Campsis BIGNONIACEAE-OROBANCHACEAE Catalpa 



included: capsule stipitate, the valves separating from the septum. 2 species, one in 

 North America and one in eastern Asia. (Greek: kampsis, curvature, referring to 

 the curved stamens.) 



Key to the Species 



Lfts. glabrous beneath: calyx teeth triangular: capsule obtuse at the apex 1. C. grandiflora 

 Lfts. pubescent beneath, at least along the midrib: calyx teeth slender 



and acuminate: capsule beaked, keeled along the sutures 2. C. radicans 



1. Campsis grandiflora (Thunb.) K. Schum. (C. chinensis (Lam.) Voss; Tecoma 

 grandiflora (Thunb.) Loisel.) Chinese Trumpet Creeper iltffTI: (Ling Hsiao Hua; 

 Rising-cloud Flower) (R.M.821). Climbing shrub; fls. reddish orange, VII-IX. 

 China; locally in Ki., Ku. Brushy cliffs. 



2. Campsis radicans (L.) Seem. American Trumpet Creeper (R.M.820). Climbing 

 shrub; fls. orange red, VII-IX. Introduced from southeastern United States; 

 locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



2. Catalpa Scop. W^M (Tzu Shu Shu) 



Trees, usually deciduous, with simple Ivs. and white, pink or yellow fls. in showy 

 terminal panicles: corolla campanulate: stamens 2, with divergent anthers: capsule 

 long-cylindric, separating into 2 valves. 10 species, in North America, West Indies 

 and Eastern Asia; 5 in China. (The Indian name of the tree.) 



Key to the Species 



a. Fls. yellowish, small, 1.5-2 cm. long: lvs. often shallowly 3-5-lobed, 



glandular near base of blade: fr. slender, about 8 mm. in diam... 1. C. ovata 

 aa. Fls. white or pinkish, large, 3-5 cm. long: lvs. entire, not glandular. 

 Lvs. pubescent beneath, 15-30 cm. long: fls. in a large panicle, 

 with 2 yellow stripes inside: fr. about 15 mm. in diam. 



Fls. conspicuously spotted; the lobes crimped 2. C. big?ionioides 



Fls. inconspicuously spotted; the lobes nearly flat 3. C. speciosa 



Lvs. glabrous beneath, smaller: fls. in 3-12-fld. racemes: fr. slender.. 4. G. bungei 



1. Catalpa ovata G. Don (C. kaempferi Sieb. & Zucc.) ffjfj (Tzu Shu; Native Tree) 

 (R. M. 821). Tree, to 10 m.; fls. yellowish, 1.5-2 cm. long, striped and spotted, V-VI; 

 fr. IX-X; plant usually darkens in drying. China; locally in An., Che., Hun., 

 Hup., Ku. Planted, ornamental. Fig. 340. 



2. Catalpa bignonioides Walt. Common Catalpa (R.M.822). Tree, to 15m.; fls. 

 white, 3-5 cm. long, striped and conspicuously spotted, V-VII. Introduced from 

 eastern North America; locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



3. Catalpa speciosa Warder Western Catalpa M&^i (Huang Chin Shu; Yellow- 

 gold Tree) (R.M.822;. Tree, to 30 m.; fls. white, striped and inconspicuously 

 spotted, VI. Introduced from eastern North America; locally in Ku. Planted, 

 ornamental. 



4. Catalpa bungei C. A. Mey. $$$ (Ch'iu Shu) (R.M.822). Tree, to 10 m.; fls. white, 

 purple spotted, V. Northern China; locally in Che., Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



157. OROBANCHACEAE Broom Rape Family nm\ (Lieh Tang K'o) 

 Fleshy herbaceous root parasites without green color or normal lvs. : fls. solitary 



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