154 | THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
VETCH, CHICKLING. 5» Lathyrus sativus. 
YETCH, CROWN. A popular name for Coronilla 
(which see). 
VETCH, LIQUORICE. A common e, d As- 
tragalus glycyphyllos Ne" see). 
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Fig, 168. FLOWERING BRANCHLET OF V 
VETCH, MEDICK. A 
chis (which sec). un 56658 tur Canny 
VETCH, MILE. See Astragalus, 
VEXILLARY. An westivation in which c i 
is considerably larger than the others, Ger Bel 
them, they being arranged face to f i ili 
naceous flowers. ee 
VEXILLUM. The standard or large posterior petal 
in a papilionaceous corolla, 
VIBORGIA (named in honour of Eric Viborg, 1759. 
1822, Professor of Botany at Copenhagen). SYN. Wiborgia. 
ORD. Leguminose. A genus consisting of seven species 
of South African, rigid, sometimes spiny, greenhouse 
e 
Le nk i s: 
IBURNUM MACROCEPHALUM KETELEERL 
shrubs. Flowers yellow, in terminal, often unilateral 
racemes ; calyx teeth sub-equal; standard ovate or orbi- 
cular ; keel incurved ; bracts and bracteoles small or 
inconspicuous. Pods stipitate, flat, indehiscent. Leaves 
digitately trifoliolate. Only one species calls for mention 
in this work. It thrives in a mixture of sandy loam an 
fibry peat. Cuttings of young shoots should be inserted 
in sandy soil, under a glass, in May. 
