971 
VELLEIA paradoxa. 
Paradoxical Velleiu. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Goodenovia:. 
VELLEIA. Suprd, vol. 7. fol. 55 1. 
I. Calyx 5-phyllus. Corolla basi calcarata, calcare persistente. Menoceras. 
V. paradoxa; pubescens foliis obtuse dentatis. Brown prodr. 5 80. Spreng. 
syst. 1. 722. 
Herba depressa, pubescens. Folia radicalia, lyrata, pubescentia, obtuse 
dentata, petiolata , nunc inciso-lobata. Scapi ascendentes, teretes, pubescentes, 
ramosi ; bracteis parvis, oppositis, integris trilobisve. Flores speciosi, lutei. 
At folio 551 of this work we published a species of this 
pretty genus, belonging to the section which Mr. Brown 
considers the genuine form ofVelleia; the subject of this 
article differs in its 5-leaved calyx, and calcarate corolla. 
Introduced from New Holland by Mr. Mackay, of the 
Belgrave Nursery, from whose collection, at Upper Clapton, 
our drawing was made, at the same time as that of the 
curious little Isotoma axillaris, published at folio 984. 
A depressed, pubescent, herbaceous plant. Leaves 
growing from the root, lyrate, downy, bluntly toothed, 
petiolate, occasionally cut-lobed. Scapes ascending, round, 
pubescent, branched; with small opposite, entire, or three- 
lobed bracteae. The flowers are yellow and showy. 
We observe that Professor Sprengel sinks Mr. Brown s 
genus Euthales in Velleia, to which it undoubtedly ap¬ 
proaches closely in habit; but we think with the learned 
author of the genus, that it is sufficiently distinguished by 
