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long and 10 to 12 inches broad. The 
inflorescence, which is 18 to 20 inches 
long by 10 inches wide, is composed of 
two or three hundred fragrant flowers 
about an inch long, the corolla slightly 
tinged with yellow in the throat, and 
handsomely marked with broad purple 
stripes. The fruit is from 12 to 15 
inches in length and not more than a 
quarter of an inch thick in the middle. 
The wings of the seed are half an inch in 
length and one-eighth of an inch in 
width, and, like the others of the genus, 
are tufted with long, white hairs. 
“The leaves of this tree are much 
larger than those of either of its parents, 
having, when they first appear, the 
velvety character and purple color 
peculiar to those of the Japanese plant, 
and the reddish spot at the insertion of 
the petiole with the leaf-blade which 
characterizes that species. They more 
generally resemble those of the Japan- 
ese species in shape, color and texture, 
while the pubescence which covers the 
lower surface is almost intermediate in 
character between those of the American 
and of the Japanese species. The 
inflorescence is much larger than that of 
the American or of the Japanese plants, 
being fully twice as large as that of C. 
bignonioides and more than three times 
the size of C. Kaempfert. 
The flowers 
of Heredity 
are intermediate in size; in color and 
markings they most resemble those of 
the American species, although a tinge 
of yellow in the throat of the corolla 
points to their Japanese descent. The 
fruit of the hybrid is almost intermediate 
in size between those of the two parents, 
as are the seeds, which are perfectly 
fertile and often reproduce the original 
form in every particular. When, how- 
ever, seedlings show a tendency to vary 
from the original form the variation is 
generally in the direction of the Japanese 
rather than of the American parent. 
EXCELS JAPANESE SPECIES AS 
ORNAMENTAL TREE 
“The hybrid is a more vigorous tree 
than either of the American or the 
Japanese species, and it grows rather 
more rapidly. It is too soon to speak 
of its value as a timber-tree, as the 
largest specimens in the western states 
where this tree has been much more 
generally planted than at the east, 
according to Mr. Teas, only 40 to 50 
feet high, with trunks which do not 
exceed yet a diameter of 18 inches. Of 
its value as an ornamental tree there 
can be no doubt. Its larger size and 
more rapid growth, its better habit and 
more showy inflorescence make it a far 
more valuable ornamental tree than the 
CATALPA SEEDS 
The seeds of the hybrid are intermediate in size between those of the parents but are much 
greater in number, and the wings, ‘‘like the others of the genus are tufted with long, white 
hairs.” (Fig. 5.) 
