r a _ BIGNONIALS, 213 ’ BIGNONIADS. 
pe : 
’ 
| Natural Order, Bignaniays; Bignoniacew (V. K., p. 675.) 
} Prevailing Quality. Uncertain. 
Catatpa. Scopoli. 
| Corolla campanulate. Stamens 5, 3 being sterile. Capsule long, 
q siliquiform. 
| 1. ©. syringifolia Sims.—(Catatra TREE.) : 
_ 4eaves membranous, ovate, cordate, acuminate, nearly entire, downy 
beneath ; flowers panicled. 
; Habitat. United States. 
Quality. Emollient. : 
_ Uses. In Italy a decoction of the fruit for coughs and hoarseness ; bark said to 
be bitter, [According to Keempfer a nearly allied species, or perhaps the same, 
found in Japan, has extremely bitter leaves and bark, and a decoction of the pods is 
employed in asthmatic complaints ; the leaves are also used for fomentations.] 
Tecoma. Jussieu. 
Corolla short-tubed, with a dilated orifice and an irregular 5-lobed limb. 
| Rudiment of a 5th stamen. Capsule 2-valved, with the partition 
q opposite the valves. 
| 1. T. stans Jussieu. 
_ Erect. Leaves unequally pinnated, with 3 pairs of lanceolate, deeply 
_ _ Serrated, acuminate leaflets ; flowers panicled, yellow. 
Habitat. West Indies. 
Quality. Roots bitter, diuretic. ' 
4 Natural Order, Linaviays ; Scrophulariacee 
(V. K., p. 681.) 
Prevailing Quality. Purgative, emetic, 
bitter ; narcotic. 
Dietrauis. Linneus. 
{ Calya 5-parted. Corolla campanulate, 
: With an oblique 4-cleft limb. Stamens 
3 anthers with divaricating lobes. 
Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, opening 
Septicidally. 
© D. purpurea Linneeus. — (Fox-GLove.) 
Fig. 288, 
Leaves downy, crenated; corolla large, 
___ Purple or white, quite smooth. 
Quatity, Diuretic, emetic, purgative, narcotic ; 
ein the . 
“8: In fevers, inflammation, dropsy, hsemor- 
&e, 
diseases of the heart, phthisis, insanity, 
Fig 288.—Flowers of Digitalis purpurea. 
