188 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Vitis—continued. 
pr. dark purple or amber-coloured, large, with a tough, musky 
ulp, ripe in September or October; fertile nicles compact. 
š; L dek rounded and cordate, variably lobed, rusty-woolly 
Fig. 205. Fruits OF VITIS LABRUSCA. 
h. 12ft. 
beneath. Branchlets (and young leaves) very woolly. 
» e Figs. 204 and 205. 
North America, 1656. Hardy climber. See 
(R. G. 765, 1.) SYN. V. Thunbergii (R. G. 424). 
V, lanata (woolly).* d. green, small, forming a thyrsoid, pani- 
culate cyme. May. fr. pur le, four-seeded, round, the size of 
a large ES l. cordate-ovate, shortly acuminate, usually 3in. 
to 6in. by 1jin. to An, sometimes larger, usually softly 
MN but occasionally felted beneath or nearly glabrous. 
imalayas, 1824. Hardy. The leaves of this species assume a 
beautiful-scarlet colour in autumn. 
V. Lindeni (Linden’s). /. bright green, freely mottled with white 
— between the veins. Branches terete, tendrilled. United States 
of Colombia, 1871. A smooth, shrubby, greenhouse climber. 
SYN. Cissus Lindeni (I. H. ser. lii. 2). 
V. macropus (gouty-stemmed). J. four-parted, disposed in a 
be Ro corymb. Apel and Mase? reddish violet, the 
size of a pea. l. (at first plicate and white-tomentose), long- 
: late, the lowest one on the branch tri-, the rest five- 
. foliolate; leaflets ovate-elliptic or obovate, shortly stalked, 
toothed, cobwebby-pubescent. Trunk forming a large bulb, 
bi-tribrachinte, covered with smooth, green bark. A. lft. to 
ft. South Benguela, 1864. A dwarf, stove tree, more curious 
beautiful. (B. M. 5479.) 
V. planicaulis (flat-stemmed). JZ. four.parted ; mes sub- 
corymbose, with divaricating branches." May and June. 
je red OH, the size of a cherry. I on petioles Am. to Vin. long; 
eaflets Sin. to Sin. long, on stalks jin. to ljin. long, oblong- 
lanceolate, slightly acuminate, obtusely serrated. ia, 
A vast, stove, glabrous climber. (B. M. 5685.) 
Vp. wing-bearing).* J, cymes pedunculate, with 
ck, divaricate Ve Autumn. l. Sade pettolnte, trifolio- 
late; leaflets ample, sessile, rugose-undulated, trapezoid- or 
rhomboid-obovate, acuminate, serrated, with impressed, reticu- 
Jated nerves, the terminal one somewhat three-lobed, the 
lateral ones oblique or dimidiate-ovate, with the lower margin 
roduced in a lobe ; stipules f purple, ample. Each branch 
rs at its extremity (after ceasing to grow for the season) 
an elongated, fleshy tuber, Sin. to 6in. long, which finally drops 
off, and, on reaching the ground, under favourable circumstances, 
forms a new plant. Brazil. A unique, tall-climbing, villous, 
“eo (B. M. 6803.) SYN. V. gongylodes (G. C. n. s., 
&c. 
V. quadrangularis (four-angled). d. green, in small, sh S 
eg glabrous cymes. Summer. fr., bey globose, s s 
size of a pea, very acrid, l, when nt, small, broadly- 
cordate or reniform. Stems glabrous, Ed very thick 
india, Ji Ser A calles ad me 
S z * curious an i ick- i 
warm house climber. > + nen, 
V. riparia (river-bank). A form of V. cordifolia. 
V. striata (striped) A. ish, inconspicu i 
site the leaves. jr. reddish, the sins. of small s LPS 
thick, dark green, digitate ; leaflets sessile, oblanceolate, serrated. 
cuneate at base, Stems and tendrils glabrous. South Brazil and 
Uruguay, 1881. A beautiful, hardy, evergreen climber. 
V. Thunbergii (Thunberg’s). A synonym of V. Labrusca. 
V. vinifera (wine-bearing. Common Grape Vine. loose 
| or crowded, ovate or Sylindrical racemes, GH July. 
Vitis— continued. 
Y l to white and green, watery or fleshy, sweet 
a DE: lobed, sinuately toothed, naked or downy. 
South of the pem Hardy climber. (B. M. Pl. 66; S. F. G. 
242.) See also Vine. 
