WINTER KEY TO THE SPECIES OF CATALPA 



a. Fruiting capsules about J4 i ncn thick; seeds with pointed, 

 fringed wings at each end; branches rather crooked and 

 straggling; bark thin, separating into thin scales on the 

 trunk ' C. bignonioidcs, p. 227. 



aa. Fruiting capsules about l /2 inch thick, seeds with rounded, 

 wide-fringed wings at each end ; branches not crooked and 

 straggling; bark thick, separating into thick scales on the 

 trunk C. speclosa, p. 225. 



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