THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
WHITLOW GRASS. Se Draba and Parony- 
chia. 
|» WHITTEN-TEEE. A common name for Viburnum 
" Opulus (which see). 
WHITWORT. An old name for Feverfew (Pyrethrum 
Partheniwm). 
WHORL. A ring of organs all on the same plane. 
WHORL FLOWER. A common name for Morina 
longifolia (which see). 
WHORTLEBERRY. See Vaccinium Myrtillus. 
The name is also applied to other species. 
WIBORGIA. A synonym of Viborgia (which sce). 
WIDDRINGTONIA (named in honour of Captain 
Widdrington [formerly Cook], who travelled in Spain). 
African Cypress. ORD. Conifere. A small genus (three 
species) of greenhouse shrubs or trees, included, by Bent- 
ham and Hooker, under Callitris; two are natives of 
South Africa, and the third is found in Mada ` 
Flowers dicecious, or male and female on separate plants; 
male catkins oblong or cylindrical, the females globular, 
without footstalks. Leaves thickly set, alternately or in 
whorls, linear or needle-shaped, spreading, but sometimes 
very small, scale-like, approaching im- 
brieate, with a gland on the back. 
Cones thick, woody, nearly equally 
four - valved, globular, two or three 
together. Two species have been in- 
troduced, For culture, see Callitris. 
. cupressoides (Cypress-lik L 
the branches o Mn Laici pes 
nt the points; those on the branchlets 
four-rowed, much shorter, imbricated. 
cones ovate, obtuse, nine to ten lines long. 
Branches elongated, erect, meri : 
branchlets slender, bent downwards, or 
enden? at the ends, covered with leaves. 
. Aft. to 10ft. South Africa, 1799. Shrub, 
Cape 
(J BP een sus 
ns oblong-cylin- 
W. juniperoides 
Gum-tree. fl., male catk 
drical, rot L 
ones y S 
sharp-pointed, spreading, slightly curved, 
or in whorls of three, Zin. to 
lin. long ; adults scattered ; those on the 
lets sometimes ovate-lanceolate or 
rhomboid, obtuse or sharp-pointed. cones 
three or four together, much smaller than 
W. eupressoides, rounded, sli. htly de- 
pressed. Stem straight; branches erect 
or spreading. South Africa, 1756. Tree. 
Fie. +20. .PORTION OF INFLORESCENCE OF 
WIGANDIA MACROPHYLLA. 
WIDOW, MOURNFUL. Se Scabiosa atropur- 
purea. 
WIDOW-WAIL. See Cneorum. 
WIDOW-WISSE. An old name for Genista tinctoria. 
WIGANDIA (named in honour of John Wigand, 1523- 
1587, a Bishop of Pomerania). ORD. Hydrophyllacee. A 
small genus (three or four closely-related species) of tall, 
hispid, stove or greenhouse herbs, broadly dispersed over 
the mountainous regions of tropical America. Flowers 
sessile at the sides of scorpioid branches, in terminal, 
amply dichotomous cymes ; calyx segments linear; corolla 
tube short, broadly campanulate, not scaly, the limb 
ample, spreading, of five imbricated lobes; stamens five, 
nearly equally affixed, often exserted; filaments hispid 
with reflexed pili below the middle. Leaves alternate, 
ample, wrinkled, generally donbly-toothed. ` The species 
are frequently, on account of their fine foliage and bold 
habit, used for sub-tropical bedding. Seeds should be 
sown in early spring, in heat; and the seedlings grown 
on in light, loamy soil, hardened off, and planted out 
in the open in June. The plants may also be propagated 
by means of cuttings, inserted in sandy soil, in bottom 
heat, and carefully shaded until rooted. 
Fig, 221. WIGANDIA URENS. 
