me. 
Tas. 8811. 
WISTARIA VENUSTA. 
Japan. 
Lequmtnos™. Tribe GALEGEAR. 
Wistarta, Nutt. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 499. 
Wistaria venusta, Rehder et E. H. Wils. in Sargent, Plant. Wils. vol. ii. 514 
(1916) ; species foliis utrinque molliter et breviter pubescentibus racemis 
brevibus et latis floribus albis calycis lobo abaxiale longissimo distincta. 
Frutex scandens. Ramuli ultimi sicco purpureo-nigrescentes, annotini glabri ; 
perulae late ovatae, mucronatae, exteriores circiter 1 cm. longae et latae, 
rigide chartaceae, brunneae, extra glabrae vel minute ciliolatae, interiores 
dorso sericeo-pubescentes; ramuli juniores laterales floriferi molliter 
tomentosi, usque ad 17 cm. longi. Folia cum floribus evoluta, ramulis 
floriferis paullo longiora; petioli communes et petioluli 2-5-4:5 mm. 
longi molliter tomentosi ; foliola 6-juga, opposita vel inferiora subopposita, 
oblongo-elliptica vel oblongo-ovata, subsensim et acute acuminata, 
3-5-8 cm. longa, 1:5-3 cm. lata, juniora membranacea, utrinque breviter 
pubescentia, obscure reticulata, nervis lateralibus gracilibus utrinsecus 
circiter 6. Racemi penduli, ramulos juniores terminantes, laxiflori ; 
pedicelli graciles, usque ad 3-5 cm. longi, molliter pubescentes ; bracteae 
mox caducae, lineari-spatulatae, caudato-acuminatae, circiter 8 mm. 
longae, pubescentes. Calyx campanulatus, breviter pubescens; tubus 
5 mm. longus ; lobi triangulari-subulati, circiter 2 mm. longi, pubescentes. 
Corolla alba, circiter 3-5 cm. expansa; vexillum suborbiculare, circiter 
2-5 em. latum, brevissime unguiculatum, ad laminae basin biauriculatum ; 
alae circiter 1-8 cm. longae. Ovariwm hirtum. Legumen (ex Rehder et Wils.) 
compressum, dense velutinum.—W. brachybotrys, var. alba, Miller in Bailey, 
Cye. Am. Hort. p. 1989 (1902). Milletia floribunda, var. brachybotrys, 
Matsumura in Tokyo Bot. Mag. vol. xvi. p. 64 (1902) ; Ind. Pl. Jap. vol. ii. 
pars 2, p. 270 (1912). Kraunhia sinensis, var. brachybotrys, forma albiflora, 
Makino in Tokyo Bot. Mag. vol. xxiv. p. 77 (1910). K. floribunda, y 
brachybotrys, forma albiflora, Makino in Tokyo Bot. Mag. vol. xxv. p. 18 
(1911), fide Rehder et Wils.—J. HutcHrnson. 
This fine Wistaria, Messrs. Rehder and Wilson have 
pointed out, is readily distinguished among its congeners 
by the persistent soft and short indumentum of the 
leaves, by its comparatively short and very wide racemes, 
its stout spreading velvety pedicels, its large flowers, 
and its long subulate anterior calyx-teeth. When the 
number and character of these distinguishing features 
are considered it seems extraordinary that the right of 
the Japanese W. venusta to be regarded as a species 
apart has remained so long unrecognised. Jn addition 
JuLY-SEPTEMBER, 1919. 
