128 TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 

 GENUS 65. CATALPA. 



Trees or shrubs with large, simple, opposite (or whorled 

 in threes), heart-shaped, pointed leaves. Flowers irreg- 

 ular, showy, in large panicles ; blooming in June. Fruit 

 long pods with many, winged seeds, hanging on till 

 spring. Branches coarse and stiff. Wood light and 

 close-grained. 



* Flowers bright-spotted ; wings of seeds narrowed 1. 



* Flowers nearly pure white ; wings of seeds broad 2. 



1. Cat&lpa bignonioldes, 

 Walt. (INDIAN BEAN. SOUTH- 

 ERN CATALPA.) The large 

 heart-shaped leaf has con- 

 nected scaly glands in the 

 axils of the large veins on 

 the lower side ; usually entire 

 though sometimes angulat 

 ed, generally opposite though 

 sometimes in whorls of threes, 

 very downy beneath when 

 young, 6 to 12 in. long. Flow- 

 ers much spotted with yellow 

 and purple, and with the 



lower lobe entiae. Pod thin, 10 in. or 



more in length. A medium-sized, wide- 

 spreading tree, 20 to 40 ft. high, of rapid 



growth, with soft, light wood and thin 



bark ; wild in the Southern States, and 



extensively cultivated as far north as 



Albany. 



2. Cat&lpa speci6sa, Warder. (IN- 

 DIAN BEAN. WESTERN CATALPA.) Leaves 

 large (5 to 12 in. long), heart-shaped, 

 long-pointed. Flowers 2 in. long, nearly 

 white, faintly spotted, the lower lobes 

 somewhat notched. Pod thick. A large, 

 tall tree, 40 to 60 ft. high, with thick 

 bark ; wild in low, rich woodlands, 

 southern Indiana, south and west. ^. sped 



C. bignonioidea. 



