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BIGNONIACEiE. (BIGNONIwA family.) 
the anatropous seeds with a large flat embryo and no albu¬ 
men.— Calyx 2-lipped, 5-cleft, or entire. Corolla tubular 
fir bell-shaped, 5-lobed, somewhat irregular and 2-lipped, 
deciduous; the lower lobe largest. Stamens inserted on 
the corolla ; the fifth or posterior one, and sometimes the 
shorter pair, sterile or rudimentary. Ovary free, bearing a 
long style and a 2-lipped stigma. — Leaves opposite, or the 
upper alternate. Flowers large and showy. (Plants of 
warmer climates, none, except the Trumpet Creeper , in¬ 
digenous to the Northern States.) 
Synopsis* 
Suborder I. BIGNONIEjE. The true Bignonia Fam. 
Fruit a 2-valved pod. Seeds flat, winged. Cotyledons heart-shap¬ 
ed at the base and notched at the end, broader than long. — Trees 
or woody vines. 
1. Tecoma. Calyx 5-toothed. Fertile stamens 4. Leaves pinnate. 
2. Catalpa. Calyx 2-lipped. Fertile stamens 2. Leaves simple. 
Suborder II. SESAMEiE. The Sesamum Family. 
Pod or fleshy and woody fruit falsely 4-5-celled. Seeds wingless. 
3. Martynia. Calyx 5-cleft. Pod fleshy and woody, beaked. 
1. TECOUIA, Juss. Trumpet-flower. 
Calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-form, 5-lobed, a 
little irregular. Stamens 4, didynamous. Pod long and narrow, 
2-celled, the partition contrary to the valves. Seeds in a single 
row in each cell. — Leaves pinnate. Woody vines. (Abridged 
from the Mexican name.) 
1- T* rad leans, Juss. (Trumpet Creeper.) Climbing, 
fixing itself by rootlets; leaflets 5-11, ovate, pointed, toothed ; flow¬ 
ers in corymbs; stamens not protruded beyond the tubular-funnel- 
fbrm corolla. (Bignonia radicans, L.) — Penn, and Ohio; but culti¬ 
vated in New York and New England. July.—In the Southern 
States climbing high trees, and forming large stems. Corolla 2'-3' 
long, orange and scarlet, showy. 
CATiLPA, Scop., Walt. Catalpa. Indian Bean. 
Calyx deeply 2-lipped. Corolla bell-shaped, swelling; the un¬ 
dulate 5-lobed and spreading border irregular. Stamens 5, but 
