A. nigrum, Michz. Black maple. Sweet tree. Ap. y-. 
g. 40to 60f. Very similar to the last. O. 
A. negundo, Linn. Ash-leaved. maple. Box elder. 
Ap. g- 30 to 60f %. bt. & W. 
A. striatum, Miche. Striped maple. False dogwood. 
May. g. 15 f. Woods. . Louisville, M’Murt.— 
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