. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. Bignoniacece—Ca talpa. 353 1. C. hignonidides (fig. 194), syn. G. syHngcefdlia. Indian Bean.—A handsome small tree with large leaves downy beneath, either opposite or in whorls of threes. Flowers white. Fig. 194. Catalpa bignonioides. (J nat. size.) tinged with violet and speckled with purple and yellow in tlie throat. The seed-vessel, which is rarely s
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. Bignoniacece—Ca talpa. 353 1. C. hignonidides (fig. 194), syn. G. syHngcefdlia. Indian Bean.—A handsome small tree with large leaves downy beneath, either opposite or in whorls of threes. Flowers white. Fig. 194. Catalpa bignonioides. (J nat. size.) tinged with violet and speckled with purple and yellow in tlie throat. The seed-vessel, which is rarely seen in this countrj^, is nearly a foot long. A native of the Southern States of North America. There is a variety with golden foliage. C. Bungei is a native of China, of rather smaller stature, with more acuminate glabrous leaves. 4. ECCREMOCARPUS. Climbing herbaceous or shrubby perennials with compound leaves and leaf-opposed racemes of brilliantly coloured flowers. Fertile stamens didynamous. Capsule small, oblong. A South American genus of few species. The name is from sKKpffijs^ pendent, and (capiro^, a fruit, in allusion to the pendulous seed- vessels. 1. E. scaber (fig. 195), syn. Calavipelis scahra.—An herba- ceous climber with bipinnate leaves and orange and scarlet A A. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hemsley, W. Botting (William Botting), 1843-1924; Decaisne, J. (Joseph) Manuel de l'amateur des jardins. Boston, Estes & Lauriat
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