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Vellozia—continued. à 
Syn. Xerophyta. Osgp. Amaryllider. A genus com- 
prising about fifty species of stove and greenhouse plants, 
with fibrous, woody, erect, sometimes arborescent stems, 
natives of tropical and South Africa, Madagascar, and 
Brazil. Flowers white, sulphur-coloured, violet, orange- 
red, or blue, often showy; perianth campanulate or 
funnel-shaped, with scarcely any tube, the segments equal 
and erecto-patent, ovate, oblong, or long-acuminate at 
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Fig. 154. VELLOZIA RETINERVIS. 
broadly linear, rigid, often sharp. The best-known species 
Vellozia—continued. 
base; stamens six, sometimes indefinite and collected in 
clusters; peduncles terminal, one-flowered. Leaves 
clustered at the tips of the branches, sometimes short, 
narrow, and straight, sometimes elongated, narrowly or 
are here described. They thrive in a compost of well 
drained, sandy peat, and must not be over-watered. Propa- 
gation may be v x by seeds, or by suckers. "s 
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