Botanical Magazine 106 - 1880.pdf - hibiscus.org

has the corolla-tube one and a half incli long by fully two-
thirds of an inch broad, and swollen like a campanula ;
another form has the corolla curved nearly into a quadrant.
Bignonia capreolata is one of the loftiest climbers in the
forests of the Southern United States, from Virginia to
Florida and westwards to the Mississippi, where it orna-
ments the rocks and trees by its luxuriant foliage and
(usually) orange-yellow flowers. The American name of
Cross-vine is given in reference to the wood of the stem,
which on a transverse section presents the form of a cross.•
J. D. H.
Fig. 1, Flower cut longitudinally ; 2, anthers ; 3, stigma ; 4, vertical section of
ovary :•all enlarged.