LONG-SPIKED PAVIA. 
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In the Herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences 
in Philadelphia, is a specimen collected in Nepal by Dr. 
Wallich, named JEsculus indica, which bears no incon- 
siderable resemblance to the present species. It has the 
same perfectly smooth leaflets, 7 in number, oblong- 
lanceolate, serrulate and acuminate, without stipular 
scales. The thyrsus is very large, compound and showy, 
with a villous irregularly-toothed calyx, often anteriorly 
cleft, as in the preceding species. The petals appear to 
have been white, 4 in number, the 2 inner much nar- 
rower, with a fading red spot in the centre of each. 
The stamens are 5 to 7, and much exserted; the fruit 
without spines, is therefore a Pavia. I find no descrip- 
tion or allusion to this magnificent species, which well 
deserves a place in gardens, and is probably hardy. 
In passing, I must remark, that no two species of the 
genus are more perfectly distinct from each other than 
the JE. Ohioensis of Decandolle and Michaux (Pavia of 
the latter), and the JE. glabra. The Ohioensis becomes 
a lofty tree, with 5 or more remarkably long leaflets, 
(7 to 9 inches long,) acuminated at each end, and be- 
neath more or less pubescent, at least along the ribs. 
The flowers are also white and showy, not green or 
yellowish-green, and inconspicuous as in the constantly 
dwarf plant known as 2E. glabra. 
Long-Spiked Pavia (jEscuIus macrostachya, Mich.) 
This elegant and very distinct Pavia grows abundantly 
in all the lower parts of Alabama and West Florida. 
The fruit, like all the rest of the genus, is inedible and 
bitter, and in place of food, affords a pretty good fish- 
poison. The fsecula of the seeds of all the species can 
be manufactured into starch. 
