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IXTRODUCTIOX. 



HORSE CHESTNUT. 



HIPPOCASTAXE^. 



HORSE-CHESTNUT TRIBE. 



These are trees or shrubs, furnished ^ith ir- 

 regular flovrers, the petals of which never agree 

 in number with the stamens. The few species 

 that belono' to this order sfrow in the north of In- 

 dia and North America, They are chiefly remark- 



