Dicotyls or Exogenous Plants. 101* 



Leaves compound, tendril-bearing Bi^umtia. 1 



Leaves compound, not tendril-bearing- Tfcnma. '1 



Leaves simple : fertile stamens only 'J : trees Caf(.i/pa. '.\ 



1. Genus BIG-NO'-NI-A. — Corolla somewhat bell-shaped, 5-lobed 

 and rather 2-lipped ; stamens 4, often a rudimentary fifth ; woody 

 climbers. 



Big-no'-ni-a cru-cig'-e-ra L. [B. capreolata L.) Cross-vine. — Leaves 

 of 1* ovate or oblong leaflets and a branched tendril, often a pair of 

 stipule-like leaves in the axils; corolla orange, "_' in. long. 



2. Genus TEC'-O-MA. -Corolla funnel-form, 5-lobed, a little irreg- 

 ular; stamens \\ woody plants, climbing by aerial roots. 



Tec'-o-ma rad'-i-cans (L.) DC. Trumpet Creeper. — Leaves pinnate; 

 leaflets 9-11; corolla orange and scarlet, 2 '2-0 in. long. 



'.^. Gentis CA-TAL'-PA. — Trees; leaves simple, entire ; calyx deeply 

 2-lipped ; corolla Ijell-shaped, the undulate, ^-lobed, spreading border 

 irregtilar, 2-lipped ; capstile very long and slender; seeds winged on 

 each side. 



Ca-tal'-pa spe-ci-o'-sa Warder. Western Catalpa. — Leaves truncate or 

 subcordate at base, slenderly acuminate, soft-downy beneath, inodor- 

 otis; flowers larger than in the next; lower lobe of the corolla emar- 

 ginate or deeply notched; pod terete, 8-20 in. long, 17-20 lines in cir- 

 ctimference. 



Ca-tal'-pa ca-tal'-pa (L.) Karst. {C. bignonioides Walt.) Southern 

 Catalpa: Indian Bean. — Leaves cordate, pointed, downy beneath, dis- 

 agreeable (almost fetid) when touched ; flowers showy ; corolla 1 J4 in. 

 long, white, tinged with violet, dotted in the throat with yellow and 

 ptirple; lower lobe entire; pod S-10 in. long, 1)-12 lines in circumfer- 

 ence. 



LXXXIL Order PE-DAL-I-A'-CE-/E. — Herbs; leaves mostly oppo- 

 site, or upper alternate; flowers as in the preceding Order; seeds not 

 ■winged. 



L Gentts MAR-TYN'-I-A. — Cah-x 5-cleft; corolla gibbous, bell- 

 shaped, 5-lobed and somewhat 2-lipped; the frtiit with a woody beak, 

 which splits into 2 hooked horns; low, clammy-pubescent annual. 



