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VEITCHIA (named in honour of the late James 
Veitch, of Chelsea, the leading nurseryman of his day). 
ORD. Palme. An imperfectly-known genus (four species 
have been indieated) of stove Palms, inhabiting the Fiji 
Islands and the New Hebrides. Male flowers much 
smaller than the females; spathes three (?), deciduous ; 
spadix shortly and thickly pedunculate, the branches 
elongated, fastigiate, thickened at base. Fruit about 
2ft. long, ellipsoid or fusiform-ovoid and slightly beaked, 
or sub-globose. Leaves terminal, equally pinnatisect ; 
pinne linear or acuminate, unequally truncate, the margins 
thickened. Only two species are at present grown in 
gardens. For culture, see Kentia. 
V. Canterburyana (Canterbury’s). A synonym of Hedyscepe 
Canterburyana. : 
AM 
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FIG. 153. VEITCHIA JOHANNIS. 
V. Johannis(John Veitch's).* fl. minute ; spadix much branched, 
the branchés forming large bunches. /r. at first green, at length 
bright orange, regent base, ovoid-ellipsoid. Z., pinne minutely 
toothed, the midrib terminating in a small curve, the apex 
obliquely truncate. Fiji, 1868. ‘‘ Seedlings have, from the first, 
a straight stem, their sheath, petiole, and rachis being of a dark 
blood-colour, and covered when young with a grey tomentum, 
which is interspersed with lancet-shaped, thin, dark red lepida ” 
(Wendland, in Seemann’s “Flora Vitiensis") See Fig. 153, 
SYN, Kentia Joannis. 
V. Storckii (Storck's) /., spadix resembling that of Cocos nucifera, 
much and repeatedly branched ; principal branches triangular, 
the lower ones having as many as twelve branchlets. Jr. ellipsoid, 
with a slender, blunt taper. /., pinnæ coriaceous, glabrous on 
both sides, much folded towards the base, and furnished with 
three prominent, longitudinal ribs, the two lateral ones of which 
are close to the margins. Trunk hard and smooth, dark brown 
below, light brown above. A. 40ft. Fiji. Syns. Kentia elegans 
(of gardens), K. Storckii. 
(of Lindley). Included under Picea | 
VEITCHIA 
(which see). | * 
` 
V. paradoxa, (paradoxical). fl., sepals five, free; corolla pu 
VELAGA. A synonym of Pterospermum (which 
see). À 
VELANI OAK. See Quercus ZEgilops. 
VELASQUEZIA. A synonym of Triplaris (which 
see). 
VELEZIA (named in honour of Franc. Velez de 
Arciniega, a Spanish writer on medicinal botany). ORD. 
Caryophyllee. A genus embracing four species of hardy, 
annual herbs, inhabiting the Mediterranean region and 
Western Asia. Flowers sub-sessile, solitary in the axils 
or clustered at the tips of the branchlets; calyx acutely 
five-toothed; petals five, inconspicuous. Leaves subulate. 
Two of the species have been introduced, but they possess 
no horticultural value. 
VELLA (of uncertain derivation, said 
to be Latinised from Veler, a Celtic 
name for sucha plant). ORD. Crucifere. 
A small genus (three species) of small, 
much-branched, greenhouse or half-hardy 
shrubs, natives of Spain. Flowers yellow, 
rather large, sub-spicate, the lower ones 
bracteate; sepals erect, equal at base. 
Leaves entire. V. Pseudo-cytisus, the 
only species calling for mention here, is 
sometimes grown as a greenhouse plant, 
but is sufficiently hardy to endure the ` 
winter if planted in a dry, warm, south 
border. It may be multiplied by young 
cuttings, inserted in sand, under a glass. 
V. isus) Cr 
ea Potala sallow, viii mg. AS 
purple claws; pedicels very short. April 
and May. J. alternate, obovate, entire, 
rough with hairs. A. 2ft. to Ar 1759. 
(B. R. 295.) 
VELLEIA (named after Major V elley, 
who was greatly interested in Alge; he 
died in 1806). Including  Euthales. 
ORD. Goodenoviee. An Australian genus 
embracing eleven species of greenhouse, 
perennial herbs, having (except V. macro- 
phylla) a short, thick stock and radical 
leaves. Flowers yellow, like those of 
Goodenia, but the calyx is free from the 
ovary; scapes (or peduncles in V. macro- 
phylla) erect or ascending, di- or tri- 
chotomously branched, many-flowered ; 
bracts opposite, free or connate. Four 
of the species are known to cultivation, 
and require similar treatment to that re- 
commended for Goodenia. 
V. lyrata (lyrate-leaved). /., sepals three; 
corolla about jin. long, us lobes broadly 
winged; sca 6in. to l2in. high, dicho- 
tomous, with spreading branches. April. 
l. oblong-spathulate, deeply toothed below 
the middleor lyrate-pinnatifid, often several 
inches long. 1819. (B. R. 551; H. E. F. 24.) 
V. macrophylla (large-leaved). fi. in large, loose, dichotomous ` 
anicles; peduncles axillary. July. l, cauline ones usually 
in. to 6in. long, toothed and narrowed into a rather long 
petiole. Stem erect, leafy, branching 3ft. to 4ft. high. 1839. 
Closely allied to the larger forms of V. trinervis, SYN. Euthales 
macrophylla (B. 209; B. R. 1841, 3.) 
bes- 
cent outside, sometimes spurred; scapes 6in, to 18in. high, 
di- or tríchotomously branched. T l. petiolate, from broad 
ovate and under 2in., to narrow-oblong and above 4in. long, 
coarsely toothed or almost entire, sometimes quite entire. 
1824. (B. R. 971.) 
broadly winged; scapes dichotomous, low and ascending or 
above lft. high. ` July. l. on long petioles, broadly or narrowly 
oblong, entire or remotely toothed. 1803. Syns. Goodenia 
tenella (A. B. R. 446; B. M. 1137), Euthales trinervis. 
(called after a Portuguese naturalist 
VELLOZIA 
named Velloz, who edited the works of Vandelli on Brazil). 
