226 BOTANICAL NAMES 



Vulpia (vul-pi-a). L. " Vulpus " (a fox). Bot. name 



of a group used by some botanists instead of 



Fescue. 

 Vulpina (vul-pi-na). L. " Vulpus " (a fox); refers to 



colour. Second bot. name. 

 Vulvaria (vul-va-ri-a). L. " Volva " (a wrapper). 



Second bot. name Stinking Goosefoot. 



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Weld. Said to be derived from Spanish " qualda." 



Eng. name for Reseda Luteolais. 

 Whin. Welsh. " Cwyn " (a weed). Eng. name for 



the Ulex. 

 Whortleberry (whor-tl-beri). A.S. " Heoruthberge " ; 



i.e., heather berry. Eng. name for Vaccinium 



Myrtillus. 

 Willow. Welsh. " Gwial " (twigs). Eng. name for 



Salix group. 



Winter Green. Eng. name Pyrola group. 

 Woad (wod). A.S. " Waad." Eng. name for Isatis 



group. 



Woodrush. Eng. name of Luzula group. 

 Woodsia (woods-ia). After Joseph Woods, Eng. 



botanist, died 1864. Bot. name of a group. 

 Wormwood. A.S. " Werian " (to protect); " mod " 



(the mind); i.e., mind-protector; from its medicinal 



properties. Eng. name for Artemisia Absinthium. 

 Wolffia. Bot. name for a sub-group of the Lemna 



group, and so called after J. F. Wolff, who, in 



1801, published a work on the Lemna group. 

 Wallflower. Eng. name for Cheiranthus group. The 



