The Trees of Vermont
The Trees of Vermont
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Digitized by VjOOQIC The Trees of Vermont 179 SAPINDACEAE Common Horse-chestnnt Aesculus hippocastanum L.
Habit. — A handsome tree, with a height of 40-60 feet and a trunk diameter of 1-2 feet, forming a broad, conical crown. The regularly occurring branches ascend from the trunk at first, gradually bend downwards as they lengthen, and end in a thick, upturning spray.
Leaves. — Opposite, digitately compound. Leaflets usually 7, rarely 5, 5-7 inches long, lj^-2j/^ inches broad; obovate, wedge-sh...aped at the base; irregularly and bluntly serrate; thick; rough, dark green above, paler beneath, turning a rusty yellow in autumn. Petioles long, grooved, swollen at the base.
Flowers. — May-June, after the leaves ; polygamo-monoecious ; large, whitish, in showy, upright, terminal thyrses 8-12 inches long; pedicels jointed, 4-6-flowered; calyx campanulate, 5-lobed; petals 5, white, spotted with yellow and red, clawed; stamens 7, thread-like, longer than the petals.
Fruit. — October; a leathery, globular capsule about 2 inches in diameter, roughened with short spines; containing 1-3 large, smooth, lustrous, brown nuts, marked by large, pale scars.
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Digitized by VjOOQIC The Trees of Vermont 179 SAPINDACEAE Common Horse-chestnnt Aesculus hippocastanum L.
Habit. — A handsome tree, with a height of 40-60 feet and a trunk diameter of 1-2 feet, forming a broad, conical crown. The regularly occurring branches ascend from the trunk at first, gradually bend downwards as they lengthen, and end in a thick, upturning spray.
Leaves. — Opposite, digitately compound. Leaflets usually 7, rarely 5, 5-7 inches long, lj^-2j/^ inches broad; obovate, wedge-sh...aped at the base; irregularly and bluntly serrate; thick; rough, dark green above, paler beneath, turning a rusty yellow in autumn. Petioles long, grooved, swollen at the base.
Flowers. — May-June, after the leaves ; polygamo-monoecious ; large, whitish, in showy, upright, terminal thyrses 8-12 inches long; pedicels jointed, 4-6-flowered; calyx campanulate, 5-lobed; petals 5, white, spotted with yellow and red, clawed; stamens 7, thread-like, longer than the petals.
Fruit. — October; a leathery, globular capsule about 2 inches in diameter, roughened with short spines; containing 1-3 large, smooth, lustrous, brown nuts, marked by large, pale scars.
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