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128 TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 
Genus 65. CATALPA. 
Trees or shrubs with large, simple, opposite (or whorled 
in threes), heart-shaped, pointed leaves. Flowers irreg- 
ular, showy, in large panicles; blooming in June. Fruit 
long pods with many, winged seeds, hanging on till 
spring. ‘Branches coarse and stiff. Wood light and 
close-grained. 
* Flowers bright-spotted ; wings of seeds narrowed ........... 1. 
* Flowers nearly pure white; wings of seeds broad ............ 2. 
1. Catdlpa bignonioides, 
Walt. (INDIAN Bean. SourTa- 
ERN CaTALPa.) The large 
heart-shaped leaf has con- 
nected scaly glands in the 
axils of the large veins on 
the lower side; usually entire 
though sometimes angulat- 
ed, generally opposite though 
sometimes in whorls of threes, 
very downy beneath when 
young, 6 to12in.long. Flow- 
ers much spotted with yellow 
and purple, and with the 
lower lobe entire. Pod thin, 10 in. or 
more inlength. A medium-sized, wide- 
spreading tree, 20 to 40 ft. high, of rapid 
growth, with soft, light wood and thin 
bark; wild in the Southern States, and 
extensively cultivated as far north as 
Albany. 
C. bignonioides. 
2. Catalpa specidsa, Warder. (IN- 
DIAN BEAN. WESTERN CaTALPA. ) Leaves 
large (5 to 12 in. long), heart-shaped, 
long-pointed. Flowers 2 in. long, nearly 
white, faintly spotted, the lower lobes 
somewhat notched. Pod thick. A large, 
tall tree, 40 to 60 ft. high, with thick 
bark; wild in low, rich woodlands, 
southern Indiana, south and west. C. speciosa. 
