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Wigandia—continued. : 
W. caracasana, (Caraccas). A synonym of W. macrophylla. 
W. macrophylla (large-leaved).* fl. lilac; sepals acute, hoary- 
tomentose, shorter than the corolla; spikes revolute at apex, 
secund, the rachis villous-pubescent. April. J. elliptic-cordate, 
slightly acute, hairy-tomentose, ferruginous above. h. 10ft. 
Caraccas, 1836. See Fig. 220. Syn. W. caracasana (B. M. 4575; 
B. R. 1966; F. d. S. 755; L. J. F. 132). 
W. urens (stinging). fl. disposed in scorpioid panicles; calyx 
woolly, with linear, acute sepals; corolla violet-blue, the margins 
of the lobes somewhat revolute. Autumn. hk, 6ft. Mexico (%, 
1830. This species differs from W. macrophylla in its looser 
habit, and in its longer-stalked, more spreading leaves of a deeper 
ashy-green, shaded with red on the petioles. See Fig. 221. 
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FIG. 222. WIGANDIA VIGIERI. 
W. Vigieri (Vigier’s).* d. calyx green, exceeding the corolla 
tube, with five linear, acute sepals; corolla lilac-blue, passing 
. through vinous-red to fawn-colour before fading, rotate-infundi- | 
nicu- | 
late, divaricate. Autumn. J. alternate, oval-elliptic, cordate at | 
bular, woolly outside, glabrous ; inflorescence very large, 
the base, irregularly and sparsely toothed, channelled; petioles 
Qin. long. h. 6ft. Mexico (2, 1868. See Fig. 222. 
WIG-TREE. A common name for Rhus Cotinus 
(which see). 
WIKSTROMIA. A synonym of Laplacea (which 
see). 
WILD APPLE, or WILDING. 
Malus. 
WILD BERGAMOT. Se Monarda fistulosa. 
WILD CLARY. Se Salvia Verbenaca. 
Vol. IV. 
See Pyrus 
WILD CLOVE See Pimenta acris. 
WILD DATE. Se Phenix sylvestris. 
WILD HYACINTH. See Scilla nutans. 
WILD IRISHMAN. See Discaria Toumatou. 
WILD OLIVE. Se Eleagnus and Olea europea. 
WILD SNOWBALL. 
canus. 
WILD WATER LEMON. See Passiflora foetida, 
WILD WILLIAM. 
Lychnis Flos-cuculi. 
WILLDENOVIA (of Gmelin). 
of Rondeletia (which see). 
WILLDENOWIA (named in honour of 
Charles Louis Willdenow, 1765-1812, Professor 
of Botany at Berlin. Syn. Nematanthus (of 
Nees). Orp. Restiacew. A genus comprising 
eight species of greenhouse herbs, with Rush- 
like, leafless stems, natives of South Africa. 
Flowers dicecious; male spikelets loosely many- 
flowered, interruptedly spicate; females one- 
flowered, sessile. Sheaths loose, persistent. It 
is doubtful whether the under-mentioned species 
is still in cultivation. It thrives in a compost 
of loam and peat, and may be increased by 
divisions. 
W. teres (terete). Jl., male inflorescence 2in. to 2Jin. 
long, erect, spicately or paniculately cymose; female 
spikelets one to three at the apex of the culm. 
Sheaths 14in. in length, convolute, fuscous, glabrous, 
acuminate at apex. Culms erect, 3ft. or more high, 
terete, virgate-branched near the middle; branches 
ascending, white-lepidoted and spotted with purple. 
1790. The plant sometimes grown under this name 
is a species of Restio. 
WILLEMETIA (named in honour of P. R. 
Willemet, 1762-1790, author of “ Herbarium 
Mauritianum’’). Syns. Noltia, Vittmannia. 
ORD. Rhamneew. <A monotypic genus. The 
species is a pretty, perfectly glabrous, green- 
house shrub. It thrives in a compost of sandy 
loam and peat. Increased by cuttings, inserted 
in sand, under a glass. 
W. africana (African). fi. white, in es and 
panicles about lin. aa. E petals five, cucullate, sessile. 
May. J. alternate, oblong-lanceolate, more or less 
obtuse, serrated, feather-nerved, 2in. to 2Jin. long, 
paler beneath. h. 10ft. to 12ft. South Africa. The 
proper name of this plant is now Noltia africana. 
WILLESDEN PAPER AND CAN- 
VAS. For making temporary shelters where 
light is not necessary, the Paper and Canvas 
manufactured by the Willesden Paper Company 
possess all the requisite properties; being fairly 
cheap, they may be freely used for light 
coverings of any kind. The Paper is quite water- 
proof, light, and of fair tensile strength, as anyone 
who saw the pavilion erected in the grounds of the 
Crystal Palace, during the exhibition of 1884, will have 
noticed; except that visitors had cut the Paper about, 
the edifice was as sound nine months after erection as 
when first put up. A tank was also exhibited, which 
held about half a ton of water, the Paper not being 
saturated for quite two months; and no doubt it would 
have been sound for the whole time the exhibition lasted, 
but that some mischievous person stuck a knife through ` 
the side, to see if it was really Paper. These examples ` 
will show that the Paper will answer what is required 
of it, and therefore all that is left is to describe the 
manner of using it for garden purposes. n 
The stout brown Paper is the best for general use. It 
is made about 4ift. wide, a useful size sE meals 
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See Ceanothus ameri- 
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