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blue.—Native of Carinthia, on the highest Alps, in a very 
fat soil. 
WULFERSDQRF, a town of Lower Austria, on the river 
Zava; 25 miles north-by-east of Vienna. 
WULFERSHAUSEN, a village of Franconia, on the 
Saale, with 800 inhabitants. 
WULFRATH, an inland town of Prussian Westphalia; 
11 miles east-by-north of Dusseldorf. Population, with its 
parish, 4800. 
WULLERSDORF, a town and parish of Germany, in 
Lower Austria; 32 miles south-by-west of Vienna, with 
1700 inhabitants. 
WUMME, a river of Germany, in Hanover, which joins 
the Weser, in the territory of Bremen. 
WUNNENBERG, a town of Prussian Westphalia; 14 
miles south of Paderborn. Population 1000. 
WUNSCHELBURG, a town of Silesia, in the county 
of Glatz; 14 miles west-north-west of Glatz. Population 
1400. 
WUNSDORF, a town of Germany; 14 miles west-north¬ 
west of Hanover. Population 1700. 
WUNSIEDEL, a town of Bavarian Franconia, on the 
Rosslau; 15 miles west-by-south of Eger. It has some ma¬ 
nufactures of woollen stuffs; and there are in the environs 
several mines and iron-works. Population 2600. 
WUPPER, a river of Prussian Westphalia, which flows 
through the duchy of Berg, and falls into the Rhine. 
WURBENTHAL, a small town of Silesia; 15 miles west 
of Jagerndorf. Population 1100. 
WURDA, a river of Hindostan, province of Berar. It 
rises in the Injardy hills, and after a course of 200 miles, 
falls into the Godavery. 
WURGAUM, a town of Hindostan, province of Gujerat, 
district of Chalawara. Lat. 23. 20. N. long. 71.52. E. 
WURGSDORF, a large village of Prussian Silesia, with 
1400 inhabitants. 
WURM, a small town of Prussian Westphalia, in the 
duchy of Juliers; 10 miles west-north-west of Juliers. Po¬ 
pulation 1400. 
WURM, the name of three rivers in Germany; one in 
Bavaria, which flows out of the lake of Wurm, and falls into 
the Ammer near Dachau; another in Suabia, which joins the 
Neckar; and a third in the Prussian states, which falls into 
the Roer. 
WURMBEA [so named by Thunberg, in honour of Fre¬ 
derick Baron van Wurmb, secretary to the Batavian so¬ 
ciety], in Botany, a genus of the class hexandria, order try- 
gynia, natural order of coronarise, junci (Juss )—Generic 
Character. Calyx: perianth one-leafed, tubular, six-cornered, 
half-six-cleft; segments lanceolate, acute, erect or spreading. 
Corolla none. Stamina: filaments six, filiform, erect. An¬ 
thers roundish. Pistil: germ three-sided, grooved, smooth, 
superior. Styles three, three-sided, awl-shaped, length of the 
stamens. Stigmas'obtuse. Pericarp : capsule oblong, three- 
sided, three-grooved, three-celled, three-parted from the mid¬ 
dle. Seeds numerous, round .—•Essential Character. Ca¬ 
lyx none. Corolla: six-parted, with a hexangular tube. 
Filaments inserted into the throat. 
1. Wurmbea pumila.—Spike three or four-flowered, tube 
length of the border. Plant an inch high. 
2. Wurmbea campanulata.—Spike many-flowered, length 
of the leaves; tube length of the border, bell-shaped. A fin¬ 
ger’s length or more. Leaves as in all species, three lanceo¬ 
late, cowled, ventricose at the base, but narrower than in the 
following species, and the same with the spike, which is be¬ 
set vvith numerous flowers. 
3. Wurmbea longiflora.—Spike many-flowered, longer 
than the leaves, tube twice as long as the border. Leaves 
much wider than in the preceding species. Spike more flex- 
uose at the base, with numerous flowers more distant. Tube 
of the corolla long and narrow.—All Natives of the Cape of 
Good Hope, near Groene Kloof, and elsewhere. 
WURMBERG, a small town of Germany, in Wirtem- 
berg. 
