742 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
WITCHES’ BROOMS. ‘ee Witches’ Knots, Wittsteinia—continued. 
Vol. IV. Australian plants of the order. It is closely allied to 
f - Themistoclesia. For culture, see Erica. 
WITSENIA. W. corymbosa is now classed under rn ae ies < ; 
Aristea, and the only species of this genus is described W. vacciniacea (Vaccinium-like). 7. yellowish-greeen or 
hereunder : . - reddish, about 4in. long, pendulous, solitary in the axils. 
s ; 7. scattered or in clusters of two or three, obovate-oblong, 
W. maura (Moorish). /., perianth tube 2in. long, fin. in obtuse, thick, about lin. long, shortly petiolate, pale or 
diameter at the throat, brownish towards the base, bluish- slaucous beneath. Branches ascending, 6in. to 12in. long, 
black towards the top, the segments 4in. long, erect ; clusters usually slightly pubescent. Victoria, 1892. 
Fic. 768. WISTARIA CHINENSIS. 
crowded in oblong heads. December. J. distichous, rigid, WOLKENSTEINIA THEOPHRASTA. A syno- 
ensiform, sin. long. Stem woody, erect, 2ft. to 4ft. long; | nym of Gomphia Theophrasta (which see). 
branches leafy to the top. Cape Colony, 1790. (B. R. 5; {aa P P ( 
F. d. 8. 72; P. M. B. viii., p. 221.) | 'WOODLICE. These very common el are . 
; “Natta, ; | source of much trouble to growers for market ané 
. arted). A synonym of Klattia partita. source 0 tog 4 r 
Bie Pactra (parted) Oa ea ate tess others. The pests are particularly destructive in plant- 
WITTSTEINIA (a commemorative name). Orp. | houses containing forced yegetables and flowers, the former 
Ericacee. A monotypic genus. ‘The species is a green- | more particularly. Outside they are more easily dealt 
house, prostrate or creeping shrub—one of the few with; and therefore they do not constitute such pests 
