The Trees of Texas 133 
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Leaves palmately compound; leaflets usually 5, sometimes 3, 
short stalked, pointed at the apex, unequal at base, serrate, 
smooth above, hairy beneath. Flowers in terminal panicles, 

Fig. 42. Aesculus pavia. 
red, with tubular calyx, and stamens longer than the corolla. 
Fruit a pear-shaped capsule with yellowish brown seeds. 
Tennessee, Missouri, Louisiana and eastern Texas. 
In rich 
soil and along rivers. 
2. Aesculus pavia L. Red Buckeye. A shrub or small 
