732 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Epiphegus virginiana Bart. Comp. Fl. Phil. 2 : 50. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 136. Gray, Man. ed. 6,394. Chap. Fl. 286. Gray, Syn.Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1:314. 



MEXICO. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario, Nova Scotia, New England, west to 

 Wisconsin and Missouri, south to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Lower hills. In the shade of 

 beech trees. Lauderdale County, Florence (M. C. Wilson}. Cullman County, 

 800 feet altitude. Talladega County, near Kenfroe, 800 feet altitude, October. 

 Clustered on roots of beech. 



Type locality : " Hah. in Virginia," 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



BIGNONTACEAE. Bignonia Family. 

 BIGNONIA L. Sp. PL 2 : 622. 1753. 



About 150 species, extensively in warmer and tropical America. North America, 1. 

 Trees and woody climbers. 



Bignonia crucigera L. Sp. PI. 2 : 624. 1753. CROSS-VINE. 



Bignonia capreolata L. Sp. PI. 2 : 624. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 107. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 398. Chap. Fl. 285. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1:319. 



Carolinian area. Lower Ohio Valley to Missouri and Arkansas, south to Florida 

 and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA : Over the State, excepting the higher mountain ranges. In rich ground. 

 Clay County, Elders, 1,000 feet, to Mobile County. Flowers orange and dull red; 

 April. A vigorous woody climber, ascending tall trees. Common. 



Economic uses : An ornamental vine. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia et australiori America." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohi 



TECOMA Juss. Gen. 134. 1789. 



Twenty-three species of the warmer regions in both hemispheres. 

 Tecoma radicans (L.) DC. Prodr. 9 : 223. 1845. 



Bignonia radicans L. Sp. PI. 2 : 624. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 107. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 398. Chap. Fl. 285. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 319. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Ontario, probably naturalized. 

 Southern Pennsylvania to southern Missouri and Arkansas, south to Louisiana and 

 Florida. 



ALABAMA: Range as in the last. Borders of woods and fields. Flowers orange to 

 flame color. June to August. Climbing high by aerial rootlets; becoming in open 

 cultivated ground a pernicious creeper. Common. 



Economic uses : Ornamental. 



Type locality : "Hab. in America." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CATALPA Scop. Introd. 170. 1771. 



Six species, West Indies, south Atlantic North America, China, Japan. 

 Catalpa catalpa (L.) Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 927. 1880-1883. CATALPA TREE. 



Biynonia catalpa L. Sp. PI. 2 : 622. 1753. 



Catalpa bignonioides Walt. Fl. Car. 64. 1788. 



Ell. Sk. 1 :'24. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 399. Chap. Fl. 285. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 

 319. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 6 : 86, t. 288, 289. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southwestern Georgia, western Florida, to 

 Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. In the valleys. River banks. Win- 

 ston County, east fork Sipsey River, 1,500 feet. Baldwin County, Stockton, delta of 

 Mobile River. Flowers white, mottled with purple and orange; April, May. Tree 

 40 to 60 feet high. Not rare. 



Economic uses: Valuable for the timber; ornamental shade tree. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Japonia, Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



