CHAP. LXXIX. 



BIGNON/^ CEJE. CATALPA. 



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App. I. Half-hardy ligneous Plants belonging to the Order 

 Big?io?imcese. 



Bigndnia crucigera Plum. Icon., t. 58., has the leaflets large; the flowers yellow, and whitish 

 beneath ; and the follicles, or pods. 1 ft. long. A transverse section of the stem represents a 

 cross; and hence the trivial name. It is a 

 climbing shrub, a native of Virginia, Mexico, 

 &c. ; and was introduced in 1759. Perhaps it 

 might be grafted or inarched on B. capreo- 

 lata ; and, if so, it might then be tried against 

 a conservative wall. 



Tecoma austnilis R.Br.; Bignom'a Pandora 

 Vent., Bot. Mag., t. 865. ; and our fig. 1093. ; 

 has the flowers a pale red, with a dark purple 

 bearded throat. It is a climbing shrub, a 

 native of New Holland, within the tropics, 

 and of New South Wales. It was introduced 

 in 1793; and, in green-houses, its flowers 

 have a very fine appearance. It is tolerably 

 hardy, and would succeed against a conser- 

 vative wall in favourable situations. 



T. capdnsis LindL ; Bigndm'a capensis 

 Thunb. Bot. Reg., t. 1117. ; and our fig. 1094. ; 

 is a Cape shrub, with orange scarlet flowers, 

 3 in. long. It is tolerably hardy ; and, by 

 m T radlcans, might, in all probability, live against a conservative wall, 

 parts of Devonshire we are informed, it stands out without any protection at all. 



1093 



1094 



the warmest 



Genus III. 



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CATA'LPA Juss. The Cat alp a. Lin. Syst. Diandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Juss. Gen., 138., ed. Usteri, p. 155. ; Spreng. Gen., 1. p. 25. ; Sims Bot. Mag., 1. 1094. ; 



Schkuhr Handb., t. 175. ; Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot., 2d edit., p. 282. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 230. 

 Synonymes. Bigndm'a sp. of Lin. and others ; Bignone Catalpa, Fr. ; gemeine Trompetenblume, Ger. 

 Derivation. The Indian name of a species of Bignbnia. 



Gen. Char., $c. Calyx 2-parted. Corolla campanulate, with a ventricose 

 tube, and an unequal 4-lobed limb. Stamens 5, 2 of which are fertile, and 

 3 of them sterile. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule silique-formed, long, cylin- 

 drical, 2-valved. Dissepiment opposite the valves. Seeds membranously 

 margined, and pappose at the base and apex. (Don's Mill., iv. p. 230. — 

 Trees, with simple leaves, opposite, or disposed 3 in a whorl. Flowers 

 terminal, panicled. 



S l.C. syring&vo^ia. Sims. The Lilac-Zfcleaved Catalpa. 



Identification. Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1094. ; Schkuhr Handb., t. 175. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 230. ; Lodd. 



Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. Bignbm'a Catalpa Lin. Sp., 868.,Willd. Sp., 3. p. 289. ; Wangenh. Amer. , p. 58. t. 20. f. 45. ; 



Catalpa bignonib'ides Walt Fl. Car., p. 64. ; C. cordifblia Nut. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 10., Du Ham. 



Arb., 1. p. 104. t 41., Catesb. Car., 1. p. 49. t. 21., Lin. Hort. Cliff., 317. ; Bois Shavanon, Catalpa 



de PAmerique, Fr. ; Trompeten-baum, Ger. ; Catalpa-boom, Dutch. 

 Derivation. The French of Upper Louisiana call this tree Bois Shavanon, from its being found in 



abundance on the banks of the river Shavanon, now called the Cumberland. Catalpa is supposed 



to be a corruption of Catawba, an Indian tribe that formerly occupied a great part of Georgia and 



the Carolinas. 

 Engravings. Schmidt Baum., 1. 1 14. ; Bot. Mag., 1. 1094. ; Schkuhr Handb., 1. 175. ; and the plates 



in our last Volume. 



Spec. Char., §c. Leaves cordate, flat, 3 in a whorl, large and deciduous. 

 Branches strong. Panicles large, branchy, terminal. Corollas white, 

 speckled with purple and yellow. (Don's Mill, iv. p. 230.) A deciduous 

 tree, a native of North America. Introduced in 1726, and flowering in July 

 and August. The seed-pods are remarkably long, narrow, and horny. 

 The leaves come out very late, and the flowers appear in August. The 

 tree thrives best near the banks of rivers ; but, in some situations, it is very 

 liable to die off by large limbs at a time. The branches dye wool a kind 

 of cinnamon colour. This beautiful tree is a native of North America, 

 where it is found on the banks of rivers in the upper part of the Carolinas, 

 Georgia, and the Floridas ; though, as Michaux observes, it is remarkable 

 that it does not exist in the lower part of these provinces. " In these 



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