WISTARIA 



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

 1S9S:47T. Botanii'iilly this is a variety o£ IT. Chiiieiisi.s. 

 hut for horticultural purposes its distinctness needs 

 emphasis. It is otteu cult, uiuler ihe name of II'. 

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



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2745. 

 Wistaria Chinensis. 



(X aboiU '.2.) 



3. specibsa, Xutt. i ir. fi-uf'^xceiis. Poir.). Americ-\N' 

 Wistaria. Kiuney Beax Tree. Not as rigorous as 

 the Chinese Wistaria but climbing over trees anil 

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

 and short racemes of lilac - pmrple fis, Viorne about 3 

 weeks after Tl'. diineiisis. Lfts. 9-1.5, glabrous and 

 dark green above, pale and sometimes slightly pubes- 

 cent beneath: racemes 2-7 in. long, abttut 14-tid.: tis. 

 h'-^i in. long: pods long, torulose, hardly coriaceous, 

 with convex valves; seeds reniform, freely piroduceil. 

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

 B.M. 2103 (as Gl//rhie fnitexeens). B.B. 2:294. -Var. 

 41ba, Hort., has white flowers. Var. magnifica, Hort. 

 ( Tr. nmqnifirn , Hort.), has racemes t>-8 in. long and 

 .50-r)0-rtd., with fis. 1 in. across. The fls. are lilac with a 

 yellow spot, and borne earlier than the typ»e. Tin- 

 clusters are larger and denser. A great imprc-venient. 

 F.S. 11:11.51. 



4. brachyhotrys. Sieb. tt Zncc. Short- clustered 

 Wistaria. .Tapaio-se species, distinguished from all 

 others l^y its low growth. It is said to attain only 3-5 

 ft. and should therefore be particularly desirable fur 

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

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



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

 1:4... F.S. 9:880. — \'ars. alba and riibra, are oft'ered. 



II' ('//',( has been used in tr.adc catalogues for W. specir.sa 

 var. all. II. 11', J,i],nnica. .Sieli, & Zucc. See Jlillettia.- IC 

 i.o'ia, llovt. .Ii.hn Saul, was doubtless a white-tld. variety of 

 ■"'""" '■"'""'™ si"'"^. W. M. 



WITCH ELM. i'lMus scabra. 



WITCH HAZEL. H.jmu ii.elis. 

 WITHANIA. Consult Salpichroa. 



2746. "W^istaria multijuga. often called Japanese "Wistaria. 



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WITLOOF. A form of (_'hici.ry (which seel. 



WOAD. See Is.ifyi.^. 



WOLFBERRY. S/mijilmrir^i ypos ocviih iitfilis . 



WOLFSBANE. See Aymi itin,, . 



WONGA WONGA VINE. T.coma aiixiralis. 



