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ciliate, emarginate behind ; petals all white at the base, veinless, very en- 
tire, very glabrous, naked ; upper one truncate, and marked with a few 
very blue lines, sometimes obsolete. Var. velutina, has the two lower pe- 
tals of a very deep violet-colour, and appears like velvet. Var. alba, has 
white flowers. Dry. 3-4 i. 
B. Caulescent. 
pubes"cens, (y. %..) villose-pubescent ; stem simple, erect, terete, leafless below; 
leaves broad-ovate, cordate, dentate; petioles short; stipules large, ovate, 
dentate; peduncles 4-sided, shorter than the leaves; bracts subulate, minute 
divisions of the calyx lanceolate ; petals all very entire, veinless ; upper 
one naked, glabrous; lateral ones bearded, and with the upper one, marked 
with a few blue lines ; lower ones often becoming reddish outside ; spur 
short, gibbous, acutish ; stigma pubescent, scarcely beaked. Varies in pu- 
bescence ; leaves are sometimes glabrous ; the capsules are either glabro^is 
or woolly. 4-12 i. rarely 4 f. 
C. Exotic. 
tri'color, (garden-violet, heart's-ease, pansy, p. y. b-p. M. %.) stem angular, 
difluse, divided ; leaves oblong, deeply crenate ; stipules lyrate-pinnatifid. 
odora'ta, (sweet-violet, b. M. stemless ; scions creeping; leaves cordate, 
crenate, smoothish ; calyx obtuse ; two lateral petals with a bearded or 
hairy line. 
VIRGILIA. 10—1. iLeguminosm.) [In honour of the poet Virgil.] 
lute'a^ (y. J. T^ ) leaves pinnate ; leafets alternate, ovate, short, acuminate, gla- 
brous ; racemes elongated, pendulous ; legumes petioled, flat. The bark is 
used in dying yellow. (S. 
VISCUM. 20—4. iCaprifolioi.) [From the Greek ixos^ altered by the .^olians into biskos. 
The Greeks had a great veneration for this plant on account of its supposed medical virtues, 
and the Druids ascribed to it many miraculous powers.] 
verticilla'tum, (mistletoe, g. w. J. %.) branches opposite and whorled ; leaves 
wedge-obovate, 3-nerved ; spikes axillary, a little shorter than the leaves ; 
berries yellowish white. On the branches of old trees. 
VrriS. 5—1. iVitices.) 
lahriis." ca, (plum-grape, w-g. J. T^.) leaves broad-cordate, lobe angled, white- 
downy beneath ; fertile racemes small ; berries (blue, flesh-colour, and 
green) large. Var. labruscoides, (fox-grape,) has smaller fruit, approach- 
ing a tart taste. 
vulpi^na, (frost-grape, g-w. J. T^.) leaves' cordate, acuminate, gash-toothed, 
glabrous both sides; racemes lax, many-flowered ; berries small; leaves 
very variable ; but the uppermost mature leaves will agree with the de- 
scription. 
cesti'valis, (summer-grape, J. T^.) leaves 3-5-lobed, younger ones rust-downy 
beneath, when old nearly smooth ; sinuses rounded ; racemes opposite the 
leaves, crowded, oblong ; berries deep blue or purple. Woods on banks of 
streams. 
vinif'era, (wine-grape, J. T^.) leaves sinuate-lobed, naked or downy. Ex. 
XEROPHYLLUM. 6—3. {Junci.) 
asphodelo'ides, (w. J. %.) filaments dilated towards the base, and equalling the 
corolla; racemes oblong, crowded ; bracts setaceous; scape leafy; leaves 
subulate. 3-5 f. 
XYLOSTEITM. 5—1. (Caprifoli(B.) 
ciZm'^wm, (fly-honeysuckle, twin-berry, w-y. M. T^.) berries distinct; leaves 
ovate and sub-cordate, margin ciliate, in the young state villose beneafth; 
corolla a little calcarate at the base ; tube ventricose above; divisions short, 
acute; style exsert. 3-4 f 
XYRIS. 3—1. (Junci.) [From a Greek word signifying pointed.] 
carolinia'na, (yellow-eyed grass, E. y. Au. 71-.) leaves linear, grass-like; stem 
or scape two-edged ; head ovate, acute ; scales obtuse. 9-181. 
YUCCA. 6 — 1. (LiliacecB.) [From Juca, the Indian name. S.] 
Jilamento'sa, (silk-grass, w. Au. 'II-.) stemless; leaves lanceolate, broad, entire, 
filamentose on the margin ; stigmas recurved, spreading. 2-5 f. 
