has the corolla-tube one and a half inch long by fully two- 
thirds of an inch broad, and swollen like a campanula ; 
another form has the corolla curved nearly into a quadrant. 
Bignonia capreolata is one of the loftiest climbers in the © 
forests of the Southern United States, from Virginia to 
Florida and westwards to the Mississippi, where it orna- 
ments the rocks and trees by its luxuriant foliage and 
(usually) orange-yellow flowers. The American name of 
Cross-vine is given in reference to the wood of the stem, 
which ona transverse section presents the form of a cross.— 
vO. 
Fig. 1, Flower cut longitudinally ; 2, anthers; 3, stigma; 4, vertical section of 
ovary :—all enlarged. : 
