INDEX 
Wasp-flowers, 92, Cotoneaster , 
Epipactis , Ficus , Scrophularia , 
zw phoricarpus 
Water- arum (Am.), Calla\ -avens, 
Geum ; -carriage of seeds, 1 10 ; 
-chestnut, Trapa\ -chinquepin 
(Am.), Nelumbiiwi ; -nut , Wz/a ; 
-cress, Nasturtium ; -crowfoot, 
Ranunculus ; -drop wort, 
nanthe ; -grass, Panicum ; -hem- 
lock, Cicuta', -hyacinth, Eichor- 
nia ; -hyssop (W. I. ), Herpestis ; 
-leaf, Hydrophyllum\ -lemon, 
Passiflora ; -lettuce, Pistia ; 
-lily, Nymphaea , Nuphar , PzV- 
toria ; -lily-house, 7 ; -maize, 
Victoria ; -melon, Citrullus ; 
-milfoil, Myriophyllu?n ; -nymph 
(Am.), Nymphaea\ -parsnip, 
Sium; -pennywort (Am.), Hy- 
drocotyle ; -pepper, Elatine ; 
-pimpernel (Am.), Samolus ; 
-pipes, Bambusa ; -plantain, 
Alisma ; -plants, 158; -pores, 
1 14, Saxifraga ; -rice, Zizania ; 
-soldier, Stratiotes ; -starwort, 
Callitriche', -storage, 167, 175; 
-thyme, Elodea\ -vine (W. I.), 
Doliocarpus , &c.; -violet, Hot- 
tonia\ -weed, Elodea ; -willow 
(Am.), Diant/iera ; -wort (Am,), 
Elatine 
Watt, G., 197 
Wattle, Acacia 
Wax, 34, 165, 201, Ceroxylon, 
Copernicia , Myrica , Palmae ; 
-flower, Angraecum, Hoy a ; 
-gourd, Chinese, Benincasa\ 
Japan-, Rhus', -myrtle, Myrica ; 
-palm, Copernicia ; -tree, Rhus 
Wayfaring tree, Viburnum 
Weather-plant, Abrus ; -thistle, 
Carlina 
Weeping willow, .SVz/z> 
Weights, 207, Abrus 
Weld, Reseda 
Welsh poppy, Mecanopsis 
Welw., Welwitsch 
Wendl., Wendland 
West Indian arrowroot, Maranta ; 
-bark (W. I.), Exostemma ; 
-birch, Bur sera gummifera L. ; 
7 11 
-boxwood, Tabebuia pentaphylla 
Hemsl. ; -cedar, Cedrela\ -Lo- 
cust tree, Hymenaea 
Weymouth pine, Pmus 
Wheat, THticum ; cow-, Melam- 
pyrunr, -grass, Agropyron 
Whim -berry, Vacciniu?n 
Whin, Ulex ; petty-, Genista 
White bryony, Bryonia ; -bent- 
grass, Agrostis; -cedar, Chamae- 
cy paris, Chickrassia, Libocedrus , 
&c. ; -dammar, Vateria ; -grass 
(Am ), Leersia; -head (W. I.), 
Parthenium\ -hellebore, Vera- 
trum ; -horehound, Marrubium ; 
-horse (W. I.), Portlandia\ 
-ipecacuanha, Ionidium ; -mus- 
tard, Brassica', -Pareira root, 
Abuta\ -pitch, 199; -rot, Hy- 
drocotyle', - water-lily, Nymphaea\ 
-weed, Ageratum, (Am.) ox-eye 
daisy; -wood, Oreodaphne, Te- 
coma, &c., and tulip-tree 
Whitlow-grass, Dr aba ; -wort 
(Am.), Paronychia 
Whorls, arrangement in, 45, 51, 
69, 83 ; false-, Labiatae 
Whortle-berry, Vaccinium 
Wickel, 64, 65 
Wiesner, J., 47, 144, 197 
Wig-tree, Rhus 
Wild allspice (Am.), Lindera\ 
-bean (Am.), ^zW; -chamomile 
(Am.), Matricaria ; -ginger 
(Am.), Asaru?n ; -hyacinth, 
Sc ilia 
Wilde preume (S. Afr.), Pappea 
Willd., Willdenow 
Willis, J. C.,27, 30,31, 69, 74, 93, 
99, 146, 148, 158, 173, 1 80, 
197, Brodiaea , Phacelia, Podo- 
stemaceae, Stanhopea 
Willow, Salix ; -herb, Epilobium 
Wind, effect on geographical dis- 
tribution, 1 44 ; -fertilisation, 60 ; 
-flower, Ane?none\ -pollination, 
60, 86, 96 ; seed-distribution by, 
no 
Windsor bean, broad bean 
Wine palm, Borassus , Raphia 
Wings on fruit, 110; on ovary, 72 
Leguminosae 
