196 PLANTS GROWING IN RICH OR ROCKY SOIL. 



CATALPA. INDIAN BEAN. CANDLE=TREE. 



Catdlpa Catdlpa. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Trumpet-creeper. White^ dotted with Leaves, strongly Gulf states, fune, fitly, 

 yellow; purple inside. scented. northward. 



Flowers: growing in terminal panicles. Calyx: irregular, or two-lipped. 

 Corolla: campanulate ; two-lipped, with five spreading, crimped lobes. 

 Stamens : three short, or occasionally four perfect in pairs, two of which are 

 shorter than the others ; and one sterile stamen present. Pistil: one. Pods: 

 long; linear; hanging. Leaves : on petioles ; ovate ; pointed ; entire or three- 

 lobed ; glabrous. A tree. 



It was said by an old darkey : " dat he felt all de light ob de 

 heavens shinin' down fru his head wheneber he sat under de 

 catalpa tree ; and dat all de other times was darkness." 



Surely the beautiful tree could have had no tribute paid to it 

 which would have been more sincere and touching. 



WHITE BEARD'S TONGUE. (Plate CIIJ.) 

 Pentstemon Digitalis. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Figwort. White, tinged Scentless. New York to Virginia Late spring and summer, 

 with purple. and "westward. 



Flviuers : clustered in a loose panicle. Calyx : of five green, pointed sepals. 

 Corolla : bell-shaped ; two-lipped ; the tipper lip, two-lobed, the lower one, three- 

 lobed and slightly spreading; inflated. Stamens: five. Pistil: one ; stigma, 

 two-lobed. Leaves: opposite; lanceolate. Stem: sometimes growing very 

 high ; erect ; smooth. 



The open mouth of these pretty flowers gives them a comical 

 expression as though they were about to speak ; and the effect 

 is heightened by the bearding of the sterile stamen, which looks 

 like a saucy little tongue. In the west they are among the at- 

 tractive blossoms of rocky places. 



HAIRY BEARD'S TONGUE. 



Pentstemon hirsiittis. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Figwort. Lilac and white. Scentless. Northward from the south. Summer. 



Flowers: nodding; growing in a panicle. Calyx : of five sepals. Corolla : 

 two-lipped; dilated; similar to that of the above. Stamens: four fertile and 

 one sterile which is heavily bearded with yellow. Pistil : one. Leaves : opposite ; 

 lanceolate. Stem : one to two feet high ; rather clammy. 



