BIGNONIACE^E. 



Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 282. 



CATALPA. 



Calyx 2-parted. Corolla campanulate, with a ventricose tube, 

 and a 4-lobed unequal limb. Stamens 5, of which 3 are sterile. 

 Stigma of 2 plates. Capsule siliquose, 2-valved, with a loculi- 

 cidal dehiscence. Seeds with a lacerated fringed membrane 

 at each end. 



1037. C. syringifolia Sims Bot. Mag. t. 1094. C. cordifolia 

 Elliott bot. of Car. i. 24. Bignonia Catalpa Linn. sp. pi. 868. 

 Southern States of the American Union. 



A tree with a round spreading head, growing from 30 to 40 feet high. 

 Leaves in threes, very broad, acuminate, cordate, smooth above, downy 

 beneath ; with a petiole 6 inches long. Panicle large, pyramidal, a foot 

 long. Segments of the calyx, obovate, concave, mucronate, permanent. 

 Corolla large, white ; the tube campanulate, veined with purple and 

 spotted with yellow inside ; limb unequal, 5-lobed, with crenated Iobes 

 The 2 fertile stamens as long as the corolla. Capsule cylindrical, above 

 a foot long. A decoction of the pods is used in Italy as a remedy for 

 catarrhal dyspnoea and coughs. Gard. Mag. xiii. 524. According to 

 Kaempfer a nearly allied species, or perhaps the same, found in Japan has 

 extremely bitter leaves and bark, and a decoction of the pods is em- 

 ployed in asthmatic complaints ; the leaves are also used tor foment- 

 ations. 



1038. Bignonia antisyphilitica, Mart. 



The bark of the younger branches of this tree is considered in Brazil 

 one of the most powerful remedies against syphilitic swellings, which 

 are of a malignant character. The decoction is chiefly used, and also 

 the bark dried and pounded, externally. 



PEDALIACEJE. 



Nat. syst. ed. 2. ^. 



1038 a. Sesamum indi-1 have mucilaginous leaves, and the 

 cum Linn. I seeds, like linseed, yield a mucila- 



1038 b. Pedalium Mu- | ginous meal used in India for poul- 

 rex Linn. J tices. 



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