V. v, amurensis (Amur). Z. entire or three to five-lobed ; young 
leaves woolly on both sides. (R. G. 339.) 
. vulpina (Fox Grape) Bullace; Muscadine. fl. densely dis- 
bs in AH Bo May. Jr. purplish, without bloom, 
musky, jin. to gin. in diameter, with a thick and tough skin, 
ripening early in autumn. J. shining on both sides, small, 
rounded, cordate at base, coarsely broad and blunt-toothed, 
seldom lobed.  Branchlets minutely warty. North America. 
Hardy climber. 
VITTARIA (from vitia, a riband; alluding to the 
narrow fronds). Including Tewniopsis. ORD. Filices. A 
genus comprising about thirteen species of tropical, stove 
Ferns. Fronds grass-like, sub-coriaceous, with free veins. 
Sori in continuous marginal or slightly intra-marginal 
lines. The species known in gardens are here described. 
For general culture, see Ferns. 
V. elongata (lengthened). fronds 6in. to 18in. long, iin. to jin. 
broad, the point acute or rather blunt, the lower part very 
gradually narrowed to the base ; midrib faint or distinct ; veins 
simple, immersed. sori quite sunk in a marginal groove, with 
two nearly equal lips opening outwards. Himalayas, Australia, 
&c. SYNS. V. ensiformis, V. zostercefolia. 
V. ensiformis (sword-shaped) A synonym of V. elongata. 
V. lineata (lined). Florida Ribbon Fern. fronds Gin, to l8in. 
long, jin. to gin. broad, pur narrowed downwards to a stout, 
compressed stem which passes gradually into the frond, the 
edges often reflexed ` midrib distinct, raised ; veins immersed, 
rallel. sori ina broad, slightly intra-marginal line in a slight 
urrow, the edge of the frond at first wrapped over it. West 
Indies, Guinea Coast, &c., 1793. SYN. T'eniopsis lineata. 
V. scolopendrina (Scolopendrium-like). fronds lft. to 1}ft. 
long, jin. to jin. broad, the point acute, the edge entire, the 
lower part very gradually narrowed to the base ; midrib blackish, 
thick, grooved in front below; veins oblique, fine, parallel. sori 
in broad, continuous, sub-marginal lines, the firm, unaltered edge 
of the frond at first wrapped over it. New Guinea, Ceylon, &c. 
SYN. T! iopsi. scolop drina. 
V. zosterzefolia (Zostera-fronded). A synonym of V. elongata. 
VITTATE. Longitudinally striped. 
Miura e A synonym of Willemetia (which 
see). 
VIVIANIA (named in honour of Domenico Viviani, 
1772-1840, a professor and botanist of Genoa, Zo) SYN. 
Macrea. ORD. Geraniacee. A genus embracing about 
eight species of stove or greenhouse herbs, sub-shrubs, or 
small shrubs, inhabiting extra-tropical or sub-tropical 
South America. Flowers regular, sub-fasciculate or 
corymbose-paniculate in the upper axils; calyx of five, 
rarely four, valvate lobes; petals five, rarely four, 
hypogynous, twisted; stamens ten, rarely eight, free, all 
bearing anthers. Leaves opposite, entire or often crenately 
or deeply toothed, usually snowy-tomentose beneath. It 
is doubtful whether the under-mentioned species are now 
in cultivation. They are, however, pretty, greenhouse 
shrubs, and thrive in a compost of loam, peat, and sand. 
Propagation may be effected by young cuttings, inserted 
in sand, under a glass. 
V. grandifolia (large-leaved). fl. white or red; peduncles 
shorter than the leaves. July. i. grey and glandular beneath, 
with prominent veins. B; 
Chili, 1832. ranches pubescent. hk. lft. to 2ft. 
+ parvifolia (small-leaved). fl. rose-coloured: duncles 
shorter than the leaves. July. `L snowy beneath, pene 
veined. Branches cobwebby. A. lft. to 2ft. Chili, 1832. 
VIVIANIEZE. A tribe of Geraniacec. 
VOANDZEIA (Voandzou is said to be the name of 
the plant in Madagascar). Syn. Cryptolobus. Orp. Legu- 
minosg. A monotypic genus. The species is a shortly- ` 
creeping, stove herb. Its flower-stalks, like those of 
Arachis vg dede bend down after flowering, and in- 
crease in length, so that the young pods are pushed 
into the earth, beneath which they din) For kim 
see Arachis, 
