KET. 167 



397. Corolla of 4, long, linear, acute, snow-white petals, 



barely united at the base. Stamens 2 (rarely 3 or 4) ... .100 



Corolla bell-shaped, or funnel-form 328 



328. Fruit a very long and slender pod (often 1 foot 

 long). Flowers large, showy. Only 2 of the 4 or 5 stamens 

 fertile. Calyx deeply 2-parted. Corolla bell-shapecl, 4 to 5- 

 cleft, slightly 2-lipped. Leaves ovate, cordate^ nearly entire, 

 pubescent beneath, large. Flowers in large, terminal pani- 

 cles. Corolla white, tinged with violet ; throat dotted with 

 purple and yellow. Catalpa biguonioides, Walt. 

 Fruit a berry or a drupe 329 



339. Corolla funnel-form, its limb 4-cleft, longer than the 

 calyx. Fruit a berry, 2-celled, 2- (or 1-) seeded, black. 



Ligustrum vulgar e, L. 



Corolla short-bell-shaped, or salver-form ; its limb 

 4-parted. Fruit a drupe, violet-purple, with a bony 2- or 1- 

 seeded stone. Flowers polygamous (or dioecious), fragrant. 

 Leaves coriaceous. Olea Americajia, L. (853). 



330. Ovary entire 331 



Ovary deeply 4-lobed, the style rising from between 

 the lobes. Herbs clammy-pubescent 340 



331. Ovary 2-celled. Style short, long, or thread-form. 

 Pod many-seeded 332 



Ovary 4-celled. Style slender 339 



332. "Woody vines, climbing either by tendrils or by 

 rootlets. Ovary 2-celled. Pod 6-8 inches long. Seeds 

 winged. Corolla 5-lobed, funnel-form, or bell-shaped. Flow- 

 ers large, showy. Leaves compound 333 



No vines 334 



333. Climbing by tendrils. Corolla bell-shaped, slightly 

 2-lipped. Leaflets 2 460 



Climbing by rootlets. Leaves pinnately 5- to 11-fo- 

 liolate ; leaflets ovate, pointed, toothed. Corolla funnel- 

 form, slightly irregular, orange and scarlet (2-3 inches long). 



Tecoma radicans, Juss. 



334. A stemless herb. Leaves radical, fleshy, awl-shaped, 

 or thread-form, long-petioled, clustered around the 1 -flowered 



