Aesculus flava, Marsh. (A. octandra, Ait. A. lutea, Wang. Pavia lutea, Poir.). SWEET BUCKEYE. Large tree, 4O- 90 ft.: lfts. 5, oblong-obovate or elliptical, cuneate, equally serrate, smooth or pubescent beneath : panicles 4-6 in. long; petals yellow, very unequal, their claws longer than the calyx; stamens 7, shorter than the petals: fr. smooth. May, June. Pa. to Ga. and Iowa.
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