238 BIGNONIACEAE, Vou. III. 
3. CATALPA Scop. Introd. 170. 1771. 
Trees, or some exotic species shrubs, with opposite or rarely verticillate simple petioled 
leaves, and large showy white or mottled flowers in terminal panicles or corymbs. Calyx 
closed in the bud, splitting irregularly or into 2 lips in opening. Corolla-tube campanulate 
or obconic, oblique, expanded above, 2-lipped, 5-lobed, the lobes all spreading, their margins 
crisped. Anther-bearing stamens 2, ascending under the upper lip of the corolla; anther-sacs 
glabrous, linear or oblong, divergent; sterile stamens (staminodia) 3, short (or occasionally 
4 perfect didynamous stamens and I staminodium). Disk obsolete. Ovary sessile, 2-celled; 
ovules in 2-several rows on the sides of the partition. Capsule elongated-linear, terete, 
loculicidally dehiscent. Seeds flat, the large lateral wings dissected into capillary processes. 
[The American Indian name of the first species below.] 
About 5 species, the following in eastern North America, 2 in eastern Asia. Type species: 
Bignonia Catalpa L. West Indian trees referred to this genus prove to be distinct. 
Corolla thickly spotted within, 1’-114’ long, the lobes crimped. . 1. C. Catalpa. 
Corolla little spotted, but purple-lined, 2’ long, the lobes nearly flat. 2. C. speciosa. 
tion northward as far as Pennsylvania and southern 
New York. Wood brown, soft, weak, durable in contact 
with the soil. Weight per cubic foot 28 Ibs. June-July. Cigar-tree. Indian cigar-tree. Catawba. 
1. Catalpa Catalpa (L.) Karst. Catalpa. 
Indian or Smoking Bean. Candle-tree. 
Bean-tree. Fig. 3885. 
Bignonia Catalpa L. Sp. Pl. 622. 1753. 
Catalpa bignonioides Walt. Fl. Car. 64. 1788. 
Catalpa Catalpa Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 927. 1880-83. 
A tree, with thin flaky bark, reaching a maximum 
height of about 60° and a trunk diameter of 4°, the 
branches spreading. Leaves strong-scented, broadly 
ovate, entire, or 3-lobed, acute or acuminate at the 
apex, densely pubescent beneath, becoming glabrous 
above, obtuse at the base, 6-12’ long, the lobes, when 
present, acuminate; petioles stout, nearly as long as 
the blade; flowers white, numerous, mottled with 
yellow and purple within, 1-14’ long, in large ter- 
minal erect panicles; capsules 6’-18’ long, 4’-7” 
thick, thin-walled, drooping, the partition narrow. 
In woods in the Gulf States. Escaped from cultiva- 
2. Catalpa specidsa Warder. Catawba 
Tree. Larger Indian Bean. Western 
Catalpa. Fig. 3886. 
Catalpa cordifolia Duham. Nouveau 2: pl. 5. 
1802. Not Moench, 1794. 
Catalpa speciosa Warder; Engelm. Coult. Bot. 
Gaz. 5: 1. 1880, 
A tree, with thick rough bark, reaching a 
maximum height of 120° and a diameter trunk 
of 44°, similar to the preceding species. Leaves 
not unpleasantly scented, broadly ovate, com- 
monly entire, long-acuminate at the apex; 
panicles few-flowered; corolla faintly mottled 
within; capsule thick-walled, 8-20’ long, nearly 
10” in diameter. 
In woods, southern Indiana to Tennessee, west 
to Missouri and Arkansas. Wood brown, soft, 
weak, durable. Weight per cubic foot 26 Ibs. 
sale a Cigar-tree. Hardy catalpa. Shawnee- 
wood. 
