CHAP. LXXIX. 



BIGHOV I A CE^. CATALPA. 



1261 



1093 



1094- 



App. I. Half-hardy ligneous Plants belonging to the Order 

 Big?io?i\?icese. 



Signdnia crucigera Plum. Icon., t. 58., has the leaflets large; the flowers yellow, and whitish 

 beneath ; and the follicles, or pods, 1 ft. long. A transverse section of the stem represents a 



cross; and hence the trivial name. It is a 



climbing shrub, a native of Virginia, Mexico, 



Sec; and was introduced in 1759. Perhaps it 



might be grafted or inarched on B. capreo- 



l&ta ; and, if so, it might then be tried against 



a conservative wall. 

 Tecoma austruUs R.Br.; Bignftn/nPandfir^E 



Vent., Bot. Mag., t. 865. ; and out fie. 1093. ; 



has the flowers a pale red, with a dark purple 



bearded throat. It is a climbing shrub, a 



native of New Holland, within the tropics, 



and of New South Wales. It was introduced 



in 1793; and, in green-houses, its flowers 



have a very fine appearance. It is tolerably 



hardy, and would succeed against a conser- 

 vative wall in favourable situations. 

 T. cap^nsis LindL ; Bignbn/a capensis 



Thunb. Bot. Reg., t. 1117. ; and our^^. 1094. ; 



is a Cape shrub, with orange scarlet flowers, 



3 in. long. It is tolerably hardy ; and, by 

 grafting on T. radicans, might, in all probability, live against a conservative wall. In the warmest 

 parts of Devonshire, we are informed, it stands out without any protection at all 



Genus III. 



CAT A' LP A Juss. The Cat alp a. Lin. Syst. Diandria Monogj'nia. 



Identification. Juss. Gen., 138., ed. Usteri,p. 155. ; Spreng. Gen., l.p. 25.^ Sims Bot. Mag,, t. 1094. ; 



Schkuhr Handb., t 175. ; Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot., 2d edit., p. 282. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 230. 

 Synonymes. Bignbnw sp. of Lin. and others ; Bignone Catalpa, Fr. ; gemeineXrompetenblume, Ger. 

 Derivation. The Indian name of a species of Bign6nio. 



Gen. Char., Sfc. Calyx 2-parted, Corolla campanulate, with a ventricose 

 tube, and an unequal 4-lobed limb. Stamens 5, 2 of which are fertile, and 

 3 of them sterile. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule silique-formed, long, cylin- 

 drical, 2-valved. Dissepiment opposite the valves. Seeds membranously 

 margined, and pappose at the base and apex. (^Don\ Mill., iv. p. 230. — 

 Trees, with simple leaves, opposite, or disposed 3 in a whorl. Flowers 

 terminal, panicled. 



2 1. C. syring.^:fo\ik Sims. The Lilac-Me-leaved Catalpa. 



Identification. Sims Bot. Mag., t 1094. ; Schkuhr Handb., t. 175. ; Don's Mill., 4. p 230 • Lodd 



Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. Bignbnia Catalpa Lin. Sp., 868., Willd. Sp., 3. p. 289. ; Wangenh. Amer., p. 58. t. 20. f. 45. • 



Catalpa tngnonioWes Walt Fl. Car., p. 64. ; C. cordifblia Nut. Gen. Amer., 1 p 10 Du Hanu 



Arb., 1. p. 104. t 41., Catesb. Car., 1. p. 49. t. 21., Lin. Hort. Cliff., 317. ; Bois Shavanon, Catalpa 



de I'Amerique, Fr. ; Trompeten-baum, Ger. ; Catalpa-boom, Dutch. 

 Derivation. The French of Upper Louisiana call this tree Bois Shavanon, from its being found in 



abundance on the banks of the river Shavanon, now called the Cumberland. Catalpa is supposed 



to be a corruption of Catawba, an Indian tribe that formerly occupied a great part of Georgia and 



the Carolinas. 

 Engravings. Schmidt Baum., 1. 1 14. ; Bot. Mag., 1. 1094. ; Schkuhr Handb., 1 175. ; and the plates 



in our last Volume. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves cordate, flat, 3 in a whorl, large and deciduous. 

 Branches strong. Panicles large, branchy, terminal. Corollas white, 

 speckled with purple and yellow. (Don's Mill., iv. p. 230.) A deciduous 

 tree, a native of North America. Introduced in 1726, and flowering in July 

 and August. The seed-pods are remarkably long, narrow, and horny. 

 The leaves come out very late, and the flowers appear in August. The 

 tree thrives best near the banks of rivers ; but, in some situations, it is very 

 liable to die oflT by large limbs at a time. The branches dye wool a kind 

 of cinnamon colour. This beautiful tree is a native of North America, 

 where it is found on the banks of rivers in the upper part of the Carolinas^ 

 Georgia, and the Floridas ; though, as Michaux observes, it is remarkable 

 that it does not exist in the lower part of these provinces. " In these 



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