TREES AND SHRUBS 



WESTERN CATALPA, Catalpa cordijhlia. 



Parks, gardens. JNIay, June. 



Floivers white, in a few-flowered terminal panicle, 5-6 ins. long, pedicels ik| 

 purple, glabrous, bracteoles 1-3 ; Cahj.v purple, pubescent ; Corolla 2 ins. long, ] 

 2J ins. wide, 2-lipped, throat marked yellow and purple ; Stamens and stami- 

 nodes as long as tube of corolla, filaments with purple spots at base ; Ovary 

 superior, 2-celled ; Fruit a pod-like, 2-valved capsule, 8-20 ins. long, J-f in. 

 broad, usually dark brown, with parallel grooves ; seeds 1-lf in. long, \ in. wide, 

 winged and fringed both ends, wings and seeds about equal in length. 



Leaves opposite, oval, cordate at base, slenderly acuminate, entire, thick, 

 firm, dark green above, pubescent below, glandular in axils of principal veins, 

 inodorous, 10-12 ins. long, 7-8 ins. wide; petioles terete, stout, 4-6 ins. long. | 

 Black in autumn. 



A deciduous tree, 20-40 ft. ; erect, broad round head ; Branches slender ; | 

 Ticigs purplish and pilose at first, afterwards orange to brown ; Bark brown 

 tinged red, thick scales ; Bud-scales brown, keeled ; Wood like C. bignonioides. 



Introduced from U.S.A., 1879; in forests grows 120 ft. high; planted in 

 streets. Syn. C. spcciosa. 



JAPAN CATALPA, Catalpa Kcvmpferi. 



Gardens. July. 



Flowers yellow, spotted with reddish-brown and purple, small, 1 in. diam., 

 sweet-scented, in a much-branched terminal panicle ; Corolla lobes toothed ; 

 Fruit a pod-like capsule, more slender and more numerous than in C. bignoni- 

 oides and C cordifolia. 



Leaves ovate, cordate at base, acuminate, sometimes with one or more acute 

 lobes, darker green, 6 ins. long and broad, petioles 2-5 ins. 



A deciduous tree, 10-12 ft. 



Discovered by Engelbert K;empfer in Japan, 1693 ; seed introduced to 



Belgium by Siebold, 1849. 



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