THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
. ‘Washendowlie—continued 
species have been enumerated, but probably not more 
than three are truly distinct as such) of greenhouse or 
half-hardy, tuberous-rooted, perennial herbs, confined to 
South Africa. Flowers in terminal panicles, often villous; 
perianth yellow, oblique, the tube wanting; segments 
narrow or obovate-oblong, the outer ones, especially the 
back one, dissimilar to the rest, decurrent to the pedicels ; 
stamens three. Leaves few, ensiform or rarely linear, 
sometimes large, more or less plicate-veined. Stem erect, 
sometimes thickened at base. A mixture of very sandy 
loam and a little peat is well suited to the requirements 
of Wachendorfias. If planted out in a pit or frame, 
where protection from frost can be ensured, they will 
flower much stronger than if kept in pots. Little or 
no water should be given during the resting season. 
Propagation may be effected by offsets, or by seeds. 
Some of the species will thrive in the open air in the 
South of England if planted in a sheltered position. 
W. brevifolia (short.leaved). fl. nodding; perianth crimson, 
intermixed with tawny-yellow, softly hairy outside; raceme 
loose. April. J. lanceolate, five-nerved, plicate, villous, di- 
stichous, about 6in. long, faicately diverging, Stem lft. high, 
green, hairy. 1795. (B. M. 1166.) 
W. hirsuta (hairy) /l. drooping; perianth red in bud, golden- 
yellow when expanded ; peduncles four or five-flowered, secund ; 
nicle spreading; bracts villous. ril. J. linear-ensiform, 
hree-nerved, villous. Stem 14ft. high, villous. 1687. (B. M. 614.) 
Syn. W. villosa (A. B. R. 398). 
W. paniculata (paniculate). /l., perianth golden-yellow, the seg- 
ments pubescent outside, La dry peaa aa podili racemose, 
secund, pubescent ; pauna spreading, three to five-flowered. 
April. i. ensiform, three-nerved, bifarious, one-third the length 
of those of W. thyrsiflora. Stem nish, corymbose-paniculate. 
h. Lut. 1100. (B. 45515) pallida is a form with a pale yellow 
W. thyrsiflora, (thyrse-flowered).* 8 in a terminal spike, the 
rachis angular; perianth yellow, the lobes cuneate-lanceolate ; 
lower branchlets of the spike three or four-flowered. May. 
l. ensiform, five-nerved, us. Stem nearly simple. A. 2ft. 
1759. See Fig. 206. (B. M. 1060.) 
W. villosa (villous). A synonym of W. hirsuta. 
WAFER ASH. A common name for Ptelea tri- 
foliata (which see). 
Ge A synonym of Tetracera (which 
see). 
WAHLENBERGIA (named after George Wahlen- 
berg, of Upsala, 1780-1851, author of “ Flora Lapponica,” 
&e.). Syn. Schultesia (of Roth). Including Cervicina 
and Edraianthus. ORD. Campanulacee. A large genus 
(nearly eighty species) of greenhouse or hardy, annual, 
perennial, or woody-stemmed herbs, mostly natives of the 
Southern hemisphere, especially South Africa; a few in- 
habit the tropics of America and the Old World, and 
the Mediterranean region; and one species is broadly 
distributed over Western Europe. Flowers often blue 
and nodding; calyx tube adnate, hemispherical, turbinate, 
or obconical-oblong, the limb five, rarely three or four- 
parted; corolla campanulate, tubular, sub-rotate, or funnel- 
shaped, the limb shortly or rarely deeply five-cleft, very 
rarely three or four-cleft; stamens free of the corolla; 
inflorescence often irregularly centrifugal ; peduncles ter- 
minal, lateral, or axillary, solitary or variously paniculate. 
Capsules erect, inferior or half-superior. Leaves alternate 
or rarely opposite. The best-known species are here 
described. For culture, see Campanula. 
