Bignontacee —Catalpa. 353 
1. C. bignonioides (fig. 194), syn. C. syringefolia. Indian 
Bean.—A handsome small tree with large leaves downy 
beneath, either opposite or in whorls of threes. Flowers white 
Fig. 194. Catalpa bignonioides, (} nat. size.) 
tinged with violet and speckled with purple and yellow in the 
throat. The seed-vessel, which is rarely seen in this country, 
is nearly a foot long. A native of the Southern States of North 
America, There is a variety with golden foliage. 
C. Binget is a native of China, of rather smaller stature, 
with more acuminate glabrous leaves. 
4, ECCREMOCARPUS. 
Climbing herbaceous or shrubby perennials with compound 
leaves and leaf-opposed racemes of brilliantly coloured flowers, 
Fertile stamens didynamous. Capsule small, oblong. A South 
American genus of few specics. The name is from éx«psys, 
pendent, and «apzrds, a fruit, in allusion to the pendulous seed- 
vessels. 
1. E. scaber (fig. 195), syn. Calampelis scabra.—An herba- 
ceous climber with bipinnate leaves and orange and scarlet 
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