WISTARIA 



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

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

 but for horticultural purposes its distinctness needs 

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

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



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

 F.S. 9:880. — V'ars. dlba and rubra, are offered. 

 Iba has been used in trade catalogues for W. speciosa, 

 ir. Japinica. Sieb. & Zucc. See Millettia.-TT. 

 .John Saul, was doubtless a white-ttd. variety of 



3, specidsa, Nutt. ( TT, fnMseens, Poir.), American 

 Wistaria, Kidney Bean Tree, Not as vigorous as 

 the Chinese Wistaria but 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. 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. 

 ^-% 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 Glucine frutescens). B.B. 2:294. -Var. 

 Alba, Hort., has white flowers. Var. magnlfica, Hort. 

 ( ir. magnifica, Hort.), has racemes 6-8 in. long and 

 50-CO-fld., with fls. 1 in. across. The fls. are lilac with a 

 yellow spot, and borne earlier than the type. The 

 clusters are larger and denser. A great improvement. 

 F.S. 11:1151. 



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

 Wistaria. Japanese species, distinguished from all 

 others by its low growth. It is said to attain only 3-5 

 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. 



W. M. 



WITCH ELM. Clmus scabra. 

 WITCH HAZEL. Hamumelis. 

 WITHANIA. Consult Salpichroa. 



2746. Wistaria multijufira, often called Japanese ^^istaria. 



WITLOOF 

 WOAD 



A form of Chicory (which see). 

 See Isatris. 



WOLFBEEKY, Symphoriearpos occidentalis. 



WOLFSBANE, See Aconitum. 



WONGA WONGA VINE. Tecoma australis. 



