171- Æ 's c u lu s g là b ra p à llid a .
other Kinds o f Æ'scidus are enumerated in some nurserymen’s catalogues;
b u t we know o f none worth notice, except those already recorded.
G e n u s I I .
« L A _
P A V /r i Boerh. T h e P a v i a , B u c k e y e , nr Sm o o th-f r u j t e d H o u sech est-
NUT T r e e . Lin. S y s t. Ilep ta n d ria Monogynia.
Mentiticatiott. Boorli. L u g d t. 260. ; Uec. P ro d ., I . p. 698.; D o n ’s Mill., 1. p. 0.’i2.
U n tch b otanist, once professor o f botany a t I.cyden,
busdt ic tc re n c e to tb e consplcuousncss o f th e hilum o f tb e seed, when taken o u t o f the
Gen. Char. Caly.r tubular. Petals 4, erect, narrow. Stamens straight. Cap.
sule.s unarmed. (Dow’i i|//i7/.) — Middle-sized deeiduons trees or shrubs,
natives o f North America; distinguishable from the liorsechestiuits by the
smoothness o f their fruit, and the comiiarative smallness o f their fio'wers,
winch have tlieir petals erect and narrower.
Leaves palmate, with 5—7 leaflets, smooth. Flowers small, with erect
and narrow petals. Bads blunt, not covered with resin. — There are tln-ee
species, and several varieties or hybrids, in British gardens.
Distinguished from the common horsecliestniits, by being smaller and
siiiootlier in all their parts. There are probably only three aboriginal species;
but there are several beautiful garden varieties, or hybrids. Culture the same
as lor th e common horsechestnut.
S I. p . IIU'IIHA Lam. The red-flowered Pavia.
U e n tijlea tw n . Lam. Illust. ; Dec. P ro d ., 1. p. 598.; D o n ’s Mill. 1 p 6.53
Spec. Char. 4-c^ Corolla of 4 [letals, th a t are longer than th e stamens.
EeaHets 5, elli|)tic-oblong, tapered to both ends, and smooth, as is the
p e tiole ; axils ot the nerves hairy on the under surface o f the leaf. (Deo
n ■ i ! tree. Virginia and Carolina, on mountains!
Ucight 10 ft. to 20 It. Introduced in 1711. Flowers brownish s c a r le t;
M y and June. I’riiit brown ; ripe in October. Decaying leaves brown.
Naked young wood reddish brown.
Varieties.
¥ P. r. 2 arguta G. Don.
(B.II.eg., t. 993.; onr
fig. 172.) — A handsome
small tree, with
dark brownish red
fiowers,differinglittle
from those o f P
rùbra. Introduced in
? 1820.
¥ P.r.SsublacinidtaWats.
Dend. B rit. t. 120.
JE. P . serràta Hort.
— Leaflets acutely
serrated : in other respects
it differs little
from the species,
at P . r. 4 hùmilis. P . hùmilis
G. Don; and
riS'sculus hùmilis
Lodd. (B o t. Reg., t.
1018 ; and onr fig.
172. Pàvifl rù b ra a rg u ta .
173.) — A diminutive, weak, straggling form of th e species, probably
obtained from some sport, and which, on its own root, is only a re-
175. Phvia riib rn h ùm ilis.
cumbent bush, from 2 ft. to 3 ft. in heiglit ; but which, when grafted
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