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VERONICA 



25. Austriaca, Linn. Strong, upright perennial 18-24 

 in. high, with woolly stems: Ivs. mostly deeply pinnati- 

 fid, rarely entire or dentate, 2-3 in. long, linear to ovate, 

 the lobes linear or suboblong, narrow at the base: ra- 

 cemes elongated, loosely many-fld., spreading: fls. large, 

 blue: lai'vul,- l..i,-,.r than broad, slightly acutely 

 notclii'il, .xfi. (Ird t.y the calyx. S. E. Eu. and Asia 



Thr t'i>]lMuin" tT:iJi ri.iMifs c.'innot be accounted for by the 

 writ.r I „,"",, ,,'. r r.7 s^i-Jsot the Americnn trade is 



;ipp;ir.(r ■ -I V !'i '11 ii. tM.iHiiists. This name was first 



usr.l ii. - I H I -ynoiiym of V. fruticulosa, 



fi pin 111 . , V. rupestris of the trade has 



axillirv I I !..\v I'lant with woody hori- 



zoiit.-il ■ . - , I. ],,.. I orS in. high with 



strict r:i ■ ■ ■'■ Ml .1 III'' and a 4-parted ca- 



lyx. •11. I : 1 1 lis been offered by 



Roeh.'.i' I ' 'I i ' 1^ rult. at Harvard 



Botaiiii- liiii'i' 11 11 I III i'l'i, .1 I.--' I,-, -narrowly oblong, en- 

 tire or ftri lair, '.. I ill. l.Hiti. lal.vA .'.Lt^iiiLiils strongly unequal: 

 pedicels longer than ciily.\; stem pubescent: Ivs. sparsely cili- 

 ate, short-petioled.— F. scabriunmla, John Saul.— F. stevice- 

 fdlia, John Saul.— F. verhenacea. a name unknown to Kew 

 authorities in 1901, has been offered by Rochester nurserymen 

 since 1894. Lvs. short-stalked, narrowly elliptic, serrate in 

 upper half: racemes lateral. A. PhelPS Wtman. 



VEBSCHAFFfiLTIA (Ambroise Verschiiflelt, 1825- 

 1886, distinguished Belgian horticulturist ; founded 

 L'lllustration Horticole at Ghent in 1854 and intro- 

 duced many choice plants, particularly palms and other 

 foliage plants). Palmdcew. A genus of only 1 species, 

 from the Seychelles, allied to Dypsis but the former is 

 armed and the latter not. The two genera are alike in 

 having 6 stamens and a ruminate albumen, but in Ver- 

 schaffeltia the ovary is 1-loculed, while in Dypsis it is 

 3-loculed. 



Verschaffeltia is a tall palm, spinose throughout or at 

 length spineless, the slender ringed trunks arising 

 from epigeous roots: lvs. terminal, recurved; blade ob- 

 long or cuneate-obovate, bifid, plicate -nerved, usually 

 laciniate nearly to the rachis; segments incised; mid- 

 rib and nerves strong, scaly; petiole half -cylindrical; 

 sheath long, scaly, deeply split: spadix 3-6 feet long, 

 paniculately branched, long-peduncled, recurved, scaly, 

 its rachis long, and branches and branchlets spreading, 

 slender: spathes 2 or 3, long, sheathing, the lower per- 

 sistent, the upper deciduous: fls. very small: fr. glo- 

 bose, smooth, 1 in. long. 



Bpl«ndida, H. Wendl. Caudex 80 ft. high. 6-12 in. in 

 diam., very spiny when young, with many aerial roots: 

 Ivs. 5-8 ft. long; petiole 0-12 in. long, pale green; 

 sheath 214-3% ft. long, white-granular; blade cuneate 

 obovate, bright green, 4-7 ft. long, 3-5 ft. wide, bifid, 

 deeply incised on the edges. I.H. 12:430; 43:31. F.R. 

 2:483. R.H. 1869, p. 148. 



F. melanochates, H. Wendl. See Roscheria. w. ji. 



VEEVAIN. Verbena. 



VESICARIA (Latin, bladder ; referring to the shape 

 of the pods). CrueUera;. About 20 species of widely 

 scattered herbs with racemes of large, rarely small, yel- 

 low or purple flowers of various forms. Sepals equal 

 at the base or laterally snb.saccate: silique globose or 

 inflated, many-seeded, and with a slender style: lvs. 

 entire, wavy or pinnately cut. The genus has small 

 horticultural standing, but some of the hardy peren- 

 nials are said to be well adapted for rockwork and of 

 easy cuUiirc Sonic are like wall flowers: others re- 

 semlib 111 — -inn r.'.ili -.nils ami jilantsof V.simiata 

 are olV' ■ • •■ '• ' m .leal. r^. bni tin- plant is imper- 

 fectly l I 'i'-ll. -,'.> s ii iv an annual or bien- 

 nial. \\ U' " li ,i,~ 11 i, |..'r. iiiiial or subshrnbby. 



