RED BUCKEYE 



Aesculus pavia Linnaeus 



The red buckeye is a straggling, inconspicuous shrub in the south- 

 ern woods until it comes into bloom, when it immediately attracts 

 attention by its bright red flowers which are borne in a loose spike. 

 The stems of the new growths also are red at blooming time, and the 

 tender green leaves with their red stems make an appropriate setting 

 for the flower spikes. It is usually a shrub three or four feet high, 

 but in favorable situations it sometimes attains tree size, although 

 never approaching the stature of its relatives, the Ohio buckeye and 

 the horsechestnut. 



Red buckeye is a southern species, ranging from Texas to Florida, 

 and extending northward as far as southern Missouri and southeastern 

 Virginia. 



The specimen sketched was collected near Beaufort, South Carolina. 



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