Vochysia
(Vochy is the Guiana name of V. guianensis). Sometimes spelt Vochisia. SYNS. Cucullaria, Strukeria, Vochya. ORD. Vochysiaceae. A genus embracing about forty species of stove shrubs or often tall trees, inhabiting Brazil, Guiana, Eastern Peru, and New Grenada. Flowers yellow, odorous, rather large, in compound, elongated racemes or panicles; sepals five, connate at base, the posterior one large and often spurred; petals one to three, linear or spathulate, two of them smaller than the other; fertile stamen one; staminodia two; pedicels bibracteolate. Leaves decussately opposite or whorled, often coriaceous, sometimes prettily veined, as in Calophyllum; stipules small, subulate. Only a couple of the species have been introduced. Both are trees, thriving in a mixture of loam and peat. They may be increased by ripened cuttings, inserted in sand, under a glass, in heat. V. guianensis (Guiana). Copai-ye-wood. fl., spur spreading; racemes simple, erect, terminal, dense-flowered. August. l. opposite, obovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, glabrous on both sides. h. 12ft. and upwards. Guiana, 1822. (A. G. i. 6.) V. tomentosa (tomentose). fl., racemes terminal, loose, slightly nodding. August. l. opposite, oval-oblong, long-acuminate, attenuated at base, glabrous above, ferruginous-tomentose beneath. h. 25ft. Guiana, 1826.