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6 in. to loin. long. Petioles marginate. Flowers pendulous, forming terminal
cross-armed panicles, large, of a tawny orange colour on the outside,
and of a tolerably bright reddish orange colour inside, with brighter streaks.
Nectary a gianduiar crenated ring. Anterior lobe of stigma recurved.
{Doris Mill.) A climbing deciduou.s shrub. China and Japan. Stem 20 it.
to 30 ft. Introduced in 1800. Flowers orange-colourcd j July and August.
Almost as hardy as Tccoma radicans, whicli it greatly resembles, but of a
slighter liabit, though it has much larger flowers, and is altogether a very
sjilcndid plant.
G e n u s III.
CATA'LPA Juss. The C a t a l p a . Lin. Syst. Diándria Monogynia.
Identification. Juss. Gen., I38„ cd. Usteri, p. 155.; Dou’s Mill., A. p. '¿30.
Synonymes. Blgnbiua sp. of Lin. and others ; Bignone Catalpa, F r .; gemeine TrompetcnWume,
Derivation. The Indian name of a species of Bignbniir.
Gen. Char., 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 biiamellate. Capsule silique-formed, long, cylindrical,
2-valved. Dissepiment opposite the valves. . Seeds membranously
margined, and pappose at the base and apex. {Doris Mill.)
Leaves simple, opposite, or disposed 3 in a whorl, exstipulate, deciduous;
entire. Floivers terminal, panicled, white.— A tree, deciduous ; native of
North America; of easy culture in common soil, and propagated by imported
seeds or cuttings of the roots.
¥ 1. C. syringævoY w Sims. The Lilac-Zi/cc-leaved Catalpa.
Identification. Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1094. ; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 230.
Synonymes. Bignbnio Catalpa Lin. Sp., 868. ; Catalpa bigtioniolrfâs Walt. F l. Car. p. GL ; C.
1289. Caldlpa sijringailjlia.
cordifblia Null. Gen. Amer. 1. p. 10. ; Bois Sliavunon, Catalpa de l ’Amérique, Fr. ; Trompcli’ii-
bauin, Gcr. ; Catalpa-boom, Dutch.
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n r rm a tim The French of Upper Louisiana call this tree Bois Shavanon, from its being found in
abimd™ce on t h i banks of the rivor Shmanon, now called the Cumberiond. Catalpa H supposecl
t^ b eT c S ro p tio n of an Indian tribe' that fonneriy occupied a great part of Georgia and
Engravings.E * £ ? ? s . " “ schmi<Schmidt it Baum.,u a um ., i 1.. 1 t. .14.;n . ; the mu jnauus plates I.m l ziio.Arb. ife Brit.,..-, 1st .«fA.edit.,«..»., vol.— , 11.1, and o u r»*o. l ? “o
Snec. Char., &c. Leaves cordate, flat,Sin awliorl, large and deciduous. Branches
Strong. Panicles large, branchy, terminal. {Don's Mill.) A deciduous tree.
Carolina, Ueorgia,Georgia, ana and Florida,inoriaa, on me the banks uaim» o ui f rivers.nvcio. Height 20 s-w ....
ft. to 30 ft.
.w f. T 1 _ _ i__ i-jdi/t- TM iTAorL-it./l w itn n n rn li
bometimes 60ft.^ Introduced in 1726. Flowers white, marked with purple and
yyceilil'rotww ;, DJuiiliyy actinKd.4 Augu.st. Capsul—es- r em ark abl.yJ longCJ,- narrow, and horny.
The catalpa is generally propagated by seeds, which are imported from
America ; but it will grow readily from cuttings of the ro o t; / d of course,
nlants so raised will flower much sooner than those which are raista rom seed.
The tree is of rapid growth till it attains the height of 20 ft., which, in deep
free soil, in the neighbourhood of London, it does in 10 years.
O r d e r LIII. SOLANA CLÆ.
O b d . C h a h . CWya; S-cIeft, persistent. Corolto 5 cleft, usually regular ; æsDva-
tion imbricate or plicate. Stamens 6, rarely 4, epipetalous. Style 1. rtr „
2-4-celled, capsular or baccate. Albumen fleshy. Regular flowers, arched
or spiral embryo, plicate æstivation of corolla, and equal stamens, distinguish
this order from its allies. (G. Bon.)
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous or sub-evergreen ; oW o /,
and sometimes pinnately divided. Flowers solitary or numerous --S hm b s ,
deciduous or sub-evergreen; natives of Europe, Asia, and South Amenca,
readily propagated by cuttings in any common soil, not over moist.
The few ligneous or sufifruticose h a r d y plants contained in this order are
included in the genera Solànum, iy'cium, and Crabowskia, winch are thus
cChlladlr talLcLtLe.r1i1s»eCdU .: —
SOLA'NUM Pliny. Anthers connivent, dehiscing by pores at the anex. Berry
2-celled rarely 4-celled. . • i <u
iv'ciU H L. Anthers usually exserted, and not connivent, opening lengthwise.
Berry 2-celled. , d n-
Craho'wsku Schlecht. Drupe containing two 2-celled bony carpels. Cells
I-seeded.
G e n u s I .
SOLA'NUM Tourn. The N i g h t s h a d e . Lin. Syst. Pentandna Monogynia.
l a r a f* « «™ . Tourn. I - t P t 69. ; Lin Gon V j . ’' S / i . p. « 6 1
T / S f n m F Ä X ' 5 . £Mra-l„m':"p£. :8"5À. l 'oAn,nl lä-rrt4« LJaAcq.. AA,mor. p. 15. <■ 19. ; Morollo, F r. ; Nachtschatten,*
Ge«r.. 4; S« olano, I_t ia> lt.» -^ —„fe..,t c„. s j,n Aiw. r>, /Af'fvnr« iin,,
d L Ä . , ; T h é b r o t n s i ï f t o
q o to 'o f tioplca, Bhrnh.,
Scryclmos, to which the nux vomica belongs.
Gen^. Char.,_ f r . Calyx p e rm a n /t, 5;. cleft. Corolla rotate, rarely
' ‘'comTa”mil-vte' 5-’ rareD 4-, cleft. ’ Anthers oblong, connivent, opening by 2
“oT s ™ the ap ? i t e 2 -3 _ 4 -e e llc d , bnt usually
‘' ^ ■ " t e ' / t e e t e r n a t e , exstipulate, deciduous /■ sub-evergreen ; undivided
sinuated lobed, impariiiinnate, or decompound. Flowers m peduncles,
: S y ? n— s,’sin!^^ ‘or multifid, axillary or extra-axillary.-Shrubs,
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