n6 CATALPA FAMILY 



Occasionally cultivated, especially as a hedge plant; native of Eurasia, 

 but escaped from cultivation; Ont-NY-NC-Ill. 



Scrophulariales Snapdragon Order 

 Bignoniaceae Catalpa Family 



Trees, shrubs, or woody vines, with opposite simple or compound 

 leaves; flowers perfect, sepals 5, united, petals 5, united, and more or less 

 irregular, stamens 2-5 on the corolla tube, ovary 2-celled, stigma 2-lobed; 

 fruit a 2-valved capsule, seeds flat, winged. 



A family of about 60 genera, widely distributed in the tropics. 



Catalpa S c o p o 1 i 1771 

 (The name given by the Indians) 



Trees, with large opposite simple entire leaves; flowers in terminal 

 panicles or corymbs, appearing after the leaves, perfect, large, white, mot- 

 tled; sepals 5, united, usually 2-lipped, petals 5, united into a 2-lipped 

 bell-shaped corolla ; anther-bearing stamens 2, antherless stamens 3, ovary 

 2-celled, ovules in 2-several rows ; fruit a long linear capsule, with flat 

 winged seeds. 



Propagation by seeds. 



Key to the Species 



1. Corolla 4-5 cm. long; capsule 10 mm. wide ('. catalpa 



2. Corolla 6-7 cm. long; capsule 12-20 mm. wide C. spcciosa 



Catalpa catalpa (Linne) Karsten 1880 Catalpa, Indian Bean 

 Jiignonia catalpa Linne 1753 

 Catalpa bignonioides Walter 1788 



Tree, 25-60 ft. high, ^-3 ft. diam. ; with a thin smooth bark, separat- 

 ing in flakes ; leaves very large, broadly ovate, entire or somewhat 3-lobed, 

 tip long-pointed, base truncate to heart-shaped, smooth above, hairy below. 

 12-25 cm. long, 10-25 cm. wide, petioles 10-15 cm. long; flowers many 

 in large panicles 20-30 cm. long, bell-shaped, 2-lipped, white, spotted with 

 yellow and purple, 4-5 cm. long; capsules 15-40 cm. long, 1 cm. wide 

 the winged seeds 4-5 cm. long, 5-6 mm. wide. 



Rarely cultivated in Minnesota as it is less hardy than the following; 

 Ga-Fla-Miss. 



