352 Bignontacce— Tecoma. 
T. radicans (fig. 193), syn. Bigndnia radicans.—Trumpet 
Flower. A tall climber with opposite pinnate leaves, supporting 
Fig. 193. Tecoma radicans. (4 nat. size.) 
itself by means of rootlets from the joints. Flowers orange and 
scarlet, produced in Summer. North America from Pennsyl- 
vania southwards. This is the species commonly seen in gardens. 
T. grandifléra is from North-eastern Asia, and resembles the 
last, but the tube of the corolla is shorter and the throat more 
open. 2 
3. CATALPA. 
Erect trees with large simple leaves and terminal panicles 
of flowers. Calyx bilabiate. Corolla campanulate. Fertile 
stamens 2 or 4. Capsule long and slender, with the partition 
contrary to the valves. A small genus occurring in the West 
Indies, North America, Japan, and China. The name is the 
Indian appellation for the North American species. 
