BIGNONIA FAMILY. 



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gular. Stamens 4. Pod long and narrow, 2-celled, the partition contrary 

 to the convex valves. Seeds transversely winged. Woody' vines with 

 compound leaves. 



I, T. radi'cans, 



Juss. Leaves pin- 

 nate ; leaflets 5 - 



II, ovate, point- 

 ed, toothed ; flow- 

 ers corymbed. 



ROOTING BIGNO- 

 NIA. Trumpet 

 creeper. 



Stem climbing by 

 rootlets. Leaflets about 

 4 inches long, taper- 

 ing into a pelinle which 

 is often bordered on 

 one or both sides by 

 the dccurrcnt lumi- 

 nar, ribbed, smooth 

 on the upper surface, 

 pubescent along the 

 ribs below. Flowers 

 corymbed on pedicels 

 about half an inch 

 long. Corolla tubular, 

 funnel-shaped, some- 

 what ventricose be- 

 low, "about 3 inches in 

 length. Orange and 

 scarlet, very showy. 

 Stamens included. Pod 

 very long, terete. 



Pennsylvania, Illi- 

 nois and southward. 

 June -September. 



Obs. This beau- 

 tiful climber, 

 which is cultiva- 

 ted extensively, 

 and readily bears 



the climate of New England, is, according to Dr. SHORT, a great pest 

 along the Ohio River, where it is much disposed to overrun wet places 

 on high lands. 



2. CATAL'PA, Scop. CATALPA. 



[A name said to be derived from our Southern Indians.] 



Calyx bilabiately 2-lobed. Corolla campanulate the tube ventricose, 

 the limb unequally 5-lobed, sub-bilabiate. Stamens 2 fertile and 3 sterile 



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FIG. 149. A flourishing branch of the Trumpet Creeper (Tecoma radicans) , reduced. 



