732 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Epiphegus virginiana Bart. Comp. Fl. Phil. 2:50. 1818. 
Ell. Sk. 2:136. Gray, Man. ed. 6,394, Chap. Fl. 286. Gray, Syn.Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 
1:314. 
MEXIco. ' ; 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario, Nova Scotia, New England, west to 
Wisconsin and Missouri, south to Florida. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Lower hills. In the shade of 
beech trees. Lauderdale County, Florence (M. C. Wilson). Cullman County, 
800 feet altitude. Talladega County, near Renfroe, 800 feet altitude, October. 
Clustered on roots of beech. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BIGNONIACEAE. Bignonia Family. 
BIGNONIA L. Sp. Pl. 2: 622. 1753. 
About 150 species, extensively in warmer and tropical America. North America, 1. 
Trees and woody climbers. 
Bignonia crucigera L. Sp. Pl. 2:624. 1753. Cross- VINE. 
Bignonia capreolata L. Sp. Pl. 2: 624. 1753. 
EIL Sk.2:107, Gray, Man. ed. 6, 398. Chap. Fl. 285. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2, pt. 
1:319. 
Carolinian area. Lower Ohio Valley to Missouri and Arkansas, south to Florida 
and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Over the State, excepting the higher mountain ranges. In rich ground. 
Clay County, Elders, 1,000 feet, to Mobile County. Flowers orange and dull red; 
April. A vigorous woody climber, ascending tall trees. Common. 
Economic uses: An ornamental vine. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Virginia et australiori America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Moh: 
TECOMA Juss. Gen. 134. 1789. 
Twenty-three species of the warmer regions in both hemispheres. 
Tecoma radicans (L.) DC. Prodr. 9: 223. 1845. 
Bignonia radicans L. Sp. Pl. 2:624. 1753. 
El. Sk.2:107. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 398. Chap. Fl. 285. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A.2, pt. 
1: 319. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Southern Ontario, probably naturalized. 
Southern Pennsylvania to southern Missouri and Arkansas, sonth to Louisiana and 
Florida. * 
ALABAMA: Range as in the last. Borders of woods and fields. Flowers orange to 
flame color. June to August. Climbing high by aerial rootlets; becoming in open 
cultivated ground a pernicious creeper. Common. 
Economic uses: Ornamental. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in America,” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
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CATALPA Scop. Introd.170. 1771. 
Six species, West Indies, south Atlantic North America, China, Japan. 
Catalpa catalpa (L.) Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 927. 1880-1883. CATALPA TREE. 
Bignonia catalpa L. Sp. Pl. 2: 622. 1753. 
Catalpa bignonioides Walt. Fl. Car. 64. 1788. 
Ell. Sk.1:24. Gray, Man. ed. 6,399. Chap. F1.285. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2, pt.1: 
319. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 6: 8b, t. 288, 289. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southwestern Georgia, western Florida, to 
Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. In the valleys. River banks. Win- 
ston County, east fork Sipsey River, 1,500 feet. Baldwin County, Stockton, delta of 
Mobile River. Flowers white, mottled with purple and orange; April, May. Tree 
40 to 60 feet high. Not rare. : 
Economic uses: Valuable for the timber; ornamental shade tree. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Japonia, Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
