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Genus CATALPA, Scop., Walt. (Catalpa.) 



Probably a corruption of the Indian word Catawba, which was the name of an impor- 

 tant tribe that occupied a large part of Georgia and the Carolinas. 



Fig. 71. Catalpa, Catawba, Indian Bean. C. bignonoides, Walt. 

 Leaves, SIMPLE ; OPPOSITE ; EDGE ENTIRE. 



Outline, broad egg-shape or heart-shape. Apex, pointed. 

 Base, heart-shape. 



Leaf, five to eight inches wide ; smooth above, downy 

 below, especially on the ribs. 



Bark of trunk, a silver-gray, only slightly furrowed. 



Flowers, very showy and fragrant, in large, upright 

 pyramid-shaped clusters ; white or violet-tinged, 

 spotted inside with yellow and purple. July. 



Fruit, in long, rounded pods (six to twelve inches long, 

 about half an inch in diameter), with the seeds 

 winged and fringed. They often remain through- 

 out the winter. October. 



Found, now very widely naturalized throughout the 

 Middle and Southern Atlantic States, though for- 

 merly a rare and local Southern tree. 



A low, very ornamental tree, usually twenty to thirty 

 feet high. Its seeds and bark are considered medicinal. 



Another species, C. speciosa, Ward, larger and of 

 more value, is sometimes met with in Southern Illinois 

 and the adjoining States. 



