Hakdi;0(.>k (if Teees of the j\"<>u'ri[EEX States 



AX AD A. 



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The Common Catalpa rarely attains a 

 greater lieight than jO or GO ft., and its short 

 stout trunk is sometimes 3 or 4 ft. in (l;amet.'V. 

 Its habit is to form a Hide ronndcd top, of 

 few spreading eroo:;e;l branches and thick up- 

 right braneldets. Jt is kite in spring, after 

 the leaves of most of tlie trees are well along, 

 ■when this tree opens its bads and unfolds its 

 ample leaves, and tlie^e are soon after fol- 

 lowed by its beautiful pyramids of flowers, 

 which are scarcely e(iualed in size ami at- 

 tractiveness by those of any other American 

 tree. As ^le contemplate the nniss of heart- 

 shaped leaves interspersed with these great 

 pyramids of handsome (lowers \\'e do not 

 wonder that it is extensively planted for orna- 

 ment both in this country and in Europe. 

 Through this agency it has bec(une widely 

 naturalized throughout eastern C'nited States, 

 far outsiile of its native haldtat. The limit 

 of its natural range cannot be determined with 

 certainty, but its supposed limits are indicated 

 on the acompanying map. 



The wood is soft, coarse-grained and durable. 



and valued for fence-posts, rails, etc. A enbic 



foot, when absolutely dry, weighs 27.88 lbs.= 



LcarrFi broad-ovate, 6-12 in. Ion,i,^ cordate at 

 base, acute or acuminate, entire or wdli 1 or 'Z 

 lateral lobes, strong-scented, pale tomcntose at 

 first, at maturity light green and glabrous abo\-c. 

 paler, pultescent and with dark glands in tie- 

 axils of the veins beneath : petioles terete and 

 nearly as long as the blades. Fhnnrs numerous 

 in large panicles, 8-lti in. long and broad : corolla 

 nearly 2 in. in length, and 1^^ in. broad cam- 

 panuiate, wbite ttiickly spotted within on lower 

 side with .\i'llow and purple : lowei- lobe entire. 

 Fruit: (■aits'ide 10-20 in. long, ^-V. in. thick, thin- 

 walled : seeds aliont Vj in. wide with gray wings 

 terminating mostly in pointed tufts of hairs.^ 



1. .^yn. Catalpa higuoiiioulrs Walt. 



2. A. W., IV, 89. 



3. For genus see p. 4.')G. 



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