upper ones with a narrower spatlmlate limb, of which the
lower half is a bright yellow ; claws copiously woolly and
folded above, glabrous at the base. Siamens 7, a little
longer than the petals, unequal. Filaments straight, pale
pink, copiously clothed below, with long silky hairs.
Anthers purple, of two parallel connate cells, terminated
at the apex by a very short, rounded, fleshy crest. Pollen
orano-e-red. Ovarium copiously silky, 3-celled, 3-sided,
elevated on a rather thick stalk. Style very short, conical,
hairy. Stigma small, obsoletely 3-lobed.
The various species of Horse-chesnut are highly ornamental,
and no trees are more deserving of a place in the
plantation or shrubbery, as they give a new and peculiar
feature to the landscape, their aspect and foliage having
entirely a tropical character. There are few so well suited
as the present one for the shrubbery, from its dwarf and
bushy habit, and from its large and showy panicles of rich
pink'blossoms. Our drawing was taken from a' tree which
flowered in the Nursery of Messieurs Whitley and Osborn
at Fulham, in the beginning of June last.
We have followed M. Spach in referring it to Pavia, to
which group the greater part of the American species
belong; JEsculus being limited by him to one species,
namely Hippocastanum. .
The mode of multiplying these trees is by grafting or
budding them on the common Horse-chesnut. The name
.Pavia was first given by Boerhaave in honour of Peter Paw,
Professor of Botany in the University of Leyden. P>. Don.
1. Calyx laid open. 2. and 3. Petals.
5. Pistil.
4. Stamen.