BIGNONIACEAE 1241 
nearly equally 5-lobed. Corolla tubular- 
funnelform. Capsule stout, fusiform. Seeds 
membranous-winged.—Two species, the fol- 
lowing and 1 in Japan 
1. B. radicans L. Stout vine: leaves many, 
2-2.5 dm. long; leaflets 7-11, the blades 
oval, ovate, or elliptic, 2-6 cm . long, coarsely . 
serrate: calyx 14-18 mm. long: lobes tri- , 
ngul 
em. a 
18 em. long. [Tecoma d 
(TRUMPET-CREEPER. COW-IT "TR ET.) 
—Woods, river-swamps, dis and gine 
je Coastal Plain and adj. provinees, Fla. 
Tex. Mo., and N. J. Sm —f um —The 
ae of this Pu are often mistaken for those of Toxicodendron, whence the 
name ‘‘cow-itch.’’ The Du pen have no poisonous effect on the skin 
4, CATALPA L. Shrubs or trees, with scaly bark. Leaves deciduous: 
. blades broad, membranous. Flowers paniculate. Calyx 2-lobed. Corolla 
mainly white or yellow, the tube abruptly expanded into the throat. Capsule 
slender and elongate. Seeds fimbriate-winged. About 5 species, North Ameri- 
ean and Japanese.—INDIAN-BEANS. INDIAN-CIGARS. CIGAR-TREES. SMOKING- 
BEANS. CATALPAS. CATAWBAS. 
Panicles many-flowered, crowded : corolla with a limb 4-5 X LR 6 em. 1. C. Catalpa. 
Panicles few-flowered, lax: corolla with a limb 6-7 X T- 8c 2. C. speciosa. 
1. C. Catalpa (L.) Karst. Tree becoming 20 m. tall: leaf-blades ovate, 1- 3 
dm. long: calyx 8-12 mm. long; lobes n m pointed: corolla 3-4 em. long, 
i anulat 
eapsule 1 : g.—Wood d stream 
nks, various provinces, Fla j nd 
aut as far as rie 
. Y.—The d 
capsules are frequen tly smoked y Ca 
wherever the tree is found.—Spr.— 
2. C. speciosa Warder. Tree becoming 40 
m. tall: leaf-blades ovate to oblong-ovate, 
1-8 dm. long: calyx 10-11 mm. long; lobes 
than C. d throat conic-campanulate: 
eae .5—5 dm. long.—(BOIs-PLANT. )—Damp soil or Es various prov- 
cee N of Coastal Plain, T to Tex., Mo., and Ind.—Spr. 
5. CRESCENTIA L. Trees with stale bark. Leaves clustered. on spurs: 
blades of a spatulate or oblanceolate type. Flowers in clusters or solitary, on 
