254 MISSISSIPPI STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY [Bull. 
Parasitic on roots of beech trees throughout the state. 
Warren Co.: Hinds Co.; Amite Co. (Allison.) - Oct. 
Geol. Survey Herb. Allison Herb. 
BIGNONIACEAE. Bignonia Family. 
BIGNONIA L. 
Bignonia crucigera L. (B. capreolata L.) Cross-vine. 
Throughout the state climbing over large forest trees. Ben- 
ton Co.; Tishomingo Co.; Hinds Co.; Copiah Co.; Hancock Co. 
(Allison.) April. 
Geol. Survey Herb. Allison Herb. 
TECOMA Juss. 
Tecoma radicans (L.) D.C. (Bignonia radicans L.) Trumpet- 
Creeper. Sometimes called by farmers Poor Land Vine. 
Throughout the state climbing over trees and bushes, most- 
ly on low grounds. Often becomes troublesome in cultivated 
ground. Lafayette Co.; Hinds Co.; Okalona; Bay St. Louis 
(Allison. ) June-July. 
CATALPA, Scop. 
Catalpa catalpa (L.) Karst. (C. bignenioides Walt.) Catalpa 
tree. 
Throughout the state mostly on low ground. Common 
around dwellings where it has been used as a shade tree. April- 
May. 
ACANTHACEAE. Acanthus Family. 
RUELLIA L. 
Ruellia noctiflora (Nutt.) Gray. (Dipteracanthus noctifl- 
orus Nutt.) 
Night-blooming Ruellia. Savannas near the coast. (Mohr. 
Small.) Sept.-Oct. 
Rvellia ciliosa Pursh. Ciliated Ruellia. 
Throughout the state in dry open upland woods, Ripley; — 
Poutotcc; West Point; Oxford; Starkville ‘Tracy) ; Hinds Co.; 
