BIG^'OXIA 



LLT. 



221 



ffular. Stamens 4. Pod Ions: and carruTr. 2-celled. the partition contran 



r_ j^i _ 1 o.'Tj. j. ,„i„ — ; ,1 it'^^;!^ 



Seeds transversely winged. Woody vines 



ntrary 

 s Vv'ith 



to the convex valves, 

 compound leaves. 



I. T. radi'cans, 



Juss. Leaves pin- 

 nate ; leaflets 5 - 



II, ovate, point- 

 ed, toothed ; flovr- 

 ers corymbed. 



EOOTIXG BlGXO- 



xiA. Trumpet 

 creepcT. 



ro«: t- . ' jr.t 



4 incli'-: t.'tjcr- 

 ing into apetiole which 

 is often bordered on 

 one or both sides by 

 the decurrent lumi- 

 nar, ribbed, smooth 

 on the upper surface, 

 pubescent along the 

 ribs below. Flowers 

 corymbed on pedicols 

 about half an iiicli 

 long. CoroZZc tubular, 

 funuel-shap'A . some- 

 what ventricose be- 

 low, about 3 inches in 

 length. Orange and 

 scarlet, very showy. 

 Stamens included. Pod 

 very long, terete. 



Pennsylvania, Illi- 

 uois and southward. 

 June -September. 



Obs. This beau- 

 tiful climber, 

 which is cultiva- 

 ted extensively, 

 and readily bears 



the climate of Xew England, is, according to Dr. Short, a great pest 

 along the Ohio River, where it is much disposed to overrun wet places 

 " on high lands. 



2. CATAL'PA, Scop. Catalpa. 



[A name said to be derived from our Southern Indians.] 



Calyx bilabiately 2-lobed. Corolla campanulate — the tube ventricose, 

 the limb unequally 5-lobed, sub-bilabiate. Stamens 2 fertile and 3 sterile 



Fig 149 A lowering branch of the Trumpet Creeper (Tecoma i-a licans) , reduced. 



