. The Botanical register consisting of coloured figures of . compressed, ringent; tube cylindrical, green,of nearly the length of the calyx, faux gradually enlarged,compressed pale purple, yellow on the inside, twice thelength of the tube, the lips of the limb about the length ofthe faux, of a deeper red and marked with yellow and green,equal in length, upper one narrower, linearly oblong, con-volutely concave, at the back trisulcately tiuted> shortlytapered at the top, notched and variegated with green andyellow, lobules obtuse refiectent, lower Up three timesbroader, spreading, 3-cleft, s
. The Botanical register consisting of coloured figures of . compressed, ringent; tube cylindrical, green,of nearly the length of the calyx, faux gradually enlarged,compressed pale purple, yellow on the inside, twice thelength of the tube, the lips of the limb about the length ofthe faux, of a deeper red and marked with yellow and green,equal in length, upper one narrower, linearly oblong, con-volutely concave, at the back trisulcately tiuted> shortlytapered at the top, notched and variegated with green andyellow, lobules obtuse refiectent, lower Up three timesbroader, spreading, 3-cleft, segments oblong keeled deeplypurpled inwards with a yellow streak along the middle, out^Avards yellowishly green, bifid at the end and reflectent, themiddle subovately oblong, rather broader than the rest,with a wider fissure aj: the end. Anthei^s linearly lanceolate,gieen, shortly pedicled, generally with one loculament,sometimes with two. The drawing was taken in the hothouse of Messrs. Whit-ley and Co. in June last. Introduced in 1799 by Sir 310 iESCULUS discolor. liicolor-leaved american Horse-Chestnut or Bucks Eye Tree, HEPTANDRIA MOXOGYXL-t. Nat. ord. Acera. Jussieu gen. 250. Div. I. Fructus multilocularis. jESCULUS. Ca/. tubulosus Pet. 5-4, inaequalia; horum 2superiora aiigustiora. Stam. inaequalia; nntherce subincuii)bentes. Germ,desinens in stylum conicum; stigma 1. Caps, coriacea, muricata aut iner-mis, subrotunda 3-locularis 3-valvis, locuiis J-spermis; seniina magna, hylolato, cortice coriaceo, quaedam abortiva. Arbores; folia digitata; Jioresracemosi ierminales, pedicellis supra racemum ariicidatis, quidam steriles;semen fere Castanece, und^ nomen vernaculum. Ju«s. 1. c. 251. discoloTy foliis quinatis utrinque acuminatis subtus tomentosis inaequa-Jiter serrulatis, racemo thyrsoideo, fasciculis multifloris, corollis 4-peta-lis, petalorum conniventium ungqibus longitudine calycis, staminibus 7corolla brevioribus, fructibus irjerniibus. Pursh
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