Verschaffeltia
(named in honour of Ambrosius Verschaffelt, who wrote a work on Camellias in 1848). SYN. Regelia (of gardens). ORD. Palmae. A monotypic genus. The species is a handsome, stove Palm, requiring similar culture to Stevensonia (which see).
V. melanochaetes (black-spined). A synonym of Roscheria melanochaetes. V. splendida (splendid).* fl., spathes three; spadix 3ft. to 6ft. long on a compressed peduncle 3ft. to 4ft. long; flowering branches 7in. to 8in. long. l 4ft. to 7ft. long, 3ft. to 5ft. broad, cuneate-obovate, bright green, bifid, the edges deeply incised, the primary veins prominent on both surfaces; petioles 6in. to 12in. long, pale green, semi-terete, grooved down the face; sheaths 2 1/2ft. to 3 1/2ft. long, white-granular. Stem 6in. to 12in. in diameter, and (as well as the leaf-sheaths and petioles) very spiny when young. h. 80ft. Seychelles, 1864. See Fig. 166. (F. d. S. 1597-8; I. H. 430; R. G. 1875, p. 308; R. H. 1869, 148.) This has been known in gardens as Regelia magnifica, R. majestica, and R. princeps.