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1. BIGNONIA, Toiirn. Biononia. 



Calyx truncate, or slijL;litly 5-t()()tliC(l. Corolla somewhat lu'll-shnpcd, S-lobcd 

 and rather 2-li])pe(l. Stamens 4, often showing a rudiment of the fifth. Tod 

 2-celled, flattened parallel with the valves and partition. Seeds transversely 

 winged. — Woody elinihers, with chieHy cuinpoiind leaves, terminating in a ten- 

 dril. (Named for the Ahhe Biiinon.) 



1. B- capreol^ta, I> Smooth ; leaves of 2 ovate or oblong leaflets and a 

 braneheil tendril, often wiili a jjair of accessory leaves in the a.xil resembling 

 stipules; peduncles few and clustered, 1-flowered. — Rich soil, Virginia to S. 

 Illinois and southward. April. — Stems climbing tall trees ; a transverse sec- 

 tion of the wood showing a cross. Corolla orange, 2' long. Pod 6' long. Seeds 

 with the wing 1^' long. 



2. TECOMA, Juss. TRuj^ET-FLowEn. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed. Corolla funncl-forra, 5-lobcd, a little irregular. 

 Stamens 4. Pod 2-ceiled, the jjartition contrary to the convex valves. Seeds 

 transversely winged. — Woody climbers, with compound leaves. (Abridged from 

 the Mexican name.) 



1. T. radicans, Juss. (Trumpet Creeper.) Climbing by rootlets; 

 leaves pinnate ; leaflets .5-11, ovate, pointed, toothed; flowers corymbcd ; sta- 

 mens not protruded beyond the tubular-funnel-form corolla. (IJignonia radi- 

 cans, Z,.) — Rich soil, Pennsylvania to Illinois and southward; but cultivated 

 farther north. July - Sept. — Corolla 2' -3' long, orange and scarlet, showy. 



3. CATALPA, Scop., Walt. C.vtalpa. Ixdi an Bean. 



Calyx deeply 2-lipped. Corolla bell-shaped, sAvclling ; the undulate 5-lobcd 

 spreading border irregular and 2-Iipi)ed. Fertile stamens 2, or .sometimes 4; 

 the 1 or 3 others sterile and rudimentary. Pod very long and slender, nearly 

 cylindrical, 2-cclled ; the ])artition contrary to the valves. Seeds winged on 

 each side, the wings cut into a fringe. (The aboriginrtl name.) 



1. C. bignonioides, Walt. Leaves heart-shaped, pointed, downy be- 

 neath ; Howers in open coin])ound panicles. — S. Illinois ? and southward. Cul- 

 tivated in the Northern States : a well-known ornamental tree, with large leaves, 

 and showy Howers, which are white, .slightly tinged with violet, and dotted with 

 purple and yellow in the throat, appearing in July. Pods hanging till the next 

 spring, often I*' long. 



4. MARTYNIA, L. U.vironN-pi.AXT. 



Calyx .5-cleft, mostly unequal. Corolla gibbous, bell-shaped, 5-Iobcd and 

 somewhat 2-lipped Fertile stamens 4. or only 2. I'od fleshy, the flesh at length 

 falling away in 2 valves ; the inner j)art woody, terminated by a beak, which at 

 length sjjlits into 2 hooked horns, and opens at the apex k'tween the horns, 

 imperfectly 5-celled, owing to the divergence of the two plates of each of the two 

 partitions or i)laeenta;, leaving a space in the centre, while by reaching and co- 

 hering with the walls of the fruit they form 4 other cells. Seeds several, wing- 

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