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but is of enormous size. The floating 1. may be 2 m. across; the edge 

 is turned up to a height of several cm., and on the lower side the ribs 

 project and are armed with spines. Fl. like Nymphaea but fully epig. 

 Fr. also similar; the seeds contain both endo- and peri-sperm. They 

 are roasted and eaten in Brazil. The plant is now cult. ; it was dis- 

 covered in i8or, but not brought into general notice till 1837. 



Vieraea Sch.-Bip. Compositae (4). i Canaries. 



Vieusseuxia D. Delaroche=Moraea Mill. p.p. (Irid.). 



Vigna Savi. Leguminosae (m. 10). 50 trop. V. sinensis Endl. is 

 the cherry-bean or cow-pea (trop. As.) ; pods eaten like French beans. 

 V. Caljang Endl. (blackeye pea) is also cult. 



Vignea Beauv. Carex Dill. (Cyper.). 



Vigneopsis De Wild. Leguminosae (in. 10). i Congo. 



Vignidula B6rner= Carex Dill. p.p. (Cyper.). 



Viguiera H. B. et K. Compositae (5). 80 warm Am., W.I. 



Vilfa Beauv. =Sporobolus R. Br. (Gram.). 



Villadia Rose (Cotyledon, &c. p.p.). Crassulaceae. 12 Mexico. 



Villamilla Ruiz et Pav. (Rivina p.p. EP.). Phytolacc. 4 trop. Am. 



Villanova Lag. Compositae (6). 8 Arizona to Chili. 



Villaresia Ruiz et Pav. Icacinaceae. to Brazil, Chili. V. Congonha 

 (DC.) Miers is used like mate (Ilex). 



ViUaria Rolfe. Rubiaceae (1.8). i Phil. Is. 



Villarsia Vent. Gentianaceae (li). i Cape Col., i Austr. The water 

 plant often known under this name is a Limnantheinum. 



Villebrunia Gaudich. Urticaceae (3). 8 Ceylon to Japan. V. inte- 

 grifolia Gaudich. yields a good fibre. 



Villose, villous, with long weak hairs. 



Villouratea Van Tiegh. Ochnaceae. i Brazil. 



Vilmorinia DC. Leguminosae (in. 6). i S. Domingo. 



Vilshenica Thou. Inc. sed. Nomen. 



Vimen P. Br. Inc. sed. Nomen. 



Viminaria Sm. Leguminosae (in. 2). i Austr. 



Vimineous, with long flexible twigs. 



Vinca L. (BH. incl. Lochnera Rchb.). Apocynaceae (i. 3). 5 Eur., 

 W r . As. V. minor L. and V. major L., the periwinkles, nat. in 

 England. The anthers stand above the stigmatic disc, but the stigma 

 itself is on the under surface, so that self-fert. is not caused as the 

 insect's tongue enters the fl. 



Vincetoxicopsis Costantin. Asclepiadaceae (n. 3). i Indochina. 



Vincetoxicum Rupp. (Cynaiichtim p.p. EP.). Asclepiadaceae (n. i). 

 40 warm. 



Vine, Vitis; (in U.S.) any climbing or running stem. 



Vinegar, Borassns, Cocos, Vitis, &c. 



Viola Tourn. ex Linn. Violaceae. 250 cosmop., chiefly N. temp. 

 Several in Brit. V. odorata L. and V. canina L. are the sweet and 

 dog violets, V. tricolor L. the pansy or heart's-ease, and others are 

 also well known. Many sp. and vars. cult. Herbs with large slips., 

 on which glands sometimes occur. Fls. usu. one in each axil; some- 

 times (e.g. V. tricolor} a veg. shoot arises above the fl. in the same 

 axil. The intr. anthers form a close ring round the ovary, below the 

 style, which ends in a variously shaped head on whose ant. surface is 