In the .\iin ill ail li.i.l. it i.s cuiisiileri^d an early-flower- 

 ing yellow annual, about 1 ft. high, blooming in May 



sinuita, Poir. Lvs. softly tomentose, oblong-lanceo- 

 late, narrowed tow.ird the base, sinuate-dentate or sub- 

 entire. Spain. — According to DeCandoUe the petals 

 finally become whitish. \y, ]\I. 



VETCH. See Vicia. 



VETCH, CROWN. Cornnilla. Vetch, Milk. Astra^i- 

 aliis. 



VfiTBIS. See Salir. 



VIBTJRNUM (the ancient Latin name). CapriMUt- 

 cew. Ornamental, deciduous or evergreen shrubs, 

 rarely small trees with opposite, petioled and entire, 

 dentate or lobed lvs. and with white fls. in showy 

 cymes, followed by decorative red or blackish berry-like 

 fniii-. rill- \ il.iirnums rank among our most valuable 

 iirnaiii. iii.il -lirulis. Besides showy flowers and decora- 

 ti\. iiini- tli.N ]Missess handsome foliage which mostly 

 a--;iiii. ~ a lin-ht fall coloring. The plants :in- of s,-„„d 

 .•"1111 t lialiil. Most of til.-- ilf.ci.lii.-ii,^ -,'"!' in-' liar.ly 



quite) Lardy farther north lliaiiNc.'. l.ii^l.iinl. l 'l tliu 

 evergreen species F. Japonicum is the barilii->t and 

 stands some degrees of frost. The Viburnums are will 

 suited for borders of shrubberies or pl.antiiig along 

 roads, and the more showy ones are handsome as single 

 specimens on the lawn. They are mostly medium- sized 

 shrubs, .>-10 ft. high, but Viburnum Lentago, priiiiifn- 

 litim and rHfidulum sometimes grow into small trees, 

 30 ft. high, while F. acerifoUum hardly n-a,-lies 5 ft. 

 The most il.-.'or:itiv.' in fruit arr V. (h:,!', .. , .r,\,!,,l„ii\. 

 and IFc/./ /./'■'. willi -carl.'t ..r r.'.l I- r- ■ ' ■ '. " main 



a long tim.' "11 ill.' Iilali.'li.'-. I'" . ' II. -■ ■' i.all 



forms, F. ./,/.(/.</.(„.. ^";" /'/".Ml III. '^ .,,".. .a «i, 



ruHdulum, moll, ami ,l.„hil,n,, ar,. l , i .4 Liiii.l.-uliiu in 

 bloom. Varieties with all the i1"Wits of the cymes ster- 

 ile and enlarged arc known in the case of Opultis, io- 

 mentosum and mKi-riu-ri'lialiiiii. the Common, the Japa- 

 nese and the Chines.' SmiwI.alis. Tire foliage of most 



ami' „.a,.,/"/,aa, I". in- ,.s|i....ia My' I" 1 1 1 la iil . V.dilata- 



,m,','-,'!.?.'c,//M'i/'i/i'a Vi'ii.V',S"'/a./.)''''k.'.'..l. 'th.' 'liii^'lit green of 

 their foliage until late in iiutiiiiin. Tli.' \iliiirniiiiis ;iro 



not very particular as to s.iil i [."-^iii but m.ist of 



them prefer a rather moist ami sinmx -.iimiii.ni. Simie, 

 as V. acerifoUmn, Lantana. ilihil.ihuii . 'ruin.^. jmliis- 

 cens and ptunifolium, grow well iu drier iihu-is, while 

 V. alnUolium and pauciflorum require shade and a po- 

 rous soil of constant moisture. V. acerifolium does well 

 under the shade of trees in rocky and rather dry soil. 



V. Tinus is often grown in pots and thrives in any 

 good loamy and sandy soil. With a little heat it may be 

 forced into bloom at any time in the winter; if not in- 

 tended for forcing, it requires during the winter a tem- 

 perature only a little above the freezing point and even 

 an occasional slight frost will not hurt it. The Common 

 and the Japanese Snowball are also sometimes forced 

 and require the same treatment in forcing as other 

 hardy shrubs. 



Prop, by seoil^ sown in fall or stratified; also by 

 greenw.Hi.i .niiiiiL's nml.'r glass, especially V. fomento- 

 stim^ ni'ir/nr, /'In! hint , ninlle, cassinoides and the ever- 

 green s|i.'.i.-.; 1. ./. ii/.i/iriH and Opulus grow readily 

 from hanlH.aMi .iitiings and all species can be increased 



by layers (Pig. 2660); grafting is also sometimes prac- 

 ticed and V. Opulus, dentatum and Lantana are used 

 as stock. 



About 100 species in N. and C. America and in the 

 Old World from Europe and N. Africa to E. Asia, dis- 

 tributed as far sotith as Java. Shrubs or sometimes 

 small trees, with opposite stipulate or exstipulate lvs.; 

 fls. small in terminal paniculate or mostly umbel-like 



