KBT. 167 



337. Corolla of 4, long, linear, acute, snow-white petals, 

 barely united at the base. Stamens 2 (rarely 3 or 4). . . .100 



Corolla bell-shaped, or funnel-form 328 



338. Fruit a very long and slender pod (often 1 foot 

 long). Flowers large, showy. Only 2 of the 4 or 6 stamens 

 fertile. Calyx deeply 2-parted. Corolla hell-shaped, 4 to 5- 

 cleft, slightly 2-lipped. Leaves ovate, cordate, nearly entire, 

 pubescent beneath, large. Flowei-s in large, terminal pani- 

 cles. Corolla white, tinged with violet ; throat dotted with 

 purple and yellow. Catalpa bignonioides, Walt. 



Fruit a berry or a drupe 329 



339. Corolla funnel-form, its limb 4-clef t, longer than the 

 calyx. Fruit a berry, 2-celled, 2- (or 1-) seeded, black. 



Ligustnun vulgare, L. 



Corolla short-bell-shaped, or salver-form ; its limb 



4-parted. Fruit a drupe, violet-purple, with a bony 2- or 1- 



seeded stone. Flowers polygamous (or dioecious), fragrant. 



Leaves coriaceous. Olea Americana, L. (853). 



330. Ovary entire 331 



Ovary deeply 4-lobed, the style rising from between 



the lobes. Herbs clammy-pubescent 340 



331. Ovary 2-celled. Style short, long, or thread-form. 

 Pod many-seeded 332 



Ovary 4-celled. Style slender 339 



333. Woody vines, climbing either by tendrils or by 

 rootlets. Ovary 2-celled. Pod 6-8 inches long. Seeds 

 winged. Corolla 5-lobed, funnel-form, or bell-shaped. Flow- 

 ers large, showy. Leaves compound 333 



No vines 334 



333. Climbing by tendrils. Corolla bell-shaped, slightly 

 /2-lipped. Leaflets 2 460 



Climbing by rootlets. Leaves pinnately 5- to 1 1-f o- 

 liolate ; leaflets ovate, pointed, toothed. Corolla funnel- 

 form, slightly irregular, orange and scarlet (2-3 inches long). 



Tecoma radicans, Juss. 



334. A Btemless herb. Leaves radical, fleshy, awl-shaped, 

 or thread-form, long-petioled, clustered around the 1 -flowered 



