FOREIGN PLANTS 



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Ui = Onion. 



Unicorn plant = Martynia. 



Vaterland's riet = Bamboo v. part I. 

 Vegetable marrow v. Gourds. 



A^'erbas'cum. V. phlomoides, V. olympicum. etc. (Borrag.). 



East. Medit. 

 Verbe'na (Verbenac). Y. chamaedrifolia (Vervain). Various 



hybrids in cultivation. Amer. 

 Verbena, Lemon-scented — . Lippia citriodora (Verben.). 



S. Amer. 

 Vero'nica (ScrophuL). V. Andersoni. Shrubby. New Zeal. 

 Vetch. Vicia sativa (Leg.) . Eur. 

 Vierkleur = Billbergia. 

 Violet. Viola odorata (Violac). Eur. 

 Violier = Stocks. 

 Vingerhoed = Foxglove. 

 Virginia creeper. Mostly Vitis (Ampelopsis) hederacea, 



N. Amer., and V. inconatans, Japan. (Vitac). 

 Vlas == Flax. 

 Vlier = Elder. 



Wallflower. Cheiranthus Cheiri (Cruciferae). Eur. 



Walnut. Juglans regia {J\ig\sjiö.s.c.) . Asia Minor. 

 Occasionally J. nigra. N. Amer. 



Wandering jew (part I.). 



Water hyacinth. Eichhornia crassipes (Ponteder.). Originally 



from S. Amer. 

 „ melon v. Gourds. 



Wattles. Several Australian varieties of Acacia. The principal 

 kind grown for tanner's bark in Natal is the Black — , 

 Acacia decurrens, var. mollissima. The Green — , 

 A. decurrens, var. normalis, is less frequently used, and 

 the Silver — , A. decurrens, var. dealhata, yields inferior 



bark. 



Weige'lia = Diervillea. 



Wheat. Triticum vulgare. Originally probably from 

 Aighanistan. Several other species cult. 



Wigandia (Hydrophyllac). W. urens. Mexico. 



Wijnruit = Rue. 



Willow. Various introduced kinds, e.g. Salix hahylonica 

 (Drooping — ) and S. viminali8 (Osier — ). Eur. 

 V. also part I. 



