mi 



WATERMELON. 



WEALDEX FORMATION. 



IIS 



lent of the Viclorla Watcr-Lily (ritloria 



WATER-MELON. [Coccws.] 



WATER-MILFOIL. [MYRiopnYLLUM.] 



WATER-OUZEL. [MKRCLID.E.] 



WATER-PEPPER. fELATiNAcs; POLYOOXTJM.] 



WATER-PLANTAIN. [ALIBMACE*.] 



WATER-PLANTS. [Aiax; NTMPH^ACE* ; HTDROCIIAKIDAOF..K ; 

 CORALLDiACE.E; ClIARACM; DlATOMACKS } DESMIDIE ; PlSTIACB ; 

 HALORAOACK.K.) 



WATER-RAIL. [RALUD*. 



WATER-RAT. IMtjRID*.] 



WATER SHI ELDS. [Hi 



WATERSOLDIER. [STRATIOTBS.] 



WATER-SPANIEL. [SPANIEL.] 



WATER-STARWORT. (CAU.ITRICHE.] 



WATER-VIOLET. [HOTTOMA.] 



WATEK-WAOTAIL. [MoiACii.LtNJK.] 



WATERS, MINERAL. [WATER.] 



WATERWURTS. [PiiM.viuiAOE.t] 



WAVELLITE. UydrargiUitt, Dcwnilc, or Lfuionile. This Mineral, 

 which is a phosphate of alumina, was discovered by Dr. Wave), hence 

 its name. It occur* in globular concretions from a very small size to 

 that of an inch in diameter; these consist of small slender crystals 

 radiating from a centre, with imperfect terminations. Primary form 

 of the crystal a right rhombic prism. Cleavage parallel to the lateral 

 planes, and the greater diagonal of the prism. Hardness 35 to 4. It 

 cratches carbonate of lime. Colour nearly white; gray, brown, 

 yellow, and green of various shades. Lustre vitreous, somewhat pearly 

 on the cleavage planes. Transparent, translucent. Specific gravity, 

 2-337. Before the Uow-pipe it swells and becomes snow-white ; when 

 powdered, it dissolves without effervescence in nitric and sulphuric acids 

 when heated, and gives out an acid which slightly corrodes glass. 



This mineral is found at Barnataplo in Devonshire; near Cork, 

 Ireland ; in Cornwall, Germany, Brazil, Ac. 



Analysis of the mineral from Barustaple, by (1) Fuchs, (2) Berzelius: 



(1) (2) 



Phosphoric Add . . . 34-84 33-40 



Alumina .... 37-10 :::.:;., 



Water 28-00 26'80 



Fluoric Acid . . . . ,, 2-06 



Lin> 0-50 



Oxide* of Iron and Manganese . 1-25 



WAX. fBzi.1 



WAX-BILLS. [ESTRII.DA.] 



WAX-MYRTLE. [MrRic*.] 



WAX-PALM. [CKROXYLOM.J 



WAX-TREK, the common name of the Plants belonging to the 

 genus I'umia. [VnuiA.] 



WAX-WINO. [HOJIBT 



WAYFARING TOE 



WEALDEN FORMATIONS, the uppermost series of the strata 

 usually included by English geologists in the Oolitic System. 

 [OKOLOGY.] This arrangement is justified by the plants, fishes, and 

 reptiles which occur in the formation, for they ore genetically, and 

 even specifically, more allied to Oolitic than to Cretaceous types of 

 structure But as the Wralden deposits are of fluviatile origin prin- 

 cipally, we do not find in them the usual shells or t'rutlacea of the 

 Oolitw, but a peculiar series, of which a few species are also discovered 

 in other districts. 



