Virgilia
(named in honour of the poet Virgil). ORD. Leguminosae. A monotypic genus. The species is a greenhouse tree, requiring culture similar to that recommended for Viminaria.
V. capensis (Cape). fl. rosy-purple, 1/2in. long; calyx silky, widely campanulate, shortly two-lipped; standard orbicular, strongly reflexed; racemes lateral, longer than the leaves, many-flowered. July. l. six to ten-jugate, exstipulate; leaflets linear-oblong, mucronate, nearly 1in. long, with slightly revolute margins, the young ones silky on both sides, the old ones glabrous and glossy above. South Africa, 1767. (B. M. 1590.) SYN. Podalyria capensis (A. B. R. 347).
V. lutea (yellow). A synonym of Cladrastis tinctoria.