WINTERANACEAE 689 



Wielandia Baill. Euphorbiaceae (A. I. i). i Seychelles. 



Wiesneria (IVisnerid] M. Mich. Alismaceae. 3 palaeotrop. 



Wig tree, Rhus Cotinus L. 



Wigandia H. B. et K. Hydrophyllaceae. 6 Mts. of trop. Am. 



Wightia Wall. Scrophulariaceae (n. 4). 2 Himalaya, Borneo. 



Wikstroemia Endl. Thymelaeaceae. 20 Indomal., China. Some are 



parthenogenetic. 



Wilbrandia Presl. Boraginaceae (inc. sed.). i Martinique. 

 Wilbrandia Silva Manso. Cucurbitaceae (2). 7 Brazil. 

 Wilcoxia Britton et Rose (Cereus p.p.). Cact. (in. i). i S.W. U.S., 



Mex. 

 Wild allspice (Am.), Lindera; -bean (Am.), Apios ; - chamomile 



(Am.), Matricaria; -ginger (Am.), Asa nun; -hyacinth, Scilla. 

 Wilde preume (S. Afr.), Pappea. 

 Wilga (Austr.), Geijera parvifora Lindl. 



Wilkesia A. Gray. Compositae (;). 2 Hawaiian Is. Small trees. 

 Wilkiea F. Muell. (Kibara p.p. Bff.). Monimiaceae. 5 E. Austr. 

 Willardia Rose. Leguminosae (in. 6). i Mexico. Timber. 

 Willdenowia Thunb. Restionaceae. 15 S. Afr. The stems of some 



are used in making brooms. 



Willemetia Neck. (Chondrilla BH.}. Compositae (13). 2 Medit. 

 Williamsia Merrill. Rubiaceae (i. 7). i Phil. Is. 

 Willisia Wmg. Podostemaceae. i S. India. There is a small thallus, 



with closely crowded erect shoots with 4 closely packed ranks of 



scaly L, and ribbon-like 1. at the tips. Each shoot bears one fl. 



(cf. Willis in Ann. Perad. I, p. 369, 1902). 



Willkommia Hackel. Gramineae (11). 4 S.W. and trop. Afr. 

 Willow, Salix ; - herb, Epilobium. 



Willugbaeya Neck. (Mikania p.p.). Compositae (2). 10 Am. 

 Willughbeia Roxb. Apocynaceae (i. i). 10 Indomal. Some, e.g. 

 . W. edulis Roxb. (Assam Borneo), and IV. fir ma Bl. (Java, &c.), 



contain rubber in their latex, and are used as sources of rubber. 

 Wilsonia R. Br. Convolvulaceae (i). 4 Austr. 

 Wimmeria Schlechtd. Celastraceae. 6 Mexico, C. Am. 

 Winchia A. DC. Apocynaceae (i. i). i Martaban. 

 Wind fertilisation, see Pollination; -flower, Anemone; seed-distr. by-, 



see Dispersal of seeds. 

 Windsor bean, Vicia Faba L. 



Wine palm, Bora ss us, Caryota, Phoenix, Raplna, &c. 

 Wings on fruit, cf. Dispersal ; on ovary, Leguminosae, Begonia, &c. ; 



on Stem, Baccharis. 



Winklera Regel. Cruciferae (4). i Turkestan. 

 Winklerella Engl. Podostemaceae. i trop. Afr. 

 Winter aconite, Eranthis hyemalis Salisb. ; - berry (Am., W.I.), Ilex; 



-buds, see Buds; -cherry, Physalis; -cress, Barbarea; -green, 



Ganitheria, Pyrola; --, chickweed, Trientalis; -heliotrope, Pe- 



tasites. 



Winter's bark, Drimys Winteri Forst. 

 Winterana L. (Canella P. Br.). Winteranaceae. 2 W.I., trop. Am. 



W. Canella L. yields the medicinal Canella bark. 

 Winteranaceae (Canellaceae; EP., BH.}. Dicots. (Archichl. Paries 



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