. West Virginia trees. rolla yellow. Fruit.—Matures in October; a leathery round or pear-shapedprickly pod or capsule about 1 inch in diameter, containing a large,shining, brow n nut. Bark.—Roughened by even, scaly, broken gray ridges. Wood.—Light, soft, weak, pale yellow. Range.—Pennsylvania to Alabama and west to Iowa and Okla-homa. Distribution in West Virginia.—Common along the Ohio Riverat Wheeling. Reported from Wirt, Gilmer and Monongalia countiesand from points along the Ohio River north of Wheeling. Habitat.—Moist soils of river banks and ravines. Notes.—The Fetid or Ohio Buckeye is a
. West Virginia trees. rolla yellow. Fruit.—Matures in October; a leathery round or pear-shapedprickly pod or capsule about 1 inch in diameter, containing a large,shining, brow n nut. Bark.—Roughened by even, scaly, broken gray ridges. Wood.—Light, soft, weak, pale yellow. Range.—Pennsylvania to Alabama and west to Iowa and Okla-homa. Distribution in West Virginia.—Common along the Ohio Riverat Wheeling. Reported from Wirt, Gilmer and Monongalia countiesand from points along the Ohio River north of Wheeling. Habitat.—Moist soils of river banks and ravines. Notes.—The Fetid or Ohio Buckeye is an unimportant tree ofstream borders, confined in its distribution here principally to thewestern part of the State. It can easily be distinguished Avheu in fruitfrom the common species, next described, by its prickly pods. Thistree is sometimes planted on lawns but is less desirable than its Euro-pean relative the TTorse Chestnut (Aet^culus liippocnsfanum). 194 W. VA. AGRL EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletiu 175. SWEET BUCKEYE September, lf»20J \AEPT Vn{(nNIA TREKS 195 SWEET BUCKEYE Aesculus octandra, Marsh. Form.—Height 50-80 feet, diameler l-2j/^ feet; inmk usuallyshort; crown conical or round-topped. Leaves.—Opposite, digitately ccjnipound, leaflets h-7, oval, 4-10inches long, long-pointed, finely toothed, smooth and dark greenabove, somewhat hairy and yellowish-green beneath. Flowers.—April-May ; polygamo-monoecious or perfect, borne interminal panicles 4-12 inches long; corolla yellow, with includedstamens. Fruit.—October; a large smooth irregularly rounded or pear-shaped pod or capsule, 1-2 inches thick, 3-ceIled but usually bearingonly one large irregularly rounded, glossy, brown nut, which is some-what poisonous. Bark.—Kvenly furrtiwed, the gray-brown ridges breaking up intoirregular scales. Wood.—Light, soft, yellowish, or nearly white. Range.—Pennsylvania to Georgia, west to Oklahoma and Texas. Distribution in West Virginia.—Common locally. Fou
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