The Weald- n beds comprise a series of layers of clay, sand, and 

 >hale, with subordinate beds of limestone, grit, and sandstone, which 

 re more or lees regularly distributed, and contain remains of fresh- 



water Molltuca, as species of Cyi-tna, L'nio, Paludina, *i\ 1 

 ftauria, and Plants are also found in these deposits, with a fow marine 

 Molliuca. The following aro the characters of the subordinate groups 

 of the formation : 



1. WKALD CLAY. Average thickness 140 to 200 feet. 

 Stiff clay of various f Faltuiimr, Cyprii I'al. ~\ The Weald* of Son. 

 shades of blue and brown ; drniit, Cyrena, &c., tbe sc-x, Surrey, and Kent ; 

 with subordinate bedi of< bones of reptiles rarely ; > forming the vale be. 

 limestone and and : Krp. scales and bones of I tween the Downs and 

 'aria. (_ fiahes. J Forest Ridge. 



2. HASTINGS SANDS. Average thickness 400 to 500 feet. 

 a. Horsted Sand. 



Little Ilorsted, Uek. 



I Traces of carbonised 

 plants. 



Gray, white, ferruginous, 

 and fawn-coloured Rand, 

 and friable randstone, with 

 abundance of small por- 

 tions of lignite. 



J. Strata of Tilgate Forest. 



Band and friable sand, 

 tone, of various shades of 

 green, yellow, and ferru- 

 xinous, surface oftentimes 

 deeply furrowed, 



Tllgate stone, very fine, 

 compact bluish or green lib 

 gray grit, in lenticular 

 msssw, surface oftentimes 

 covered with iiuuuiniil.it y 



Fcrn>, and stems of 

 vegetables, bones of Sau- 

 rian animals, birds, tur- 

 tles, tUhes, &c. ; shells 

 of the genera I'nio, Cy- 

 clal, Oj/rena, Paludina, 

 ic. 



Lignite wood. 



concretions ; the lower 

 beds frequently conglomc- 

 ritlc, and containing large 

 quarts pebbles. 



Clay or murl ; of a / Bones, and shells but 



bluish gray colour ; alter- j rarely, 



nating with sand, sand, j Ferns ; and stems of 



stone, and shale. \ vegetables. 



c. Worth-Sandstone. 



White and yellow i' Ferns and Armidina- 

 frlable sandstone and < ceous plant'. Lignite, 

 sand. ( &e. 



S. AsnnuiiNHAM BROS. 



A series of highly ferru- 

 ginous sands, alternating 

 with clay and shale, con- <j Ferns, Lignite, &c. 

 talnlng ironstone and 

 lignite. 



Shelly limestone, alter- [ Cyprii. 

 nating with sandstone, J Shells of the genera 

 shale, and marl ; and < Cyclm and Cyraia ; 

 concretlonal mawes of I lignite carbonised vcgc- 

 grlt. (^tables. 



hill, Chsiley, Fletchlnir, 

 Kridge 1'ark, Tunbridge 



\\. : . 



Tx>xwood, Ilorsham, 

 Tilgate, and St. Leo- 

 nard's ForeM s; Chailey, 

 Ore near I'.utt!.', II .-t- 

 ings, *c., Hyo, Win. 

 Chelsea. 



Tunbriilge Well". 



Worth near Crnwley, 

 St. Clement's Cares, 

 Hastings, &e. 



Lower part of Hast- 

 ings Cliffn; near llu\t' <l ; 

 West Hothly ; Crawley, 

 &c. 



Archer's Wood, near 



l'.:mlc; llrightling, 



Pouneeford, Bun\ 

 Hurt Oreen, Eason's 

 (ireen. 



The Dover Railway traverses the beds of the Wealdeu between 

 Red Hill and the branch-line to Tunbridge Wells, exposing the \\ . .:,! 

 Clay and Upper Hastings Sands. 



The fossils of this group are as follows : 



Planter. 



Carpolitha Mantdli. Lonchoplerit Mantelli, Brong. 



Clathraria Lytllii, Mant. Plerophyllum lirongnittrti, Maul. 



End'xjenilei erota, Mant. S/ihenopterit Mantelli, Brong. 



quiKtitei Lyelli, Mant .S PhiUiptii, Mant. 



ffuiteni, Presl. & Sillimani, Maat. 



