422 Florula Lexiiiixtonicn 



SIS, 



4 — 5 petallcd. Pc/ff/^? unequal inserted upon the calyx. Cap- 

 sule 3-celled. Seeds large, solitary. 



Species \st. ^EscuLUS Pallida. Common Buckcije. 



Sp, Ch, Leaflets by 5s: corolla 4-petalled: stamina mostly 7, 

 twice the length of the corolla: fruit spinous. Pursh, 



Oh, This species is abundant throughout the forests in the 

 rich lands of Kentucky. It is a tree of but ordinary stature, and 

 for the most part of crooked growth, remarkable for the early 

 period of its foliation, being the first of our trees to become green 

 in the spring, and the earliest to cast its leaves in the fall. — The 

 fruit is a large nut of a bright brown colour with a very remark- 

 able hilum or eye, which has given the tree its common name: it is 

 sometimes eaten by cattle, and often with fatal effects : Flowers 

 about the 20th of April, and is then a very beautiful object: 

 fruit ripens in September. 



St/n. Pavia Lutea. Mich, fit. 

 Svccics 2d, jEsculus Flava, Szvcri Buckeye. 



Sp, Ch, Leaves by 5s, pubescent underneath near the midrib, 



equally serrulate: corolla 4-petalled, with the claws of thecon- 



iiivent petals longer than the calyx: fruit unarmed. 



Obs. A much larger and straighter tree than the preceding, 

 but less abundant tlian it, being in this locality confined lo the 

 alluvion bottoms of the Kentucky river. Unlike the former the 

 wood of the sweet buckeve is susceptible of being applied to 

 many useful purposes. — The flowers are unfolded towards the 

 end of April and are succeeded by smooth capsules containing 

 -one or three large seeds. 



Si/n. Pavia Ohioensis? Mich, fl, Syha, Amcr. 



STELLARIA. (See Genus 4.) 



Species: 24, Stellarla Pubera. Stancort, 



Sp, Ch, Pubescent ; leaves sessile, ovate, ciliate ; pedicels erect; 

 petals longer than the calyx. • 



Obs. This species differs from the S, Media, before mention- 

 ed, in its less branching, and more erect habit. A single stem 

 rises to the height of 6-8 inches, bearing a few comparatively- 

 large flowers. Rare; in woodlands. F^lowers 20th April. 



(to be coxtl\ukd.) 



