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attention on their first publication; but in consequence of 
modern improvements, they have sunk in the public estima¬ 
tion, though they are not altogether neglected. They are 
written in a rich and elegant Latin style.— Haller. Biog. 
Brit. 
WILLIS’ CREEK, a river of the United States, in Virginia, 
which runs into the James river. Lat. 37. 40. N. long. 78. 
18. W. 
WILLIS MOUNTAIN, a mountain of the United States, 
in Buckingham county, Virginia; 42 miles south of Char¬ 
lottesville. 
WILLISAU, a town of Switzerland, in the canton of 
Lucerne, on the Wigger; 15 miles west of Lucerne. Popu¬ 
lation 700, 
WILLISHAM, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 3 miles 
south-south-west of Needham. 
WILLISTON, a post township of the United States, in 
Chittenden county, Vermont; 8 miles east-south-east of 
Burlington. Population 1195. 
WILLISTOWN, a township of the United States, in 
Chester county, Pennsylvania. Population 1175. 
WILLITOFT, a township of England, in Yorkshire; 5 
miles north-by-west of Howden. 
WILLITON, a hamlet of England, in Somersetshire, near 
Wiveliscombe. 
WILLMANSTRAND, or Lapperanda, a small town of 
European Russia, in Finnland, almost completely surrounded 
by the lake called Lapwesi; 120 miles north-west of 
Petersburg. 
WILLOUGHBY, a village and parish of England, in 
Warwickshire, situated on the Grand Junction canal, near 
the conflux of the rivers Leame and Avon. Many Roman 
antiquities have been dug up in the neighbourhood. Fair 
on Whit-Monday and Tuesday; 14 miles south-east of Co¬ 
ventry, and 77 north-west of London.—2. A parish of 
England, in Lincolnshire; 3 miles south-south-east of Alford. 
Population 456. 
WILLOUGHBY, Cape, the eastern point of Kangaroo 
island, on the south coast of New Holland. Lat. 35. 48. S. 
long. 138.13. E. 
WILLOUGHBY LAKE, a lake of the United States, in 
Essex county, Vermont. 
WILLOUGHBY, South, a parish of England, in Lin¬ 
colnshire ; 5 miles north-west of Folkingham. 
WILLOUGHBY, Silk, another parish in the same county, 
near Sleaford. 
WILLOUGHBY, Waterless or Water-Leys, a pa¬ 
rish of England, in Leicestershire; 5| miles north-north¬ 
east of Lutterworth. 
WILLOUGHBY ON THE WOLDS, a village and pa¬ 
rish of England, on the south borders of Nottinghamshire, 
near the Fosse-way, supposed to have been formerly a Ro¬ 
man station; 11 miles south-south-east of Nottingham. 
WILLOUGHTON, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire; 
8 miles east-by-north of Gainsborough. 
WI'LLOVV, s. [pehe, Saxon; salix, Lat.; gwilou, 
Welsh.] A tree: of the boughs of which a garland was said 
to be worn by forlorn lovers.—It hath amentaceous flowers 
consisting of several stamina, which are collected into a spike, 
but are barren. The embryos are produced upon different 
trees from the male flowers, and* afterwards become a fruit or 
husk, shaped like a cone, opening in two parts, and con¬ 
taining downy seeds. Miller. 
In such a night 
Stood Dido with a ■willow in her hand 
Upon the wild sea-banks. Shakspeare. 
WILLOW GROVE, a post village of the United States, 
in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania.—2. Of Sumpter dis¬ 
trict, South Carolina. 
WILLOWBECK, a small river of England, in Yorkshire, 
which runs into the Swale. 
WALLOWED, adj. Abounding with willow's. 
J,o, thy streams are stain’d w ith gore, 
Many a brave and noble captaiu 
Floats along thy willow'd shore. Bp. Percy. 
WI'LLOWISH, adj. Resembling the colour of w’illow. 
—Make his body with greenish coloured crewel, or wi/low- 
ish colour. Walton. 
