456 EUBIACEJE. 



TEUMPLT-CREEPER FAMILY. BIGXOXIACE.E Pers. 



Ti-c'ps. slinihs, cliniliiiis vinrs ami a few exotic hi-i'lis rimsily with larqe sliowy flowers and 



widely ilistrilint''(l ill (i-opies witli a few represeiilati\es in t''nip''i':"ite regions. Aliout ."ilJO 



specirs arn l<nimn -rouped in nearly lnO genera. Of the fiye genera repri'sented in the t'nited 



SlaU's ;; are a rlioresecn t. one of the southwestern states, another of Florida and the third of 



the Atlantic slates. 



Lriii's- siiiiiile' ill file arliea-i'sccnt rc]iresentati\'es in th("^ T'nited Stares mostl.^" opijiosite and 

 A\-itlioiit sti]iii]rs. I'lnirrr.'< ]ierfi'ct, large. sliow\- and more or less irregular: cal,\'x h,\"pogenous. 

 bilabiate; cnr<>ll;i li.\ peigeiioiis, sonicwli.it bii.ibiate. ."-lobcd, intliricated in the bud: stamens :i 

 or 4 insi'i'led on ihe liase of tlie eornlla wiili iiitrorsi' Ij-cdled anthers longitudinally dehiscent; 

 staminodia 1 nr :'■ ; uvary 1 nr Ij-crllcd. willi siaiiilc slender L'-lobed style, stigniatic at tlie 

 aviex ; o\'ules ututieroiis, aiialrnpnirs and horizontal. Fruit a poildike li-\'ah'ed capsule or berry 

 and seeds withcnit albumen. 



THE CATALPAS. Gexu-S CALT.VrA Scop. 



Trees of tonic and diurelic jiroperties with stout terete branchlets large pith and soft 

 duralile wood. Seven species are known of which two are natives of eastern United States 

 and tlie olln'rs of eastern C'liina and the "\\"est Iiiilies. 



L'ttir.^ njijiosile nr ill wlicrls of three, long-pet ielati'. in\olutt:' in the laid, entire or s]-iar- 

 iiigl.\- l(died. deciduous. J'hiirrrs in showy lerniiual coniijonnd panicles or cor.\inbs ; calyx 

 splitting irregiilarl.^- into i wo lobes in opening; corolla thin and membranaceous, obliijiie with 

 broad canipanulate tube and L'-lipped .~i-lobed limb, the lobes spreading and with crisi>ed mar- 

 gins; stamens li. ascending under the anterior lip of the corolla, with glabrous divergenr .inther- 

 cells and flattened arcuate filaments, staminodia 3. rudimentary, filiform; ovary. 2-celled. with 

 long filiform style. 2-lobed stigma and o\-iil(>s inserted in several rows on the central placenta. 

 Fniit ail elom;:ited nearly teride jiod-like capsule loculicidally dehis.->ent. jiersisting during the 

 wiiiler; seeds nnnii'rons. flat, oblong, with liroad lateral fimbriated wings ending in white 

 hairs; cotyledons broader than long. 



Tlie name is the (,'lierokee Indian name of one of the American species, 



KEY TO THE SI'ECIES. 



Flowers about f-j in. wid(\ in man,\"-flowered ]i;Mii(les; lower lobe entire..,. C. Catalpa. 

 Flowers about li'e in. wide, in few-flowered p,iui(li's; lower lobe emarginate. . C. speciosa. 



For specie-^ -vcc pp. -JO.J-J^JT. 



MADDER FAMILY, RUBIACE.E P.. Jrss. 



Trees, shrubs and a few herbs of about ~>~<U species grouped in some l^.'.ll genera. They 



are (.■hiefl.v nati\(-'s of tro]dcal regions and comprise se\"eral sjieeie^ ^vliich ,\ii^ld prodncis of 



great ecimomic inijiorttiiice. such as c-offee, quinine. i|:iecac. madder, etc. 



Lrans sinpde. o|i|iosiie or vertieillate. entire, mostly with sti|iiiles and fnrniir-' binek hi 

 dr.iing. Flnir, rs regular. |jerfecl ; calyx d-.'-i oot hed or lobed and with tube adiiaie to tlr' 

 n\-.\ry : coroll:i 4-."elobeil. slainens as many as Hie lobes of the corolla, alternate with iheni and 

 inserted on the liibi. with filaments free or united at base and introrse 2-C(d]ed anthers o])eniiig 

 loiigitiidiiiall,\ ; ilisk I'pigynoiis ; o\"ar.\" l-l't-celled \\-ith slender st.\de and o\"ules 1 to many in 

 eai'li cell. Fruit a ctipsnh'. drujie or acliene ; seeds with niembranaceotis (.-oat and A\ithout 

 albumen. 



THE EUTTON-BUSH. Genus CEPPIALAXTITrS L. 



Shrubs and small trcs of aliont a Imlf dozen sjiecies of North and :^oiith .\merica and 

 Asia, one onl.v inhabiting the T'nited St.ites. 



I.tin-'K both opposite and vertieillate. iietiolale. de.ddnons. FInu-rrs \eMe"- o- wiple. 

 sessile in the axils of glandnl.ar bracts in dense ^lobiihir pednmail.ale p.anicleil heads; calvx 

 tube ob|.yramidal its limb with font- m- ti\-e short lubes; corolla tubular fiiniiel-form with foiir 

 short lobes: stamens 4. insi'rted on the throat of the corolla with very sliort filaments and 

 obloiig-sagilate anthers; o\ai-,\- L'-cidled with a solit.'iry i.endulous ovule in each cell and a long 

 filiform exserteil style bearing a ca]iitate stigma. Fruit dry. ob|iyramidal. UL'-si'i>ded : si^i-ds 

 oblong with a white aril at the aiicx and cart il;igimnis ;illHie.eii. 



The name is from two (Jreek words indicating licit the //ei-i rs- iirr in tiraih. 



For species sec pp. 'lUS-'iOO. 



