174 POPULAR FLORA. 
2. Four-LEAVED L. Stem simple; leaves lance-ovate, in whorls of 4 (sometimes of 3 or 6); flowers 
long-stalked from the axil of the leaves. Sandy grounds. L. quadrifolia. 
8. CiLIATE L. Leaves opposite, lance-ovate, with « rounded or heart-shaped base, on long ciliate 
footstalks; flowers long-stalked from the upper axils; divisions of the corolla ovate, pointed, and 
with wavy or slightly toothed margins. Low grounds. L. ciliata. 
4. LANCE-LEAVED L. Leaves lance-shaped, oblong, or linear, narrowed into a short margined foot- 
stalk; flowers, &c. nearly as in No. 8. S. & W. in low grounds. L. lanceolata. 
59. BIGNONIA FAMILY. Order BIGNONIACEA. 
Plants with mostly opposite leaves, and large and showy flowers: the corolla 2-lipped 
or rather irregular, bearing on its tube 4 stamens (2 long and 2 short) or only 2, often 
with rudiments of the other one or three. 
Fruit a large 2-celled pod, with many large 
seeds: the whole kernel is a flat embryo. 
Calyx free and corolla on the receptacle, as 
it is in all the following families with mono- 
petalous corolla. 
Woody plants, with winged seeds, in long 
pods. Vine climbing by rootlets: 
leaves pinnate. Calyx 5-toothed. 
Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed: sta- 
mens 4, ( Técoma) TRUMPET-CREEPER. 
432. Corolla of Catalpa laid open, with the stamens. Tree, with simple heart-shaped leaves, 
433. Winged seed of Trumpet-Creeper. and white flowers (purple-tinged or 
dotted) in large panicles. Calyx 2-lipped. Corolla bell-shaped and 2-lipped: stamens 
generally 2, with vestiges of one or three others, ( Catdlpa) CATALPA. 
Rank clammy herb (cult. and wild S. W.) with wingless seeds in a large and long-pointed 
fruit, the outer part of which is fleshy and falls off from the inner fibrous-woody part: 
this is crested and long-beaked, the beak at length splitting into 2 hooked horns. Corolla 
dull-colored: stamens 2 or 4, perfect, ~ (Martynia) Untcorn-PLanr. 
60. BROOM-RAPE FAMILY. Order OROBANCHACES. 
Herbs parasitic on the roots of trees, &c., readily known by their irregular monopetalous 
corolla, 4 stamens, in two pairs; the ovary one-celled with innumerable small seeds on the 
walls. Also, like other parasitic plants, they are entirely destitute of green herbage, yel- 
lowish or brownish throughout, and with scales in place of leaves. 
Stems slender and branched, with few and small scales and many flowers scattered along 
the branches, (Epiphégus) BEECH-DRoOPS. 
Stems short and thick, covered with broad scales, so that the plant resembles a fir-cone 
Flowers under the upper scales: stamens projecting, ( Conépholis) Squaw-RooT. 
Stems or naked.and 1-flowered scapes slender, from a scaly base: stamens included in the 
curved and salver-shaped corolla, (Aphyllon) NakED BROOM-RAPE. 