WI'LLOW-WEED, s. [lysimachia , Lat.] A plant. 
WI'LLOW-WORT, s. A plant. Miller. 
WI'LLOWY, adj. Abounding with willows. 
Ye brown o’er-arching groves. 
That contemplation loves. 
Where willowy Camus lingers with delight! Gray. 
WILLS, a township of the United States, in Guernsey 
county, Ohio. Population 659. 
W1LLSBOROUGH, a post township of the United States 
in Essex county, New York, on Lake Champlain, south of 
Chesterfield. Population 663. 
WILLSTEDT, a small town of Germany, in Baden, near 
the Kintzig. Population 1200. 
WILlSWORTHY, a hamlet of England, in Devonshire; 
7 miles north-east of Tavistock. 
WILLUGHBEIA [so named in memory of Francis Wil¬ 
lughby, Esq. F.R.S., the friend and pupil of Ray], in Bo¬ 
tany, a genus of the class pentandria, order monogynia, 
natural order ofcontortae apocinere (Juss.J —Generic Cha¬ 
racter. Calyx: perianth one-leafed, five-parted, acute, fleshy, 
very small. Corolla one-petal led, salver-shaped; tube wider 
at the base, cylindrical; border five-parted, flat; segments 
oblique, acute, more gibbous on one side, waved, imbricate 
at the base. Stamina: filaments five, very short, inserted 
into the tube above the base. Anthers sagittate. Pistil: 
germ roundish, superior. Style four-cornered. Stigma thick, 
ovate-headed, striated, two-cusped, placed on a flat ring. 
Pericarp: berry ovate, one or two-celled. Seeds numerous, 
angular, nestling in pulp, or fastened to the partition.— Es¬ 
sential Character. Contorted. Corolla salver-shaped. 
Stigma headed. Fruit a one or two-celled berry or pumpkin. 
1. Willughbeia acida.—Stem erect, flowersaxillary, fruit 
two-celled. This is a tree seven or eight feet in height, and 
seven or eight inches in diameter, with a gray bark and a 
white loose wood; it spreads at top into many straight 
knotted branches. Leaves opposite, ovate, smooth, on short, 
half-embracing petioles.—Native of Cayenne and Guiana. 
2. Willughbeia scandens.—Stem climbing, racemes ten¬ 
dril-shaped, fruit one-celled.—Native of Guiana. 
WILLUGHBY (Francis), was born in 1635 of a good 
family in Lincolnshire, and educated in Trinity college, 
Cambridge, under the tuition and in habits of friendly inter¬ 
course with the excellent philosopher and natural historian, 
John Ray. They were intimate associates, and made a 
foreign tour together in the years 1663 and 1664. To birds 
and fishes Willughby paid particular attention, and he 
formed a rich museum of animal and fossile productions. 
In 1668 he married the daughter of Sir Henry Bernard, and 
his family residence at Middleton, in Warwickshire, was the 
place of Ray’s frequent resort, where he and his host pro¬ 
secuted their philosophical experiments and observations, 
the msult of which they communicated to the Royal Society, 
of which they were both members. This instructive and 
leasant intercourse was, however, prematurely interrupted 
y the death of Willughby in 1672, at the age of 37. His 
confidence in Mr. Ray was manifested by appointing him 
one of his executors, and committing to him the charge of 
educating his two infant sons, bequeathing to him an annuity 
for life as a compensation. Ray ascribes to him, without 
any trace of adulation, singular moral excellence and high 
mental endowments. His posthumous work, published under 
the inspection of Mr. Ray, was entitled “ Francisci Wil- 
lughbeii Arm. Ornithologise Libri tres; in quibus Aves 
omnes liactenus cognitse, in methodum naturis suis conve- 
nientem reductse, accurate describuntur. Descriptiones ico- 
nibus elegantissimis et vivarum avium simillimis aeri incisis 
illusfrantur. Totum opus recognovit, digessit, supplevit 
Johannes Raius,” Lond. fol. This work was also translated 
into English by Ray, and published in 1671 with large ad¬ 
ditions. 
