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5 of which 1-3 may be staminodia, or 4 didynamous sta- 

 mens, inserted on the corolla; ovary superior, 1-2 celled, 

 2-carpeled, with parietal placentae, many-ovuled ; style 

 1 with mostly 2 stigmas; fruit a leathery or woody capsule, 

 2-valved. 2- or 4-celled and many-seeded. 



1. Trees with simple leaves; — leaves deciduous, alternate, opposite 

 or whorled, long-petioled, large; flowers in terminal panicles; 

 calyx and corolla 2-lipped, fertile stamens 2, with 3 or less stam- 

 inodia; capsule long, nearly round; seeds in 2-4 rows, flat, with 

 the menbranous testa extended into fimbriate wings. Culti- 

 vated. Spring. _______-- Catalpa 



C. Bignonioides. Panicles many-flowered; corolla white, with two rows of yel- 

 low spots in the tube and purple spots on the lower lip. 



C. speciosa. Tree becoming twice as tall, with thick scaly bark; panicles few- 

 flowered, lax; corolla as in preceding, generally less conspicuously spotted. 



1. Woody vines or shrubs with compound leaves, ------ 2 



2. Calyx cup-shaped, truncate or slightly 5-toothed; capsule flattened 



parallel with its partition; — evergreen woody climbers with 

 2-3 foliate leaves, the terminal leaflet often represented by a 

 tendril; corolla more or less 2-lipped; fertile stamens 4 and 1 sterile; 

 capsule long and narrow, - _ _ Bignonia, Trumpet-flouer 



B. crucigera (capreolata). Leaflets 2 and a forking tendril between; flowers 

 in axillary clusters, red outside, yellow inside. Thickets and high climb- 

 ing on trees. Spring. 



B. venusta. Leaves opposite, leaflets 2, tendril long, divided into three parts at 



the end; flowers in thick drooping clusters, bright orange-red. Cultivated 



on trellis. Winter. 

 Other cultivated species are B. alba with pure white flowers; B. speciosa with 

 large glossy leaves and purplish flowers; B. Tweediana with small leaves and bright 

 yellow flowers. 



2. Calyx tubular-campanulate with 5 nearly equal lobes; capsule flat- 



tened at right angles to its partition, ------ 3 



3. Evergreen climbers; leaves odd-pinnate; flowers in clusters or pani- 



cles; corolla tubular-f unnelf orm ; ovules in several rows in each 



cell of the ovary. -_-_____ Campsis 



C. (Tecoma) radicans, Trumpet-creeper. A vine, climbing by aerial root- 

 lets; leaflets 7-13. coarsely serrate; corymbs few-flowered; corolla red, scar- 

 let or orange outside, yellow inside. Woods. Spring. 



Cultivated species are: T. capensis with clusters of bright red flowers; T. jasmin- 



oides with flowers white and pink center; T. rosea with purplish-pink flowers. 



3. Erect, evergreen shrubs; — leaves odd-pinnate; flowers in terminal racemes or 



panicles; corolla f unnelf orm; ovules in two rows in each cell of the ovary: 



capsule slender with leathery' valves, - Stenolobium 



S. iTecoma,) sung, Yellow Elder. A tall shrub; leaflets 7-9. sharply serrate; 



racemes many-flowered; corolla yellow. Cultivated. Fall. 

 The variety sambucifolia begins to bloom in early Spring. 



A cultivated shrub or small tree, cut back by frost but recovering, is Jacaranda 

 OYaufolia mimosa efolia); the opposite or distant leaves arc decompound with 16 or 

 more pairs of pinnae, each pinna with 14-24 pairs of leaflets; the blue flowers in looae 



