VOTOMITA 683 



become mucilaginous and cement the tendril to its support. V. vini- 

 fera L. (Orient, N.W. India) is the cult, grape, cult, in most warm 

 countries. About 3000 million gallons of wine are made every year. 

 When dried the fruits form raisins; the sultana raisin is a seedless 

 var. The currants of commerce are the fruit of the Corinthian variety 

 (currant is a corruption of Corinth). V. aestivalis Michx. (summer- 

 grape) and V. Labntsca L. (fox-grape) are N.Am. sp. which have 

 been largely introduced into Eur., as they resist the attacks of the 

 dreaded insect, Phylloxera, better than the Eur. sp. For Virginian 

 creepers cf. Parthenocissus. 



Vitis-Idaea Tourn. ex Moench = Vaccinium L. p.p. (Eric.). 



Vittadinia A. Rich. Compositae (3). 8 New Guinea, Austr., New 

 Caled., N.Z., S. Am. (Australian daisy). 



Vittae, cf. Umbelliferae. 



Vittaria Sm. Polypodiaceae. 50 trop. and subtrop. 



Vittate, striped lengthwise. 



Viviania Cav. Geraniaceae. 158. Am. 



Vivipary, germination in the fr., cf. Mangroves; also applied to many 

 cases of veg. repr. (q.v.), esp. by bulbils. 



Voacanga Thou. Apocynaceae (i. 3). 20 Malaya, Madag., Afr. 



Voandzeia Thou. Leguminosae (in. 10). i trop. Afr., Madag., V. 

 subterranea Thou.; it buries its young fr. like Arachis. The seed is 

 ed. and the pi. is largely cult. (Bambarra groundnut). 



VocMsia Juss. ( Vochysia Poir.). Vochysiaceae. 54 trop. Am. 



Vochysiaceae (EP., BH. incl. Trigoniaceae). Dicots. (Archichl. Gera- 

 niales; Polygalineae BH.). 5 gen., 80 sp., trop. Am. Trees and 

 shrubs, rarely herbs, with opp. or whorled simple 1., with or without 

 stips. Fls. 5 , typically 5-merous, obliquely [ ; K united at base, 

 deciduous, one sepal often spurred; C usu. 3 i, perig. or epig. ; 

 i fertile sta. and stds. ; cpls. (3) each with oo 2 ov. with 2 integu- 

 ments. Fr. indeh. or a loculic. caps. ; no endosp. Chief genus 

 Vochisia. 



Vogelia Lam. Plumbaginaceae. 3 S. Afr. to India. 



Voharangu Costantin et Bois. Asclepiaclaceae (n. i). i Madag. 



Vohemaria Buchenau. Asclepiadaceae (n. i). i Madag. 



Volatile oils, cf. Oils. 



Volkameria L. = Clerodendron L. p.p. (Verben.). 



Volkensia O. Hoffm. Compositae (i). i E. trop. Afr. 



Volkensiella H. Wolff. Umbelliferae (in. 5). i E. C. Afr. 



Volkensiophyton Lindau. Acanthaceae (iv. A), i E. trop. Afr. 



Volkensteinia Van Tiegh. (Gomphia p.p.). Ochnaceae. 2 Brazil. 



Volubilis (Lat.), twining. 



Volutarella Cass. (Ccntanrea p.p. EP.). Compositae (11). 5 Medit. 

 to India. 



Vonitra Becc. (Dypsis p.p.). Palmae (iv. i). 2 Madag. 



Vonroemeria J. J. Smith. Orchidaceae (n. 15). i New Guinea. 



Vossia Wall, et Griff. Gramineae (2). i trop. As., Afr. A swimming 

 grass, which with Saccharum spontaneniu L. makes the great grass 

 bars of the Nile. 



Vossianthus O. Ktze. = Sparmannia L. (Till.). 



Votomita Aubl. Inc. sed. i Guiana. 



