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tales). 4 gen., 7 sp. , with marked discontinuity in distr. (S. Am., 

 E. Afr., Madag. ). Trees with alt., leathery, entire, exstip., gland- 

 dotted 1. Fls. sol. or in racemes or cymes, $ , reg. K4 5, imbr. ; 

 C 4 5 free or united, or o ; A (oo) completely united into a tube 

 with extr. anthers; G (2 5), i-loc., with 2 oo semi-anatr. ov. on 

 each parietal plac. Berry. Embryo straight or slightly curved in 

 rich endosp. Genera: Cinnamorlendron, Cinnamosma, Warburgia, 

 Winterana. 



Wire grass. Eleusinc, Pasfaluin, Poa, &c. 



Wislizenia Engelm. Capparidaceae (v). 2 S.W. U.S. 



Wisneria [Wiesneria] M. Micheli. Alismaceae. 3 palaeotrop. 



Wissadula Medic. Malvaceae (2). 15 trop. 



Wistaria Nutt. (Bradbtirya Kafin. in part, Kraunhia Rafin.). Legu- 

 minosae (ill. 6). 5 China, Japan, E. N.Am. W. Chinensis DC. 

 (China) is a climbing shrub often cult. orn. sweet-scented fls. The 

 floral mech. like Trifolium. The pods explode violently. 



Witch-hazel, Hamamelis ; -es' broom, Betula. 



Withania Pauq. Solanaceae (2). 5 palaeotrop. and subtrop. W. 

 coagulans Dun. is used in India in preparing cheese. 



Witheringia L'Herit. = Bassovia Aubl. ^Solan.). 



Witsenia Thunb. Iridaceae (n). i Cape Colony. Cult. orn. fl. 



Wittia K. Schum. Cactaceae (in. i). i Brazil. 



Wittmackia Mez (Aechmea p.p.). Bromel. (4). 2 W.I., E. trop. 

 S. Am. 



Wittrocbia Lindau. Bromeliaceae. i Brazil. 



Wittsteinia F. Muell. Ericaceae (n. 2). i S.E. Austr. Ov. inf. 

 Berry. 



Woad, hatis tinctoria L. ; -waxen (Am.), Genista. 



Woehleria Griseb. Amarantaceae (3). i Cuba. 



Wolf's bane, Aconitum ; - milk, Euphorbia. 



Wolffla Horkel ex Schleid. Lemnaceae. 12 trop. and temp. W. 

 arrhiza Wimm. in Brit, (the smallest of flowering plants). 



Wolmella Hegelm. (Wolffia p-p-)- Lemnaceae. =, Am. 



Wolfia Dennst. Zingiberaceae (inc. sed.). i Indomal. 



Wollastonia DC. ex Decne. = Wedelia Jacq. p.p. (Comp.). 



Wood cf. Timber; -anemone, Anemone nemorosa L. ; -apple, Fero- 

 nia ; Arar -, Widdringtonia quadrivalvis Mast. ; assegai -, Citrtisia ; 

 -avens, Geui\ bass-, Tilia americana L.; beef-, Casuarina, Steno- 

 carfns, Swartzia; -betony, Slaihys; -bine, Loniccra Periclyincnum 

 L. ; bow-, Madura; black-, Acacia, Dalbergia; Brazil-, Caesal- 

 pinia ; cam -, Baphia ; Campeachy -, Hacmatoxyloii ; Canary white -, 

 Liriodendron; Chittagong -, Chickrassia; East Indian rose-, Dal- 

 bergia; Indian red-, Chickrassia: iron-, Mesua, cVc., &c. ; -fern 

 (Am.), Aspidmm; lance-, D2^uetia; lever -, Ostrya ; log-, Hae- 

 matoxylon; -nettle (Am.), Laportea; - oil, Aleurites, Dipterocarpus, 

 &c.; peach-, Caesalpinia; porcupine-, Cocos; - ruff, As ferula odo- 

 rata L. ; -rush, Luzula; -sage, Tcucritim; sandal-, Sanders-, 

 Santalnin, fferocarpus ', sappan-, Caesalpinia; -sorrel, Oxalis; 

 spindle-, Euoiiynius; Trincomali-, Berrya; yellow-, Cladrastis. 

 And cf. Timber. 



Woodburnia Prain. Araliaceae (i). i Burma. 



