﻿BROOM 
  RAPE 
  FAMILY 
  223 
  

  

  very 
  slender, 
  1 
  ft. 
  or 
  more 
  in 
  length, 
  pendulous. 
  Seeds 
  with 
  long 
  

   fringed 
  wings. 
  On 
  margins 
  of 
  rivers 
  and 
  swamps 
  S. 
  ; 
  often 
  cultivated.* 
  

   2. 
  C. 
  speciosa 
  Warder. 
  CATALPA. 
  A 
  tall 
  tree 
  with 
  very 
  durable 
  

   wood. 
  Leaves 
  large, 
  heart-shaped, 
  taper-pointed. 
  Corolla 
  about 
  2 
  in. 
  

   long, 
  almost 
  white, 
  but 
  slightly 
  spotted 
  ; 
  tube 
  inversely 
  conical; 
  limb 
  

   somewhat 
  oblique, 
  its 
  lower 
  lobe 
  notched. 
  Pod 
  rather 
  stout. 
  Rich, 
  

   damp 
  woods, 
  especially 
  S. 
  W. 
  ; 
  often 
  cultivated. 
  

  

  IE. 
  BIGNONIA 
  L. 
  

  

  Woody 
  vines. 
  Leaves 
  opposite, 
  compound, 
  usually 
  tendril- 
  

   bearing. 
  Flowers 
  large, 
  in 
  axillary 
  clusters. 
  Calyx 
  cup-shaped, 
  

   truncate, 
  or 
  undulate-toothed. 
  Corolla 
  spreading-tubular, 
  some- 
  

   what 
  2-lipped, 
  the 
  lobes 
  rounded. 
  Stamens 
  4, 
  2 
  long 
  and 
  2 
  short. 
  

   Capsule 
  linear, 
  flattened 
  parallel 
  with 
  the 
  partition, 
  the 
  two 
  

   valves 
  separating 
  from 
  the 
  partition 
  at 
  maturity 
  ; 
  seeds 
  flat, 
  

   broadly 
  winged.* 
  

  

  1. 
  B. 
  capreolata 
  L. 
  CROSS 
  VINE. 
  Stem 
  climbing 
  high, 
  a 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  older 
  stems 
  showing 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  cross 
  formed 
  

   by 
  the 
  4 
  medullary 
  rays 
  ; 
  branches 
  smooth. 
  Leaves 
  evergreen, 
  peti- 
  

   oled; 
  leaflets 
  2, 
  ovate, 
  taper-pointed 
  with 
  a 
  blunt 
  apex, 
  heart-shaped 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  entire, 
  stalked 
  ; 
  upper 
  leaflets 
  transformed 
  into 
  branching 
  

   tendrils. 
  Flowers 
  numerous, 
  short-peduncled. 
  Corolla 
  2 
  in. 
  long, 
  red- 
  

   dish-brown 
  without, 
  yellow 
  within. 
  Capsule 
  6 
  in. 
  long, 
  flat, 
  the 
  valves 
  

   with 
  a 
  prominent 
  central 
  nerve 
  ; 
  seeds 
  broadly 
  winged 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  

   short-winged 
  on 
  the 
  ends. 
  Common 
  in 
  woods 
  S.* 
  

  

  92. 
  OROBANCHACE^. 
  BROOM 
  RAPE 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Leafless 
  brownish 
  root 
  parasites 
  ; 
  rootstock 
  often 
  tuberous, 
  

   naked 
  or 
  scaly 
  ; 
  stem 
  usually 
  stout, 
  solitary, 
  scaly. 
  Flowers 
  

   spiked 
  or 
  racemed. 
  Sepals 
  4-5, 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  ovary. 
  Corolla 
  

   hypogynous, 
  not 
  actinomorphic, 
  the 
  tube 
  curved, 
  the 
  limb 
  2- 
  

   lipped. 
  Stamens 
  4 
  (2 
  long 
  and 
  2 
  short), 
  inserted 
  on 
  the 
  corolla 
  

   tube 
  ; 
  anthers 
  2-celled, 
  the 
  cells 
  spurred 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Ovary 
  

   1-celled, 
  of 
  2 
  carpels 
  ; 
  style 
  simple 
  ; 
  stigma 
  2-lobed 
  ; 
  ovules 
  

   many. 
  Capsule 
  1-celled, 
  2-valved, 
  few-many-seeded 
  ; 
  seeds 
  

  

  very 
  small. 
  

  

  I. 
  CONOPHOLIS 
  Wallr. 
  

  

  Stems 
  often 
  clustered, 
  stout, 
  covered 
  with 
  scales 
  which 
  

   overlap, 
  the 
  uppermost 
  ones 
  each 
  with 
  an 
  axillary 
  flower, 
  

  

  