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end. The word catalpa is of Indian origin, and the meaning of 
the word, doubtful. The genus is composed of seven species of 
trees and shrubs, native to North America and Asia. 
Bark of old trees separating in thin flat scales; flowers 
numerous in dense panicles; flowers about 3 cm. (114 
inches) wide; calyx glabrous; lower lobe of corolla 
TUG ICM: versie ene ne cael vere tle ewer 1 Catalpa Catalpa. 
Bark of old trees deeply fissured, not scaly; flowers in 
loose panicles; flowers about 5 cm. (2 inches) wide; 
calyx usually pubescent; lower lobe of corolla notched 
BURL ETAD EX re eat te ero sa cay aisiGrtt toa Waeme cies ste 2 Catalpa speciosa. 
1. Catalpa Catalpa (Linneus) Karsten. Cataupa. (Catalpa bignoni- 
oides Walter). Plate 128. Bark of old trees grayish-brown, flaky, sepa- 
rating in thin scales, 6-8 mm. (14 inch) thick; leaves broadly ovate 
or narrower, cordate at the base, taper-pointed, entire, or with 1 or 
2 lateral lobes, blades 15 em. (6 inches) long and 12 em. (5 inches) 
wide, at maturity light green and smooth above, paler and hairy 
beneath, fetid when bruised; flowering period May or June; flowers 
white, marked on the lower inner surface by 2 rows of yellow 
blotches, the lower lobes marked with purple spots, the lower lobe 
entire or nearly so, the upper lobe about half enclosing the other 
lobes when expanding; tube of flower bell-shaped, wide as long; 
fruit chestnut brown, grooves of pod shallow or usually wanting, 
1.5-3.5 dm. (6-14 inches) long, usually about 8 mm. (1/3 inch) 
thick, walls of pod thin, becoming flat after opening, each panicle 
of flowers usually maturing 4-10 pods; seeds 1.5-2.5 em. (34-114 
inches) long and about 5 or 6 mm. (14 inch) wide, silvery gray, 
with the tuft of hairs on the end of the seed coming to a point, 
and longer than the body of the seed. 
Distribution. Supposed to be native to parts of Florida, Georgia, 
Alabama, and Mississippi. It has been introduced and naturalized 
throughout the whole of the eastern United States. In Indiana it 
has been used for years as an ornamental and shade tree, although 
in fact, it has few qualities to recommend it. In some of the parks 
where it has been planted it is being removed because the mature 
pods make such a litter when they fall. 
2. Catalpa specidsa Warder. Caraupa. Harpy Cataupa. Ca- 
TALFA. Plate 129. Bark of old trees grayish-brown, furrowed, at 
last slightly flaky; leaves broadly to oblong-ovate, 1-3 dm. (4-12 
inches) long, heart-shaped at the base, long taper-pointed, entire 
or with 1 or 2 lateral lobes, at maturity dark green and smooth 
above, lighter and hairy beneath, not ill-scented when bruised, 
with clusters of dark glands in the axils of the veins beneath; flow- 
