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V. cymbifo'lia (boat-leaved). 4. June. Mexico. 

 dicho'toma (forked). 8. May. Peru. 1822. 

 VALLISNE'RIA. (Named after A. Val- 

 hsnen, an Italian botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Hydrocharads [Hydrocharaceaej. Linn 

 22-Di<ecia 2-Diandria.) 



A floating, fresh water perennial, whos 

 flowers live under water, except just at the tim 

 ot impregnation. Division; rich loam in 

 good-sized pot, plunged deep in a tub or cister 

 ot water. Winter temp., 45 to 50: summe 

 00 to 80. 



V.spira'lis (spiral). Brown. July. Sout 

 Europe. 1818. 



VALLO'TA. (Named after P. Vallo 

 a French botanist. Nat. ord., AmarylUd 

 [Amaryllidaceee]. Linn., G-Hexandri 

 1-Monogynia. Allied to Cyrtanthus.) 



With the exception of Dr. Herbert, no syste 

 matic botanist has pointed out the real affinit 

 of Vallota, A cross-seedling, by its pollen 

 has been obtained by Mr. Beaton, from Cyrtan 

 thus obliquus, which no one could distinguish 

 from a Vallota of the same age. It has not ye 

 flowered. Greenhouse, scarlet-flowered bulbs 

 trom the Cape of Good Hope. Offsets ; sandy 

 loam, and peat, and leaf-mould. Winter temp. 

 10 to 45, and dry ; summer, 60 to 75. 

 V. purpu'rea (purple). l. May. 1774. 



' ma'jor (greater). May. 1774. 



mi'nor (smaller). 1. May. 1774. 



VA'NDA. (The Sanscrit name of the 

 first-found species. Nat. ord., Orchids 

 [Orchidacene]. Linn., 20-Gynandria 1- 

 Monandria.) 



See Orchids. 



Stove orchids grown in baskets . 



V. Batema'nnii (Mr. Bateman's). 3. Crimson, 

 yellow. June. Moluccas. 1845. 



ceeru'lea (light-blue). Sylhet. 



crista'ta (crested). 1. Green, purple. April. 



Nepaul. 1818. 



crue'nta (bloody). 2. Red. August. China. 



Cumi'ngii (Cuming's). Brown, yellow. July. 



Philippines. 1837. 

 fu'rva (dusky). Brown, white. December. 



China. 1844. 

 fu'sco-vi'ridis (brown-and-green). Brown, 



greenish yellow. September. 



insi'gnis (showy). 2. Crimson, brown, white. 



February. Java. 1848. 



lamella'ta( layered). Pale. August. Manilla. 



1837. 



Lo'wei (Lowe's). Yellow, brown. February. 



Borneo. 1846. 



peduncula'ris (long - flower - stalked). July. 



Ceylon. 1840. 



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Roxbu'rghii (Roxburgh's). 



purple. July. China. 1810. 

 tessella'ta 



White, 



(chequered). l. 



White, purple. July. China. 1816. 

 uni'color (one - coloured). 6. 

 Brown. 



sua'vis (sweet - scented). White, brown. 

 Sept w bfcr, Java, 1847. 



V. te'res (cylindric - leaved), 2. Red, yellow. 

 March. Silhet. 1828. 



viola'cea (\w\rt-lipped). White, violet. May. 



Manilla. 1839. 



VANDE'LLIA. (Named after L. Van- 

 delli, a Portuguese botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Fiijworts [Scrophulariaceffi]. Linn., 

 l-Didynamia 2-Angiospermia. Allied 

 to Torenia.) 



Tender annuals. Seeds, in a hotbed, in 

 spring ; plants pricked off, and bloomed chiefly 

 in the greenhouse, in light rich soil. 

 V. crusta'cea (shelly). Blue. June. India. 1816. 



diffu'sa (spreading), l. White. July. Santa 



Cruz. 1824. 



hirsu'ta (hairy). Blue. June. India. 1823. 



Roxbu'rghii (Roxburgh's). Purple. July. 



Coromaudel. 1818. 



VANGUE 'RIA. ( Voa-vanyuer, the name 

 of edulis in Madagascar. Nat. ord., 

 Cinchonads [Cinchonaceae]. Linn., 5- 

 Pentandria 1-Monogynia.) Allied to 

 Guetarda.) 



It produces a good dessert fruit. Stove ever- 

 green. Cuttings of half-ripened shoots, in sand, 

 under a bell-glass ; sandy peat and fibry loam. 

 Winter temp., 50 to 55; summer, 60 to 85. 

 V. cdu'lis (eatable). 10. White. Madagascar. 

 1809. 



VANI'LLA. (A diminutive of vaina, 

 the Spanish for sheath ; shape of seed- 

 pod. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchidacese]. 

 Linn., 20-Gynandria 1-Monandria.) 



Stove orchids, grown on blocks ; white-flow- 

 ered, where not otherwise specified. See Orchids. 

 The Vanilla of commerce is, or should be, the 

 dried fruit of V. planifoliu. 

 V. acutifo'lia (pointed-leaved). Caraccas. 1841. 



Africa'na (African). Sierra Leone. 1843. 



aroma'tica (aromatic). 10. July. S.Europe. 



1739. 



bi'color (two-coloured). Dull red. Guiana. 



claviculu'ta(tenfaincd). Cuba. 1838. 



planifo'liu (smooth-leaved). 10, May. W. 



Indies. 1800. 



Pompo'na (Pompona). Mexico. 

 VAPOURER MOTH. Orgy'ia* 

 VARIEGATED LAUREL. Au'cuba. 

 VASCO'A. This genus is incorporated 



vith Rafnia, and the following yellow- 

 lowered evergreens from the Cape of 

 Good Hope should be added to it. 

 R. amplexicau' Us (stem-clasping). 4. July. 



perfolia'ta (leaf-stem-pierced). 4. July. 1812. 

 VEGETABLE MANURES. See Green 



failures, Ashes, and Manures. 



VEGETABLE MARROW. Cucu'rlita 

 vi'J'era. 



VE'LLA. Cress Rocket. (From velar, 

 ie Celtic name of cress, ^at, ord., 



