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WOOD RETOXY 



wor:\iw'ood 



]iinn.T: sporophyl 

 ]<ai;,^ Mich, tu Fl; 



wit]) narr<iwly liiirar piiinfe^ 3-4 in. 



m<.)sily iifar the uuast. 



. II III form. 



or iiiori' .series of itreohv. 





mlmt 



2747. Woodsia Ilvensis (X .^3}. 

 "WOOD BETONY. SfneJn/s Betonica. 



WOODBINE 



' P 



See 



lu America, A />*/. 

 WOODRUFF. 

 WOOD LILY. 



In Entrlaml. Lonirera Pcricliiimenum; 

 >elou 



<is q)(i HtjKe folia 

 A speriilif . 

 TriHiion. 



Pods known as "Worms" and " Caterpil 

 times grown for curiosity. 



■will suit them well. 



WOODSIA(Joseph Wooils. 



an English botani^^t). Po/i/- 

 pO'Jiacea. A genus of luainly 

 rock-loving ferns character- 

 ized by their inferior indu- 

 sium, which is attached be- 

 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- 2749. 

 tive species are sometimes 

 cultivated in borders. Treat- 

 ment given other hardy ferns 

 Both grow best amongst" rocjiy. 



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

 or tuft*. ?>-^ in. long. 1 in. or more wide, bipinnatifid; 

 segments crowded, oVjscurely cre- 

 nate : sori confluent when old. 

 Eu. and N. Amer. north of Va. 



obtiisa, Torrey. Lvs. clustered, 

 fi-lf) in. lung, 2-4 in. wide, miuute- 

 \y glandular -hair}'', bipinnate ; 

 Itinnre rather remote, triangular- 

 uvate. New England to Arizona. 



L. M. UXDERWOOD. 



WOOD SOREEL. O.ralis Ace- 

 fo.sel/a. 



WOODWARDIA (Thomas J. 

 Wot.Miwai'd. an English botanist). 

 Pu/if/uH/n'irid-. A genus of rather 

 r-narsf-foliagf-d tVrns of diverse 

 lialiiv and slructurc, hut all bear- 

 ing llie scri i)i rows arrangrd 

 liaralh-l f<. tlie midril) like links 

 of sailsaLH-N. ('ominoniy knnwii 

 as tlie (_'haln Ferx. See Peru. 



ihe veins ermpvliere foniiinq 



<n-rnh, . 



ir. innt)is/lfi>liii. Sm.). Sterile !vs. 

 uunierons olilong-lanceolate sinuate 



A A. Lr 

 [:. I '(. /;(^■ furiiiiiiy one 



radicans, Sm. Lvs. rising from a caudex 3~n ft. long. 

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

 l)innatitid nearly to the midrib. The true IF. radicans 

 from Euro]>e bears scalj'^ buds toward the apex of the 

 leaf and roots to form new plants. Tlie Californian and 

 Mexican species, which has often been referred to this 

 spccius, is really distinct and never roots. 



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

 lau(M^()late i)inniB 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, 

 ))-;> in. wide on stout stipes; pinn® linear-lanceolate, 

 4-G in. long, cut nearly to the racbis into oblong lobes. 

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



WOOLLY BUTT. Pucaii/pta^ hnujifoUa. 



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 vet micidata, Linn., »S. snbvillosa , 

 Linn., S. tnuricata , Linn., S. sulcata, Linn., Medicago 

 scutellata, Mill., and Astragalus h'ntiosiis, Linn. The 

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

 ture, Fig. 2749, shows spe- 

 cies of Scorpiurus, chiefly 

 S. venniciflaiaihenenthjand 

 S. Huhvillosa (above). All 

 these various plants are an- 

 nuals of the easiest culture. 

 They are practically un- 

 known in this 

 country, al- ^^^ 



though offered ^v 



by seedsmen. %f' a 



See Caterpil- ^^ 



lars. L, H. B. fjj 



WORMSEED. ^L 



See (.' h e nop 0- \yf 



dill til. ^( 



fv 



2748. Fruiting lobe of 

 Woodwardia V i r - 

 einica (X 1/2)- 



A. Lvs. of tivo sori 



areolata, iMoor*- i 

 deltoid-ovate, with 



WORMWOOD 



{Artettiisia Atisinihinni) . Fig. 2*50. An 

 erect, hardy herbaceous perennial, native 

 of middle and western Europe and tlie 

 countries that bound the Mediterranean, 

 and sonietimes found in waste jdaces as an 

 es<'ape from American gardens, having an- 

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

 which bear abundant, much divided, lioary 

 leaves of in- 

 tensely and per- 

 sistently b i 1 1 e r r. r /i 

 flavor, and pani- 

 cles of greenish 

 or j'ellowisli fl,- 

 heads. The spe<l. 

 grayish and \"t.'ry 

 small, retains iis 

 vitality for about 

 four years, Vmt is 

 usually sown soon 

 after harvesting. 

 The tops and 

 leaves, gathered 

 and dried in July 

 and August wlirn 

 the jilant is in 

 flower, are ot^- 

 cially credited in 

 America with aro- 

 matic, tonic, and. 



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