| | |bell-shaped base, the
| | |reflexed limb being
| | |elaborately frilled. The
| | |thin, kidney-bean-like
| | |fruits are 9 inches to 12
| | |inches long, but in most
| | |parts of the country are
| | |only produced after
| | |exceptionally sunny
| | |seasons. The following
| | |varieties are in
| | |cultivation: Aurea, with
| | |rich yellow foliage; nana,
| | |a remarkable low shrub, 2
| | |feet to 3 feet high, which
| | |never flowers, and can only
| | |be regarded as a curiosity;
| | |purpurea, with
| | |purple-tinged leaves and
| | |shoots.
| | |
C. Bungei |Northern China |White, |Whether the true C. Bungei
| |spotted |is in cultivation at the
| |with |present time is very
| |purple; |doubtful. Certainly the
| |they, as |plants supplied by some
| |well as |nurserymen under this name
| |the |are only the dwarf variety
| |panicles, |(nana) of C. bignonioides.
| |are larger|In any case the true C.
| |than in |Bungei has not flowered in
| |Kaempfer's|Britain. It is a tree 30
| |Catalpa |feet high, with either
| | |entire or lobed leaves;
| | |they are 4 inches