196 PLANTS GROWING IN RICH OR ROCKY SOIL. 
CATALPA. INDIAN BEAN. CANDLE-TREE. 
Catalpa Catdlpa. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Trumpet-creeper. White, dotted with Leaves, strongly Gulf states, une, July. 
yellow; purple inside. scented. northward. 1 ae 
Flowers: growing in terminal panicles. Calyx: irregular, or two-lipped. 
Corolla ; campanulate; two-lipped, with five spreading, crimped lobes. 
Stamens :; three short, or occasionally four perfect in pairs, two of which are 
shorter than the others ; and one sterile stamen present. stil: one. Pods : 
long; linear; hanging. Leaves: on petioles; ovate ; pointed; entire or three- 
lobed; glabrous. A tree. 
It was said by an old darkey : “ dat he felt all de light ob de 
heavens shinin’ down fru his head wheneber he sat under de 
catalpa tree ; and dat all de other times was darkness.” 
Surely the beautiful tree could have had no tribute paid to it 
which would have been more sincere and touching. 
WHITE BEARD’S TONGUE. (Piate C/Z/Z.) 
Pentstemon Digitales. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Figwort. White, tinged Scentless. New York to Virginia Late Spring and summer. 
with purple. and westward. 
Flowers : clustered in a loose panicle. Ca/yx: of five green, pointed sepals. 
Corolla : bell-shaped ; two-lipped ; the upper lip, two-lobed, the lower one, three- 
lobed and slightly spreading; inflated. Stamens: five. Pusti/: one; stigma, 
two-lobed. Leaves: opposite; lanceolate. Stem: sometimes growing very 
high ; erect ; smooth. 
The open mouth of these pretty flowers gives them a comical 
expression as though they were about to speak ; and the effect 
‘is heightened by the bearding of the sterile stamen, which looks 
like a saucy little tongue. In the west they are among the at- 
tractive blossoms of rocky places. 
HAIRY BEARD’S TONGUE. 
Pentstemon hirsitus. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Figwort. Lilacand white. Scentless. Northward from the south. Summer. 
Flowers: nodding; growing ina panicle. Calyx: of five sepals. Corolla: 
two-lipped; dilated ; similar to that of the above. Stamens: four fertile and 
one sterile which is heavily bearded with yellow. Prst:/ : one. Leaves ; opposite ; 
lanceolate. Stem : one to two feet high; rather clammy. 


