VIRGINIA—YUCCA. 
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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 iines, sometimes obsolete. Yar. velutina , has the two lower pe¬ 
tals of a very deep violet-colour, and appears like velvet. Yar. alba , has 
white flowers. Dry. 3-4 i. $. 
B. Caulescent. 
pubes'cens, (y. 9|.) 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 glabrous 
or woolly. 4-12 i. rarely 4 f. 
C. Exotic. 
tri'color , (garden-violet, heart’s-ease, pansy, p. y. b-p. M. 2]-.) stem angular, 
diffuse, divided ; leaves oblong, deeply crenate ; stipules lyrate-pinnatifid. 
odora'ta , (sweet-violet, b. M. Ty) stemless ; scions creeping; leaves cordate, 
crenate, smoothish ; calyx obtuse; two lateral petals with a bearded or 
hairy line. 
VIRGILIA. 10—1. ( Legwminoscc .) [In honour of the poet Virgil.] 
lute 1 a, (y. J. Ty) leaves pinnate ; leafets alternate, ovate, short, acuminate, gla¬ 
brous; racemes elongated, p'endulous ; legumes petioled, flat. Thebarkis 
used in dying yellow. S. 
VISCUM. 20—4. ( CfaprifolicR .) [From the Greek i.ros, altered by the JEolians 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 , (mistlet-oe, g. w. J. 9f.) 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. 
VITIS. 5—1. ( Viiices.) 
labrus"ca , (plum-grape, w-g. J. Ty) leaves broad-cordate, lobe angled, white- 
downy beneath ; fertile racemes small ; berries (blue, flesh-colour, and 
green) large. Yar. labruscoides , (fox-grape,) has smaller fruit, approach¬ 
ing a tart taste. 
vulpi'na . (frost-grape, g-w. J. Ty) 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. 
asti'valis, (summer-grape, J. Ty) 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. 4 
vinifera , (wine-grape, J. Ty) leaves sinuate-lobed, naked or downy. Ex. 
XEROPHYLLUM. 6—3. ( Junci .) 
asphodclo'ides, (w. J. 2L.) filaments dilated towards the base, and equallingthe 
corolla; racemes oblong, crowded; bracts setaceous; scape leafy; leaves 
subulate. 3-5 f. 
X YLOSTEUM. 5—1. ( Capri folic e. ) 
cilia'turn , (fly-honeysuckle, twin-berry, w-y. M. Ty) berries distinct ; leaves 
ovate and sub-cordate, margin ciliate, in the young state villose beneath; 
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. % 2j-.) leaves linear, grass-like; stem 
or scape two-edged ; head ovate, acute ; scales obtuse. 9-18 i. 
YUCCA. 6—1. ( Liliacecb .) [From Juca , the Indian name. $.] 
filamento'sa , (silk-grass, w. An. 2f.) stemless; leaves lanceolate, broad, entire^ 
fiiamentose on the margin ; stigmas recurved, spreading. 2-5 f. 
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