| + | Wisteria frutescens, Poir. (Glycine frutescens, Linn. Kraunhia frutescens, Greene. Bradleia frutescens, Brit. W. speciosa, Nutt.). Tall stout climber, the trunk attaining several inches in diam.: not glandular, smoothish or somewhat downy at maturity: lfts. 4-6-7 pairs, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate but obtuse, glabrous above: racemes 4-6 in. long, densely fld.; fls. lilac-purple; auricles of the standard rather prominent; calyx-teeth very short. Low grounds, Va. to Fla. and Texas.—Sometimes planted. Var. alba, Hort., with white fls., has been listed. Var. magnifica, Herincq (W. magnifica, Hort.), supposed to belong here, has racemes 50-60-fld. and 6-8 in. long: fls. 1 in. across, lilac with a yellow spot, earlier than in the type. F.S. 11:1151. |