VIVERRID.E. 



VOLUTID.K 



A', nan'oi, the Brown Coti Hondl It in a native of America. 







Brown Coti (Xatua ucri.n). 



Ctreolrpta caudirolrut, the Potto, or Kinkajou, is referred by some 

 writers to I'rrida, but by others to the Viterridte. It has the following 

 dental formula : 



Incison, 1 ; Canine., !n2 ; Molar*, 5 -=l = 36. 

 o 1 1 5 5 



Tcrtb of Potto or Kinkijou, twice the nitur.il flu. (p. Curler.) 



Specimens of this animal are to be Men alive in the gardens of the 

 Zoological Society, Regent's Park. 









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Potto or Kinkajou (Ca-colrpta roudiru/rw). (P. Cuvirr.) 



VIVIANACE-iE, Vivianadi, a natural order of Exogenous Plants 

 with free stamens, no disc, albuminous seed?, a curved embryo, 

 permanent petals, and a ribbed calyx. The species are herbaceous or 

 half-shrubby plants, with opposite or whorled leaves, without 

 stipules. They ore related to Tiliacea; and Tropaolacea. All the 

 species inhabit Chili and South Brazil There are four genera and 

 fifteen species. 



(Lindley, Ycyilalle Kingdom.) 



VIVIANITE. [IRON.] 



VIZACHA. [CHIMCHItUDJK.] 



VOANDZEIA, a Plant belonging to the natural order Ltguminoxt. 

 It was formerly called Olycine tublcrranea. It is allied to Arachit 

 hypogrea, or the Earth-Nut of the coast of Africa and of Asia. The 

 only species of the genus is V. subtrrranca, which is so called in con- 

 sequence of its peduncles bending down and sinking into the ground, 

 where the pods ripen. 



VOCHYA'CE^E, or VOCHYSIA'CE^E, Vochyadt, a natural order 

 of Exogenous Plants. The species belonging to this order are trees, 

 with opposite branches, which, when young, are 4-cornered. The 

 leaves are entire, mostly opposite, sometimes towards the extremities 

 of the branches they are alternate, and are supplied with two stipules 

 at their base. _ The flowers are symmetrical and partially complete, 

 the calyx is imbricated, ovules ascending, and stigmas single. The 

 affinities of this order are with Sapindacea, Staphyleacea, and 

 Cclattracae. 



There are about 40 species of this family altogether ; they are all 

 natives of equinoctial America, where they are found inhabiting ancient 

 forests, the banks of streams, and sometimes the sides of mountains 

 to a very considerable elevation. None of these trees are remarkable 

 fortheir beauty or for their uses, but the striking irregularity of the 

 structure of their flowers renders them objects of great interest to the 

 botanist 



VOICE. [LARYNX.] 



VOLATILE-OILS. [OILS.] 



VOLBORTHITK, Vanadiate of Copper, is a Mineral occurring in 

 small clusters of olive-coloured crystals, sometimes united into 

 globular masses. Streak green, almost yellow. In thin splinters 

 transparent, with a vitreous lustre. Hardness, scratches calcapar. 

 Specific gravity 8'55. It was found by Von Volborth on examining 

 some Siberian copper-ores. 



VOLKONSKO1TE, a Mineral containing oxide of chromium. It 

 occurs amorphous. Fracture conchoidal or uneven. Very soft ; feels 

 smooth. Colour fine grass-green. Dull ; assumes a polish when rubbed 

 by the angers. When heated in a glass tube, loses water, and becomes 

 of a brown-colour ; by calcination loses about one-third of its weight, 

 and becomes of a dark brown-colour. 



It was found in Mount Jessmictiki, in the government of Perm, 

 Siberia, occurring in thin veins and nests. It contains silica, green 

 oxide of chromium, peroxide of iron, magnesia, and water. 



VOLTAITE, Iron Alum, a. Mineral occurring crystallised in regular 

 octohedrons. Colour brown or black. It is found at the Solfatara 

 near Naples, and consists of sulphuric acid, protoxide of iron, alumina, 

 potash, and water. 



VO'LTZIA, a genus of Fossil Plants. 



VOLTZITE. [ZiNC.] 



VOLU'TA. [VonrrroA] 



VOLUTELLA. [VoLCTiDJB.] 



VOLU'TID^E, a fau.ily of Oasteropodous MoUuica, whose shells 

 are prized by collectors above most others for their beauty and 

 rarity; and which, from their numbers and carnivorous habits, are 



