316 ECONOMIC BOTANY OK ALABAMA 



CATALPA, Scopoli. 



Catalpa bignonioides, Walt. (C. Catalpa (L.) Karst.) Catalpa, 

 or Catawba. (Indian Bean, Cigar Tree.) 



A medium-sized rank-scented tree, leaning or crooked, with 

 large alternate heart-shaped deciduous leaves, large clusters of 

 pretty whitish flowers in April and May, and long slender spindle- 

 shaped pods hanging straight down and full of winged seeds. 



Often planted for ornament, both north and south. The wood 

 is said to be very durable, but it has little else to recommend it, 

 for it is soft, coarse-grained, and crooked. The bark and seeds 

 as well as the wood are supposed to have some medicinal proper- 

 ties, but they are not officinal. A caterpillar which feeds on the 

 leaves, sometimes in large numbers, is greatly esteemed for fish- 

 bait, and some of the trees may have been planted by the Indians 

 for that purpose. 



Grows normally on banks of rivers and creeks, and occasion- 

 ally in weedy places. Rather scarce in the wild state, and appears 

 somewhat like an introduced tree, though it is not known to grow 

 anywhere but in Alabama and adjoining states, and it seems to be 

 more abundant in Alabama than anywhere else. 



IB. Along Paint Rock River, Jackson County. 



2A. Sipsey Fork of Warrior River, Winston County (Mohr). 



2B. Near mouth af Davis Creek, Tuscaloosa County. 



3. Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair, Talladega and Bibb Counties. 



5. On Tallapoosa River in Cleburne and Elmore Counties, and Coosa 

 River in Chilton County. 



6A. Warrior River, Tuscaloosa County ; Mulberry Creek, Chilton 

 County. 



6B. Old fields near Joffre (formerly Kingston sta.), Autauga County. 



6C. Near Tallapoosa River, Montgomery County. 



7. Dallas County (Cocks). Along Catoma Creek, Montgomery 

 County. 



8. Along Conecuh River, Pike County. 



lOE. Along Conecuh River, Crenshaw and Covington Counties, 

 low. Sumter, Monroe, Conecuh and Butler Counties. 



11. Choctaw, Washington and Conecuh Counties. 



12. Along Pea River, Geneva County. 



14. Near Stockton, Baldwin County (Mohr). 



