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two species of Wettinia, both inhabiting 

 the eastern slopes of the Andes, about 

 3,500 feet above the sea-level — W. augusia, 

 originally discovered by Pavon, and col- 

 lected more recently by Poppig on the 

 banks of the Tocache ; and W. mayncusis, 

 called Pullo-corota and Shullu-chonta by 

 the natives, inhabiting those of the R ver 

 Mayo. Their stems are from th ir ty to forty 

 feet high, unarmed, and (like some species 

 of Iriartea) borne on stilt-like aerial roots | 

 covered with prickles. The leaves are | 

 terminal and pinnatisect, the segments j 

 truncate and erose on their apex. The 

 spadix is developed below the crown of the 

 leaves ; the flowers are dioecious, and the 

 fruit is a one-seeded dry berry. [B. S.] 



WHAMPEE. Cookia punctata. 



WHANGHEE. See Wangee. 



WHARRE. The Crab, Pyrus Malus. 



WHEAT. The grain-bearing Triticum 

 ■vulgare, of which two forms are distin- 

 guished, T. cestivum and T. hybernum. — , 

 BUCK. Fagopyrum. — , COW. Melam- 

 pvrti.m. — , GOAT'S. Traqopyrum, — , 

 GUINEA. Zea Mayo. — , SPELT. Triticum 

 Spelta. -.TURKEY. Zea Mays. 



WHEEL-SHAPED. Rotate. 



WHICKEN. Pyrus Aucuparia. 



WHIN. Ulex europceus. — , MOOR, or 

 NEEDLE. Genista angUca. — , PETTY. 

 Genista anglica ; also Ononis arvensis. 



WHIN-BERRY. Vaccinium. 



WHIP-SHAPED. Flagelliform. 



WHIP-TONGUE. Galium Molhcgo. 



WHIRLING PLANT. Desmodium gy- 



ro ns 



WHISKY. A spirituous liquor distilled 

 from the fermented worts of malt or grain. 



WHITE-BEAM. Pyrtis Aria. 

 WHITE-BEN. Silene ivflaia. 

 WHITE-BLOW. Draba verna; also 

 ! Saxifraga tridactylites. 



| WHITE-BOTTLE. Silene inflata. 



I WHITE-CAPS. A name employed some- 

 times to indicate Agaricns arvensis, which 



| is more commonly known under the desig- 

 nation of Horse Mushroom. [M. J. B.] 



WHITE DEAL. The timber of Abies 

 excelsa. 



WHITE DAMMER. A gum-resin pro- 

 duced by Vateria indica. 



WHITE-HEAD. Parthenium Hystero- 

 pliorus. 



WHITE HOOP. A Jamaica name for 

 Tournefortia bicolor. 



WHITE-HORSE. Portlandia grandiflora. 

 WHITE-POTHERB. Talerianella oli- 

 toria. 

 WHITE-ROOT. 



WHITE-ROT. Hydrocotylevulgaris ; also 

 Pinguicula vulgaris. 

 WHITE-THORN. Crataegus Oxyacantha. 

 WHITE-TREE. Melaleuca Leucadendron, 



WHITE- WOOD. Tilia americana; also 

 Liriodendron tulipifera, Orevdaphne Leu- 

 coxylon, Nectandra leucantlia, Tecoma 

 Leucoxylon, and Tecoma pevtaphylia. — 

 of Australia. Lagunaria Patersoui. — of 

 Tasmania. Pitiosporum bicolor. 



WHITE WORT. Matricaria Cliamomilla; 

 also Polygouatum officinale. 



WHITF1ELDIA. A genus of tropical 

 African shrubs belonging to the order 

 Acanihacea. The technical distinguish- 

 ing peculiarities are to be sought in the 

 presence of two bracts at the base of the 

 four or five-parted calyx, both bracts and 

 calyx being of a reddish hue. Additional 

 characteristics are— the funnel-shaped two- 

 lipped corolla, twice the length of the 

 I calyx ; the ovary with four ovules ; and the 

 four large discoid seeds, which are pro- 

 vided with little hook-like appendages. W. 

 lateritia, an ornamental evergreen stove- 

 shrub, was brought from Sierra Leone by 

 Mr. T. Whitfield, after whom the genus is 

 named. The branches bear terminal clus- 

 ters of rather large brick-red flowers. 

 Another species is a native of Fernan- 

 do Po. [M.T.M.] 



WHITIA. A genus belonging to the 

 Cyrtundrece tribe of Gesneracea?, and to the 

 small section of that tribe characterised 

 by having a berry-like unopeniug fruit. 

 It differs from Cyrtandra in the calyx 

 being divided to the base into five equal 

 segments ; in its stamens, only two out 

 of five of which are fertile, projecting 

 beyond the funnel-shaped tube of the co- 

 rolla ; in the insertion of the anthers being 

 unequal, not parallel ; and in the funnel- 

 shaped form of the stigma. Two species 

 are known, both climbing shrubs of Java, 

 having opposite unequal pairs of leaves, 

 and axillary fascicles of flowers. [A. S.] 



WHITLAVIA. A genus of Hydrophyl- 

 laccw, containing two handsome species, 

 with large flowers, natives of California. 

 It is allied in general habit, as well as in 

 the form of the leaves and the glandular 

 hairs, to JEutoca ; but the great size and the 

 tubular-campanulate form of the corolla, 

 as well as the scales at the base of the 

 filaments, easily distinguish it. [W. C.J 



WHITLEYA. Anisodus. 



WHITLOW-GRASS. Draba. 



WHITLOW WOP.T. Paronychia. 



WHITTEN-TREE. Viburnum Opulus. 



Polygonatum officinale. 



WHORL. 



same plane. 



A ring of organs all on the 

 The same as Verticil. 



WHORLED. Verticillate ; collected into 

 a ring-like series. 



WHORT, or WHURT. Vaccinium Myr- 

 tillus. 



WHORTLEBERRY. Vaccinium, espe- 



