LEGUMINOS^ 



at base, wings oblong-falcate, each with one auricle ; Fruit an elongated 

 pod, torulose, 2-valved ; seeds ripen only after warm summers. 



Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets ovate, entire, acuminate, in distant pairs, 

 slightly silky. 



A deciduous climber, 20 ft. 



Introduced from China, 1816. Named in honour of Caspar Wistar (1761- 

 1818), Professor of Anatomy in University of Pennsylvania. 



LARGE-FLOWERED WISTARIA, Wistaria multyuga. 



Walls. May, June. 



Floivers lilac, with purple wings and keel, smaller than in W. chinensis ; 

 borne in terminal racemes 1 3, -2 i ft. long, somewhat lax ; Fruit a pod. 

 Leaves pinnate ; leaflets numerous, elliptic-ovate, acuminate. 

 A deciduous climber. 

 Introduced from Japan, 1874. 



ROSE ACACIA, Robinia hispida. 



Gardens. A rather spiny shrub which flowers profusely, and does well on a 

 trellis or wall. It will thrive in almost any soil except a wet and stagnant one. 

 It is usually propagated by grafting on the False Acacia. May, June. 



Floxvers deep rose, papilionaceous, large, very showy, inodorous, borne in 

 a loose, nodding, axillary raceme; peduncle hispid; Calyx hispid; Fruit a 

 legume, compressed, almost sessile, hispid, glandular, many sided ; valves 

 thin, flat ; seeds rarely ripened in Britain. 



Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, 6 ins. long, leaflets 11-19, ovate or oblong- 

 ovate, rounded or slightly cordate at base, glabrous, shortly petiolate, tipped 

 with long bristle, deep green, 1-2 ins. long. 



A deciduous shrub or small tree, 6-12 ft. ; Branches spreading, tortuous, 



very brittle ; Shoots hispid, purplish-brown. 



Native of N. America. 



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