W. albo-marginata (white-margined). A synonym of W. saxicola. 
W. capensis (Cape). jf. at first drooping, but at length nearl 
b blue insido at the 
W. capillacea (capi i 
EE Be ee punicle, 
L. numerous, alternate, fascicled, HN MN M. SE 
Wahlenbergia— continued. 
jin. long. Stems erect, lft. to lift. high. South Africa, 1822. 
Greenhouse perennial. 
W. dalmatica (Dalmatian). A synonym of W. tenuifolia. 
W. gracilis (slender. Australian Harebell. f. very variable in 
size and GE oc) three to five-lobed ; corolla blue, purplish, 
or white, din. to Ain. long, three to five-lobed. April. l. żin. to 
2in. long; radical ones spathulate, petiolate, toothed ; cauline 
ones sessile, linear-oblong, entire, toothed, or sinuate, acute or 
acuminate, rarely spathulate. Stem 6in. to 24in. high. New 
Zealand, &c., 1794. A slender, nhouse annual. SYNS. 
KSC capillaris (L. B. C. 1406), C. gracilis (B. M. 691; 
W. hederacea (Ivy-like).* /. one to a peduncle, leaf-opposed ; 
corolla pale blue, iin. long, the lobes recurved. July and 
ugust. l. all petiolate, orbicular or cordate, angled or ob- 
scurely lobed, jin. to jin. in diameter, the upper ones often 
opposite. Stems filiform, creeping. Europe (Britain). Annual. 
Syn. Campanula hederacea (Sy. En. B. 875 
W. Kitaibelii (Kitaibel’s).* fl. disposed in terminal, bracteate 
D corolla blue, with a tinge of purple ; bracts acuminate, 
entately sub-serrated. Summer. Z, radical ones crowded, 
linear-subulate, remotely denticulate. 
with soft pili. 
(B. M. 6188.) 
W. saxicola (rock-loving).* New Zealand Bluebell. Z. pale 
lilac, erect; corolla campanulate, thrice exceeding the calyx; 
scape solitary, long, one-flowered. June. I all radical, usually 
rosulate, spathulate, long-attenuated to a flat, ciliated petiole, 
above usually hairy, entire or crenate-serrated, white and 
thickened on the margins. h. 2in. to 8in. New Zealand. Green- 
house perennial. (B. M. 6615) Syns. W. albo-marginata 
W. vincefora (L. & P. F. G. ii., fig. 142). 
Stems purplish, beset 
h. 6in. Transylvania. A tufted, hardy perennial. 
Fig. 207. WAHLENBERGIA TENUIFOLIA. 
W. tenuifolia (slender-leaved).* fl. six to ten in a dense, ter- 
minal, bracteate tuft; calyx lobes bristly-ciliate ; corolla violet- 
blue, white at the base. June and July. J. linear, entire, with 
bristly margins. Stems pilose, purplish, tufted. A. 3in. to 6in. 
Dalmatia, 1879. Hardy perennial. See Fig. 207. (B. M. 6482.) 
SYNS. W. dalmatica, Edraianthus tenuifolius. 
W. tuberosa (tuberous-rooted).* /. white, marked on the out- 
side with bright rosetred bands, numerous at the tips of the 
niculate branches, jin. long, campanulate, erect. Summer. 
. linear, acute, ere lin. long, one-nerved. Stems slender, 
erect, 6in. to 2ft. high, loosely branched. Juan Fernandez, 1875. 
A remarkably floriferous, tuberous-rooted, greenhouse perennial. 
(B. M. 6155; R. G. 1877, p. 213.) 
W. vinceefiora (Periwinkle-flowered). A synonym of W. sazicola. 
WAHLENBERGIA (of Blume). 
Webera (which see). 
WAHOO. See Ulmus alata. 
 "WAILESIA (named in honour of G. Wailes, a great 
collector of Orchids), Syns. Dipodiwm (now the correct 
name), Leopardanthus. ORD. Orchidee. A small genus 
(about six species) of stove, terrestrial Orchids, natives 
A synonym of 
