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WOOD BETONY 



WOOD BETONY. Staehys Beto. 



WOODBINE. In England. Lonicera Perickymenun 

 in America, Ampelopsis quinque folia. 



WOODRUFF. See Asperula, 



WOOD LILY. Trillium. 



WOODSIA(Jos t - t .h Woods, 

 an English botanist}. Poly- 

 pod iticece. A genus of mainly 

 rock-loving ferns character- 

 ized by their inferior indu- w~ 

 sium, which is attached be- ^ : ,^£flj: 

 neath the sorus, inclosing it~~ = 

 at first but soon splitting 

 into star -like lobes, and 

 later hidden beneath the 

 sorus. Some fifteen spe- 

 cies are known, of which 

 seven grow wild in this 

 country. The following na- 

 tive species are sometimes 

 cultivated in borders. Treat- 

 ment given other hardy ferns will suit them well. 

 Both grow best amongst rocks. 



Ilvensis, R.Br. Fig. 2747. Lvs. growing in rosettes 



WORMWOOD 



pinnae; sporophylls with narrowly linear pinnsB 3-4 in. 

 long. Mich, to Fla., mostly near the coast. 



aa. Lvs. uniform. 

 b. Veins forming one or more series of areolae. 



radicans, Sm. Lvs. rising from a caudex 3-5 ft. long, 

 gracefully curved; pinnae 8-15 in. long, 2-4 in. wide, 

 pinnatifid nearly to the midrib. The true W. radicans 

 from Europe bears scaly buds toward the apex of the 

 leaf and roots to form new plants. The Californian and 

 Mexican species, which has often been referred to this 

 species, is really distinct and never roots. 



orientalis, Swz. Lvs. 4-8 ft. long, 12-18 in. wide, with 

 lanceolate pinnae and sinuate pinnules; veins uniting 

 freely. Japan and Formosa. 



bb. Veins free between the sori and the margin. 



Virginica, Smith. Fig. 2748. Lvs. 12-18 in. long, 



6-9 in. wide on stout stipes; pinnae linear-lanceolate, 



4-6 in. long, cut nearly to the rachis into oblong lobes. 



Can. to Mich., Ark. and Fla. l, m. Underwood. 



WOOLLY BUTT. Eucalyptus longifolia. 



WORMS. Fig. 2749. Under the name of "Worms," 

 "Snails" and "Caterpillars," various odd fruits of legu- 

 minous plants are grown as curiosities. The pods are 

 often put in soups as a practical joke, not for their 

 edible qualities. The plants chiefly grown for this pur- 

 pose are Scorpiurus vermiculata, Linn., S. subvillosa, 

 Linn., S. muricata, Linn., S. sulcata, Linn., Medicago 

 scutellata, Mill., and Astragalus hamosus, Linn. The 

 last is the one usually known as "Worms." The pic- 

 ture, Fig. 2749, shows spe- 

 cies of Scorpiurus, chiefly 

 &'. vermicu lata (beneath)and 

 S, subvillosa (above). All 

 these various plants are an- 

 nuals of the easiest culture. 

 !f v ^O^*^^ ; -:A -' * They are practically un- 



lv?>?>?A'jfi.»foii '-. i- known in this & 



country, al- *$* 

 though offered iy 



by seedsmen. £j*y 



See Caterpil- *f£r 



lars. L> H . B. Hj 



WORMSEED. 



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2749. Pods known as ' 



times grown 



and " Catcrpilii 

 for curiosity. 



WORMWOOD 



Fig. 2750. An 



or tuft 



2748. Fruitint 

 Woodwardia 

 einica (X VA) 



g, 1 in. or more wide, bipinnatifid; 

 segments crowded, obscurely cre- 

 nate: sori confluent when old. 

 Eu. and N. Araer. north of Va. 



obtusa, Torre y. Lvs. clustered, 

 6-15 in. long, 2-4 in. wide, minute- 

 ly glandular - hairy, bipinnate ; 

 pinnae rather remote, triangular- 

 ovate. New England to Arizona. 

 L. M. Underwood. 

 WOOD SORREL. Oxalis Ace- 

 tosella. 



WOODWARDIA (Thomas J. 

 Woodward i an English botanist). 

 Polypodiacea*. A genus of rather 

 coarse-foliaged ferns of diverse 

 habit and structure, but all bear- 

 , . t ing the sori in rows arranged 



lobe Of „„=„„, ... .. _;,i..;i. m, n u„u„ 



parallel to the midrib like links 

 of sausages. Commonly known 

 as the Chain Fern. See Fern. 

 A. Lvs. of two sorts, the veins everywhere forming 



areola'. 



areolata, Moore (IF. angustifdlia, Sm.). Sterile lvs. 



deltoid-ovate, with numerous oblong-lanceolate sinuate 



(Artemisia Absinthi 



erect, hardy herbaceous perennial, native 

 of middle and western Europe and the 

 countries that bound the Mediterranean, 

 and sometimes found in waste places as an 

 escape from American gardens, having an- 

 gular, rather shrubby stems 2-4 ft. tall, 

 which bear abundant, much divided, hoary 

 leaves of in- 

 tensely and per- 

 sistently bitter » «yj 

 flavor, and pani- ^.y : . /A^ 

 cles of greenish * ] / J .'. ',-. ''J&> 

 or yellowish fl.- _'' 

 heads. The seed, 

 grayish and very 

 small, retains its 

 vitality for about 

 four years, but is 

 usually sown soon 

 after harvesting. 

 The tops and 

 leaves, gathered 

 and dried in July 

 and August when 

 the plant is in 

 flower, are offi- 

 cially credited in 

 America with aro- fl 

 matic, tonic, and, Jj 



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2750. Wormwood (X 14) . 