WURMSEE, a lake of Germany, in Bavaria; 15 miles 
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south-west of Munich. It is 12 miles in length, and 4 in its 
greatest breadth. 
WURMS1NGEN, a town of Germany, in Baden. Po¬ 
pulation 1000. 
WURZACH, a small town in the west of Germany, in 
Wirtemberg, on the river Aitrach; 33 miles south of Ulm. 
Population 1000. 
WURZBACH, a village of Germany, near Ebersdorf. 
Population 800. 
WURZBURG, a village of Germany, in Hesse-Darmstadt; 
3 miles east of Erbach. 
WURZBURG, a city of Franconia, the capital formerly of 
a bishopric and grand duchy, now of the Bavarian circle of 
the Lower Maine, situated on the Maine. Nothing can be 
more pleasant than the environs of this city. It stands in a 
hollow, with the valley of the Maine extending in two direc¬ 
tions, and another valley to the north. A tract of several 
thousand acres around the town is covered with vineyards. 
The Maine is here a large and noble stream, presenting with 
its boats and barges, an animated picture. This river divides 
the town into two parts, of which the larger is on the right 
bank; they are joined by an elegant bridge. On the left 
bank is a hill, with a castle, formerly the episcopal residence, 
now a citadel. The town itself is still surrounded with a 
mound and moat; but, fortunately for the inhabitants, is so 
commanded by heights, that an attempt to stand a siege 
would be wholly unadvisable. 
The building called the palace belonged formerly to the 
bishop, afterwards to the archduke. It is of an oblong form, 
on the plan of the palace at Versailles, and of great extent. 
Next ranks the hospital, a large and regular structure. The 
university has given rise to some trade in books; but it is 
feeble, compared to that of Leipsic, or even of Frankfort. 
Wurzburg, formerly a bishopric of the German empire, was 
secularised in 1802, and given to the archduke Ferdinand of 
Austria. In 1815 it was ceded to Bavaria. This district is 
in Franconia, in the vicinity of Aschaffenburg, in one of 
the most fertile and beautiful tracts of Germany ; 130 miles 
north-north-west of Munich, and 75 north-north-east of Stut- 
gard. Lat. 49. 46. N. long. 9. 55. E. 
WURZEN, a town of Saxony, on the Mulda; 14 miles 
east of Leipsic. Lat. 51. 22. N. long. 12. 42. E. Popula¬ 
tion 2400. 
WUSTERHAUSEN, a town of Prussia, on the Suhne; 
18 miles south-south-east of Berlin. Population 2100. 
WUSTERHAUSEN, a town of Prussia; 44 miles north¬ 
west of Berlin. Population 2100. 
WYACONDA, a river of the United States, in Louisiana, 
which runs into the Mississippi; 34 miles below the Moines. 
It is 100 yards wide at its mouth. Lat. 39. 46. N. long. 91. 
48. W. 
WYALUSING, a post township of the United States, in 
Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna, at 
Wyalusing Falls. Population 576. 
WYANDOTS, Indians in the United States, in Ohio, on 
the Upper and Lower Sandusky. Number 1000. 
WYASTON, a hamlet of England, in Derbyshire; 3 
miles south of Ashborne. 
WYBASTON, a hamlet of England, in the parish of 
Bushbury, Staffordshire. 
WYBERTON, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire, near 
Boston. Population 353. 
WYBORG, an extensive district of European Russia, 
lying to the north of the gulf of Finland, between Finland 
and the lake of Onega. Its area is computed at 16,000 
square miles (the half of Scotland), but the population is 
small, being returned at 186,000, chiefly Finns. Hunting 
and fishing are their chief employments.—2. A fortified town 
of European Russia, in the government of Finland. It 
stands in a valley on the gulf of Finland, and consists of 
several parts, the town, the castle, and the suburbs, but the 
whole population is only 3500. Its trade is considerable: 
about 120 vessels arrive annually at the harbour; 98 miles 
north-west of Petersburg. Lat. 60. 42. 40. N. long. 28. 46 . 
5. E.—3. An ancient town of Denmark, in North Jutland, 
situated 
