CHAP. XLI. LEGUMINA‘CEX. WISTA‘RIA. 647 
the trials that have been made of the proper mode of managing it, both 
by Mr. Gower and the Rev. John Coleman, by whom it was given to 
the former gentleman, it would appear that it succeeds best when treated as a 
hardy plant, and turned out into a peat border; for in such a situation it has 
now been two years in Mr. Gower’s garden, and the plants continue to look 
very healthy, with a profusion of blossoms forming for next year. Kept in the 
green-house, it was sickly, and did not flower in the hands of Mr. Gower’s 
gardener ; but Mr. Coleman succeeded in blossoming it in a large pot in a green- 
house, and in inducing it to ripen its pods. Considering the climate of New 
Zealand is, in some places, so much like that of England, that some species, 
such as Edwardsia microphylla, will bear the rigour of our winters, it is not 
improbable that this may also prove a hardy plant: if so, its extraordinary 
beauty will render it one of the most valuable species that has been introduced 
of late years; and, even if it should be no hardier than Sutherlandia frutés- 
cens, it will still form one of the most important and welcome of all the 
modern additions to our flower-gardens.” (Hort. Trans., 2d ser. i. p. 521.) 

Sect. 1V. Puasro‘Lex. 
Genus XIX. 
H 
WISTA‘RIA Nutt. Tue Wistaria. Lin. Syst. Diadélphia Decandria. 
Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 2. p.115.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 389.; Don’s Mill., 2, p. 348. 
Synonymes. Gl¥cine sp. L., Thyrsanthus Elliot, Krainhia Rajin. 
Derivation. Named in honour of Caspar Wistar, late Professor of Anatomy in the University of 
Pennsylvania. (Don’s Miil,, ii. p. 348.) Nuttall first characterised and named this genus, from the 
American species, which he denominated W. specidsa ; but which De Candolle has changed to W. 
- frutéscens. In De Candolle’s Prodromus, and some other works, Wistaria is erroneously spelled 
Wisttria. 
Description, §c. Leaves impari-pinnate, without stipules. Flowersin ter- 
minal racemes, blue lilac; when young, attended by bracteas, which after- 
wards fall off. (Dee. Prod., ii. p. 390.) Deciduous twining shrubs, natives 
of North America, and China; of vigorous growth, and forming, when in 
flower, some of the most splendid ornaments of British gardens, They are 
uite hardy, will grow in any soil, and are generally propagated by layers of 
the young shoots, which will root at every joint if laid down during summer as 
they grow. They may also be propagated by cuttings of the roots; or by seeds. 
2 1, W. rrute’scens Dec. The shrubby Wistaria. 
Identification. Dec. Prod.,2. p. 90. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 348. 2 
aes Glycine frutéscens Lin. Sp., 1067.;_ A*pios 359 
frutescens Ph. Fl. Am. Sept., 2. p. 474.3 Anonymos 
frutéscens Walt. Fl. Car., 186.; Wistaria specidsa Nutt. 
Gen. Amer., 2. p. 115. ; Thyrsanthus frutescens Eliot 
Journ. Acad. Sct. Philad, ; Phaseoldides Hort, Angl., 55. ; 
the Kidneybean Tree. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2103.; and our fig. 359. 
Spec. Char., §c. Wings of the corolla each 
with two auricles. Ovary glabrous. Flow- 
ers odorous. (Dee. Prod., ii. p. 390.) An 
elegant deciduous climber, a native of Vir- \ 
ginia, Carolina, and the Illinois, in bogey 
places. Introduced in 1724, and flowering 
from July to September. The flowers are 
of a bluish purple, and sweet-scented, the 
standard having a greenish yellow spot at 
the base. The plant is a free grower; and, 

