WISTARIA 



2:463 (both erroneously as W. Chinensis). M.D.Q. 

 1898:477. Botanically this is a variety of \V. Chinensis, 

 but for horticultural purposes its distinctness needs 

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

 Chinensis. Var. alba, Hort.. is also cult. 



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across: pods tomntose. Late bloomer. Japan. 



1 :45. F.S. <J:880. Vars. alba and rubra, are offered. 



W. Alba has been u.s-<l in trade catalogues for W. i- 

 var. altm. W. Jap-mica. Si.-l,. & /! . S. Millettim - H" 

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

 some common species. \v >i 



WITCH ELM. Ulmus tcabra. 

 WITCH HAZEL. Hamamelis. 

 WITHANIA. Consult Salpiehroa. 



2745. 



Wistaria Chinensis. 

 ( X about %.) 



3. speciosa, Nutt. ( W. fruttscens, Poir.). AMERICAN 

 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 . 

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

 dark green above, pale and sometimes slightly pubes- 

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

 Y 9 -*A in. long: pods long, torulose, hardly coriaceous, 

 with convex valves; seeds reniform, freely produced. 

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

 B.M. 2103 (as Glycine frutescens). B.B. 2:294.-Var. 

 alba, Hort., has white flowers. Var. magnihca, t 



( H r . magnified, Hort.), has racemes 6-8 in. long and 

 50-60-fld'., with fls. 1 in. across. The fls. are lilac with i 

 yellow spot, and borne earlier than the type, 

 clusters are larger and denser. A great improvement. 

 F.S. 11:1151. 



4. brachybdtrys, Sieb. & Zucc. SHORT - CLUSTERED 

 WISTARIA. Japanese species, djatlnguiahed from all 

 others l>v its low growth. It is said to attain only * 

 It. .-mil shonl.l therefore be particularly desirabK 

 standards and bushy specimens. Lfts. 9-1.1, siiKy. 

 cemes about G in. long, about 25-fld.: fls. purple, I in. 



2746. Wistaria multijuga. often called Japanese Wistaria. 

 (X%.) 



WITLOOF. A form of Chicory (which see). 



WOAD. See Itatrit. 



WOLFBEBBY. Sympkoricarpot occidtntalit. 



WOLFSBANE. Sec .ImnitHt*. 



WONOA WONOA VINE. Tecoma avitralii. 



