XXV. LEGUMINA‘CE®: GLEDI/TSCHIA. 249 
3 1, W. FruTE’scens Dec. The shrubby Wistaria. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 390.; Don’s Mill., 2. p.348. = 
Synonymes. Gl¥cine frutéscens Lin. Sp. 1067.3; A‘pios > 
frutéscens Ph. Fl. dm. Sept. 2. p. 474.; Andénymos 
frutéscens Wad. Fl. Car. 186. ; Wistaréa specidsa Nutt. 
Gen. Amer. 2. p.115.; Thyrs4nthus frutescens El/rot 
Journ, Acad. Sct. Philad.; Phaseoldides Hort. Angi. 
55. ; the Kidneybean Tree. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2103. ; and our jig. 410. 
Spec. Char., §c. Wings of the corolla each 
with two auricles. Ovary glabrous. Flow- 
ers odorous. (Dec. Prod.) An elegant 
deciduous climber. Virginia, Carolina, \ 
and the Illinois, in boggy places. Stem ‘ NS 
20 ft. to 30 ft. Introd. 1724. Flowers CV) (\ \ oe 
bluish purple, sweet-scented, the standard AS2=P\y ON a) 
having a greenish yellow spot at the base; ‘“ (J —- ‘o . 
July to September. Legume brown; ripe 
in October. 
It is readily propagated by cuttings of the 
root and by layers, and forms a very ornamental climber, especially when 
trained against a wall. 
2 2. W. cHine’Nsis Dec. The Chinese Wistaria. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 390. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 348, 
Synonymes. Glycine chinénsis Bot. Mag. t. 2083.; G. sinénsis Bot. Reg. t. 650.; Wistaria Con- 
sequaza Loudon Gard. Mag. vol. ii. p. 422., and Hort. Brit. 
Engravings. Swt. Brit. Fl.-Gard., t. 211.; Bot. Mag., t. 2083.; Bot. Reg., t. 650.; Bot. Cab., 
t. 773. ; and our fig. 411. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Wings of the corolla each with 
one auricle. Ovary villose. Flowers large. 
(Dec. Prod.) A vigorous-growing deciduous 
twiner. China. Stem 50 ft. to 120 ft. In- 
troduced in 1816. Flowers pale bluish purple; 
May and June, and sometimes producing a se- 
cond crop of flowers in August. Legume ?. 
The flowers are larger than those of W. fru- 
téscens : they are disposed in longer and looser 
racemes, and are somewhat paler in colour. On 
established plants they are produced in great 
abundance ; but they have not yet been succeeded 
by legumes in England. This plant may truly be 
considered the most magnificent of all our hardy 
deciduous climbers. It will grow wherever the 
common laburnum will flourish; but, as its flowers 
are somewhat more tender than those of that 
tree, they are more liable to be injured by frosts in very late springs. A plant 
in the Hort. Soc. Garden, against a wall, extends its branches above 100 ft. 
on each side of the main stem; one at Coughton Hall covers 905 superficial 
feet of walling. 
411. Wistaria chinénsis 
Sect. V. Cassiz\a. 
Genus XX. 
GLEDI'TSCHIA L. Tue Guievirscuta. Lin. Syst. Polygamia Dice‘cia. 
dentification. Lin. Gen., 1159.; Lam. Ill, p. 857.3 Dec. Prod., 2. p. 479.; Don’s Mill., 2, p. 428. 
chal ma Acacia sp. Pluk. ; Févier, Frey Gleditschie, Ger.; Gleditsia, tal, ash 
