(:?L> I'l.ANT LIFK <>K ALAHAMA. 



EpiphtiiHs lirqin'iaiKi Hart. Com]). Fl. I'liil. 2 :")(). 181S. 



Kll.Sk. 2: i:i(i. (Jrav, Mail. ed. 0,391. Chap. Fl. :i8G. (irav, .Svii.Fl. N. A. 2, i>t. 

 1:311. 



Mk.vico. 



Allij:;hcniaii and Carolinian areas. Ontario, Nova Srotia, Nrw Knj,'lanil, wcni to 

 Wisconsin ami Missonri, soutli to Florida. 



Alauama: Tennesser Valley. Monntain rc^rion. Lower hills. In the sliado of 

 hoefh trees, i.anderdalo Connty, Florence (.If. C IFilsoii). Cnllnian Connty, 

 800 tfi't altitnde. Talla(lej;a County, near Ivcnfroc, SOO fV-et altitndc, ( (ctolxii-. 

 CluHttTt'd on roots oC he<'<;h. 



Type locality : ''1 lab. in Virp^inia.'' 



lierb. (jteol. Surv. llerl). ISIohr. 



BIGNONIACEAE. Bignonia Family. 



BIG-NONIA L. Sp. ]•]. 2 : ()--'2. 175.3. 



Abont 150 species, extensively in warmer and tropical Anieri(3a. North America, 1. 

 Trees and woody elimhers. 



Bigiionia crucigera L. Hp. I'l. 2 :r>24. 1753. Ckos.s-Vink. 



li'uinonia caprcolala L. Sp. PI. 2 : ()24. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 107. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 398. Chap. Fl. 285. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1:319. 



Carolinian area. Lower Ohio Valley to Missonri and Arkansas, sontli to I'lorida 

 and Lonisiana. 



Alabama: Over the State, cxeey)tin.<; the hifjjher monntain ranj^es. In rich gronnd. 

 Clay Connty, Elders. 1,000 feet, to Mol)ile Connty. Flowers oran,i;e and dull red; 

 April. A vijjorous woody climber, asceudinjjj tall trees. Common. 



Economic uses: An ornamental vine. 



Type locality: •'Hab.iu Virginia et australiori America." 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohi 



TECOMA .Tuss. Gen.134. 1789. 



Twenty-three species of the warmer regions in both heini8])heres. 

 Tecoma radicans (L.) DC. Prodr. 9:223. 1845. 



Biffnonia radicanii L. Sp. PI. 2 : 624. 1753. 



Eli. Sk. 2 : 107. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 398. Chap. Fl. 285. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 319. 



Candinian and Lonisianian areas. Sonthern Ontario, probably naturalized. 

 Southern Pennsylvania to sonthern Missouri and Ark.insas. south to Lonisiana and 

 Florida. 



Alabama : Range as in th(! last. Borders of woods and fields. Flowms orange to 

 flame cohtr. June to August. Climbing high by aerial rootlets; becoming in ojien 

 cultivated ground a pernicious creeper. Common. 



Economic uses: (Ornamental. 



Typo locality: " Hab. in America." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CATALPA Scop. Introd. 170. 1771. 



Six species. West Indies, south Atlantic North America, China, .Japan. 



Catalpa catalpa (L.) Karst. Deutsch.Fl. 927. 1880-188.3. Catalpa Tree. 



Bh/notiia catalpa L. Sj). PI. 2 : 022. 1753. 



Caialpa hiqvnnUndis Walt. Fl. Car. 64. 1788. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 24. (Jray, Man. ed. 6, 399. Chap. Fl. 285. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 

 319. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 6 : 86, t. 2S8, 289. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Southwestern Georgia, western Florida, to 

 Mississip])!. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Coast plain. In the valleys. River banks. Win- 

 ston County, east fork Sipsey River, 1,.500 feet. Baldwin County, Stockton, delta of 

 Mobile River. Flowers white, mottled with purple and orange; April, May. Tree 

 40 to 60 feet high. Not rare. 



Economic uses: Valuable for the timber; ornamental sha<le tree. 



Type locality: "Hab. in .Japonia, Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 



