304 BiGJx'oxiACE^E. (BIGNOXIA FAMILY.) 



2. TECOMA, Juss. TRUMPET-FLOWER. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed. Fertile sta- 

 mens 4, didyuamous. Valves of the capsule convex, contrary to the parti- 

 tion. Seeds winged. Shrubs or woody vines. Leaves opposite, compound, 

 deciduous. 



1. T. radicans, Juss. Stem climbing by rootlets ; leaves pinnate, more 

 or less pubescent ; leaflets 9-11, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 

 serrate; racemes terminal, few-flowered. Woods and margins of fields. 

 May -June. Corolla 2' -3' long, scarlet without, yellow within. Capsule 

 4' -5' long. 



2. T. stans, Juss. Stem erect; leaves smooth, pinnate, long-petioled ; 

 leaflets 7, lanceolate, acute, finely serrate ; racemes many-flowered ; calyx 

 tubular ; stamens 5, the fifth bearing an abortive anther. South Florida. 

 March - May. Stem 3 - 4 high. Corolla l' long, yellow. 



3. CATALPA, Scop. 



Calyx 2-lipped. Corolla bell-shaped, somewhat 2-lipped, 5-lobed. Fertile 

 stamens 2. Valves of the cylindrical capsule contrary to the partition. Seeds 

 flat, with fimbriate wiugs. Small trees. Leaves simple, opposite. Flowers 

 in terminal panicles. 



1. C. bignonioides, Walt. Leaves large, cordate, entire or angularly 

 lobed, acuminate, long-petioled, pubescent; panicle trichotomous, many-flow- 

 ered; calyx purple; corolla white, variegated with yellow and purple within, 

 the lobes undulate ; capsule slender, elongated, pendulous. River banks, 

 Georgia, Florida, and westward. May. Corolla 1' long. Capsules 1 

 long. 



2. C. speciosa, Warder. Leaves cordate or truncate, downy beneath, 

 inodorous; panicle large and loose; lower lip of the corolla notched, shorter 

 than the upper, the broadly obconic tube striped within with brown and yel- 

 low; capsule terete, furrowed; seeds acute. River banks, Tennessee, and 

 westward. May. Taller than the preceding, with thicker and rougher 

 bark, larger flowers, and thicker capsules. 



4. MARTYNIA, L. UNICOBN PT.ANT. 



Calyx 5-cleft, 2-3-hracted. Corolla irregular, tnbular-bell-shaped, un- 

 equally .5-lobed. Fertile stamens 2 or 4. Capsule woody, falsely 4-celled, 

 ending in two long recurved horns, and opening between thorn. Seeds wing- 

 less. Viscid branching annuals. Leaves petioled, entire, roundish, the 

 upper ones alternate. Flowers racemed. 



1. M. proboscidea, Glox. Stems thick, at length prostrate: leaves 

 round-cordate; corolla (H' long) whitish, spotted with vellow and purple; 

 capsule crested on one side, shorter than the beaks. Waste places. Intro- 

 duced. July - August. 



