WISTARIA 



2:463 (both erroneously as TT. Cliinensis). M.D.G. 

 1898 :477. Botanically this is a variety of fV. Chineusi.'^, 

 but for horticultural purposes its distinctness needs 

 emphasis. It is often cult, under the name of If. 

 Chhiensis. Var. &lba, Hort., 



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is: pods tomentose. Late bloomer. Japan. S.Z. 



F.S. 9:880. — V'ars. Alba and rilbra, are offered. 

 alba has been used in trade catalogues for W. speciosa. 

 llba. W. Japdnica, Sieb. & Zuee. See Millettia.— ir. 

 , Hort. .John Saul, was doubtless a white-fld. variety of 

 I species. w. M. 



WITCH ELM. Ulmii 



xbra. 



WITCH HAZEL. Hama melts. 

 WITHANIA. Consult Salpichr 



2745. 



^Vistaria Chinenais. 



(X .about ]4.) 



3. specldsa, Nutt. ( ir. frutiscens, Poir. ). Asieeicax 

 Wistaria. Kidney Bean Tree. Not as vigorous as 

 the Chinese Wistaria hut climbing over trees and 

 bushes to a length of 30-40 ft., with dark green foliage 

 and short racemes of lilac - purple fls. borne about 3 

 weeks after W. Cliinensis. Lfts. 9-15, glabrous and 

 dark green above, pale and sometimes slightly pubes- 

 cent beneath: racemes 2-7 in. long, about 14-fld.; tls. 

 K-M in. long: pods long, torulose, hardly coriaceous, 

 with convex valves; seeds reniform, freely produced. 

 June. Low grounds, Va. to Kans., south Pla. to La. 

 B.M. 2103 (as Gh/eine frutescens). B.B. 2:294. -Var. 

 dlba. Hurt., has white tlowers. Var. magniflca, Hort. 

 ( ir. m,i<iiiifi,;i. Hort.), has racemes 6-8 in. long and 



The fls 



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yillun sp.it. ;inil borne earlier than th 



cIii-^tiTw art' iai-^^er and denser. A great improvement. 



F.S. 11:1131. 



4. brachybdtrys, Sieb. & Zucc. Short - clustered 

 Wistaria. Japanese species, distinguished from all 

 others by its low growth. It is said to attain only 3-.t 

 ft. and should therefore be particularly desirable for 

 standards and bushy specimens. Lfts. 9-13. silky: ra- 

 cemes about 6 in. long, about 25-fld.: fls. purple. 1 in. 



2746. Wistaria multijuea. 



WITLOOF. A form of Chicory (which see). 



WOAD. See Liatri.s. 



WOLFBEKEY. Siimphoyieurpos occidental 



WOLFSBANE. See Aconlfuw. 



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