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.1 BIGNONIA, Toum. CROSS-VINE. 
Calyx cup-shaped, truncate or slightly 5-toothed. Corolla tubular-bell- 
shaped, 5-lobed. Fertile stamens 4, didynamous; anthers smooth. Valves 
of the capsule flattened parallel with the partition, and separating from it 
at maturity. Seeds flat, winged. — Climbing woody vines. Leaves opposite, 
compound. 
1. B. capreolata, L. Leaves evergreen; the short petiole terminated by 
2 cordate-oblong entire stalked leaflets, with a branched tendril between; pedi- 
eels clustered, axillary, elongated. — Woods, Florida to Mississippi, and north- 
ward. April. — Stem climbing high. Leaflets 3'-6/ long. Corolla 2' long, red 
without, yellow within. Capsule 4° long. 
2. TECOMA, Juss. TRUMPET-FLOWER. 
. Calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed. Fertile sta- 
mens 4, didynamous. Valves of the capsule convex, contrary to the parti- 
tion. Seeds winged.— Shrubs or woody vines. Leaves opposite, compound, 
deciduous, 
1. T. radicans, Juss. — Stem climbing by rootlets ; leaves pinnate, more 
or less pubescent ; leaflets 9-11, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 
, Serrate ; racemes terminal, few-flowered. (Bignonia radicans, L.) — Woods and 
Margins of fields, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. May and June. — 
Corolla 2’-3! long, scarlet without, yellow within. Capsule 4' — 5' long. 
2. T. stans, Juss. Stem erect; leaves smooth, pinnate, long-petioled ; 
leaflets 7, lanceolate, acute, finely serrate ; racemes many-flowered ; calyx tubu- 
lir; stamens 5, the fifth bearing an abortive anther. — South Florida. March 
~ May.— Stem 39-49 high. Corolla 14/ long, yellow. 
3. CATALPA, Scop. 
Calyx 2lipped. Corolla bell-shaped, somewhat 2-lipped, 5-lobed. Fertile 
Stamens 2. Valves of the cylindrical capsule contrary to the partition. Seeds 
flat, with fimbriate wings. — Small trees. Leaves simple opposite. Flowers in 
terminal panicles. 
1. C. bignonioides, Walt. Leaves large, cordate, entire or angularly 
: acuminate, long-petioled, pubescent; panicle trichotomous, many-flow- 
ered; calyx purple; corolla white, variegated with yellow and purple within, 
the lobes undulate ; capsule slender, elongated, pendulous. (C. cordifolia, Ell.) 
~ River-banks, Georgia, Florida, and westward. May.— Corolla 1’ long. Cap- 
Sules 1° long, 
_ 4 MARTYNIA, L. UxcomwPnr —— 
Calyx 5-cleft, 2-3-bracted. Corolla irregular, tubular-bell-shaped, unequally 
Slobed, Fertile stamens 2 or 4. Capsule woody, falsely 4-celled, ent p 
