w 



WAAHOO, WAHOO, 



WAKE EOBIN. In England Ar 



WAFER ASH. Pteleu trifoUata. 

 WAHLENBfiRGIA graudlfldra ^ee Plityiod ii 

 state ph)SRi 



WAITZIA (P \ 



to the Dutch t 

 plants). Comp 

 lasting flowerb 

 l^i ft. high an 1 

 flower-heads v, il 

 about 5 in. aero 

 part being the i 

 4 or 5 series t 

 stiffer texture tl 

 of 7 speeies of \ 

 alternate, linen 

 corymbs or rii I 



wiote 



of the rirer e\er 



1 which grows about 



hi t rs of \ellow 



n 1 1 t I lie 

 I 1 \\> 



all colored and p t U 1 I i c j 1 1 1 H it w ith ut ■- ile 

 anthers provided with tails of micioscopic 'iize akenes 

 somewhat compressed glabrous or papillose teimi 

 nating in a sleudet I e ik pa| p is f capillary bristles 

 usually cohering at tl I 1 1| If barbellate or plu 



mose. The genu I i 1 from Helipterum and 



Helichrysum bj tl 1 I 1 I i Flora Australien 



sis, vol. 3. 



grandiSldra W Th m| s u (Tip ntlm 1 i| f this 

 species is credited t Naudin 1 \ 1 1 \ K ) 



Half-hardy everl-istin^ or iraiu t 11 I e\ 



ceeding 18 m in height h s I m I 1 „ inn 



nate, sessile green above slightU \ ill u I ti eath 

 prominent midrib beneath Hs jellow in teuninal 

 corymbs. F ISto 41 where it was originallj described 

 Probably the most desirable of the genus It seems to 

 have replaced W ainei the fa\oiite of the previous 

 generation, being larger fld more robust and rathei 

 easier of cultivation -^y jj 



WALDSTElNIA (Franz 4.dam Count of Waldstein 

 Wartenburg, born 17o9 at Vienna wrote with Kitiibel 

 an illustrated work on raie plants of Hungar\ died 

 1823). Eosd-ceit. The Yellow or Barren Straw 

 BERRY, Wahteinia fiaginwides is a little plint that 

 looks much like a strawberr-y plant but it hi yellow 

 flowers and bears no edible fruit It is a hard^ North 

 American tufted perennial herb about 4 m high with 

 glossy Ivs. composed of 3 wedge shaped Ifts and o 

 petaled fls. less than ^4 in aero s It comes w ith the 

 first rush of spring and continues to bloom until sum 

 nier. There is no satisfaction in growing onh a few 

 plants of this wild flow er The plant is appropriate to 

 the rockery, where every efCort should be made to in 

 duce it to form a dense mat Ma ses of the Yellow 

 Strawberry have been u ed with good effect for edging 

 shrubbery borders, and the plant is li ted bv severil 

 nurserymen. 



Only 4 species of Waldstemia are well known The\ 

 are hardy, creeping peiennial strawberry like plants 

 Ivs. alternate, inosth bi il lcn„ talked entire lobed 

 3-5-cut or with 3-5 1ft the Itts crenate or mci ed 

 scapes bracted, bearm^ 2-5 yellow fls petil 5 obj 

 vate, about as long a the caljxkh t uiiPii mien 



nite : carpels 2-(): akenes obliqu h 1 \ il 1i\ i 

 slightly fleshy. Natives of north tt mi i it / i 



fragarioldea, Tratt Fig '>im P pil i 1 nition 

 above. Pubescent orne^il\ „l 1 i i lit 1 nt tte oi 

 crenate except at the b-i t 1 1 1 1 i q e c nm 



bosely 3-8-fld. : akenes 4-i M \ In \\ oods an 1 



shaded hill-sides. New Fii.,1 n I t Minn ind Ind 

 along the Alleghanies to ( i b b Is R H 1890 p 



510. B.M. 1567 and LBt j 408 (both a Dahbatda 

 fragarioides). -nr -if 



WALUMEISTEE is Asperiihi odorafn. 



WALKING-LEAF FEKN is <%n„i,l„sorus. 



WALL CHESS i ROCK CRESS i Itabii, 



WALL FERN P I ip dinm lulgare 



WALLFLOWER Consult Cheiranthns Cheiri 



WALLtCHIA (Nathaniel Wallich )-8h-18)4 Danish 

 botanist wi te on i lauts ot li I I / / Tl i 



species of Himalayan palms III I 



scribed below is cult outd ■s I I I ^ I i 



and ill Eu under glass and tl III I 



\ I 1 \merica is believe 1 t I e in i tew north in 



I I 11 cespitose with shoit branching caudices 



compies Ld 1 ith h it [.lit \ th 

 crenate spadices short peduncled tl 

 ing or lecurved ovoid much branch 

 pistillate lot 1 1 t iitlHs^er\i 



tul ilir the 

 fls medium 

 Stove palms 



upper one 

 yellow fi 

 For cultui / 



Walliihia 1 1 11 1 t 1> iMii leima Aienga and 

 Caryota diftering in having ( stamens instead of an 

 indefinite number Caryota is the onlj one of this 

 group with ruminate albumen Didymosperma has a 

 cup-shaped 3-lobed cahx. and in Aienga the calvx 

 has 3 distinct sepals 



* /&)f1 



disticha T Anders Caude\ 10-lj ft high j-b in in 

 diam naked Ivs distichous b-10 tt long alterntte 

 erect Ifts 1-2 ft long 2-2y m wide fa cicled linear 

 narrowed to the base, truncate and denticulate at the 



