Vesicula 



vinicolor 



cavity ; (2) Grew's term for CELL ; 

 multinu'cleated ~ , peculiar bodies 

 found in the hyphae of the endo- 

 phytic Fungus of the prothallus of 

 Lycopodiumclavatum, Linn. (Lang) ; 

 Vesi'cula Am'nios, ~ Colliquamen'ti, 

 the embryo-sac (Lindley) ; ~ 

 sporoph'ora, the sporophore of a 

 Fungus ; vesiculaeform'is (forma, 

 shape), bladder-shaped ; vesic'ular, 

 vesicular' is, vesicula'tus, composed 

 of vessels ; ~ Ves'sels, laticiferous 

 cells ; vesic'ulose, vesiculo'sus, vesi- 

 c'ulous, as if composed of little 

 bladders. 



ves'pertine, vesperti'nus (Lat., per- 

 taining to the evening), appearing 

 or expanding in the evening. 



Ves'sel, a duct or articulated tube 

 rendered continuous by the more 

 or less complete absorption of the 

 intervening transverse walls. 



Ves'tibule (vestibulum, a fore court), 

 a chamber above the stoma formed 

 by the depression of the guard- 

 cells, and growth of the cells 

 round them, as in Cycas. 



Ves'tige (vestigium, a footstep), the 

 remaining trace of an organ which 

 was fully developed in some ances- 

 tral form ; adj. vestigial. 



Vex'il (Crozier) = VEXILLUM ; vex'- 

 illar, vexillar'is (vexillum, a 

 standard), pertaining to the VEX- 

 ILLUM ; vexillary, (1) a form of 

 inflorescence in which the vexil- 

 lum is folded over the other petals ; 

 (2) employed by Plateau, to denote 

 the giving an attractive signal 

 insects ;~Aestiva'tion, peculiar to 

 papilionaceous flowers ; vexil'late, 

 vexilla'tus, bearing a standard or 

 vexillum ; Vexillum, the standard 

 or large posterior petal of a papil- 

 ionaceous flower. 



vi'able (Fr., viable, likely to live), 

 used of seed which is capable of 

 germinating ; Viability, the possi- 

 bility of growth. 



viatlcal (viaticus, pertaining to a 

 road), applied to those plants 

 which grow by the roadside or 

 path. 



vi'bratile (Fr., vibratile), capable of 

 vibration, motion to and fro. 



Vib'rio, pi. Vib'riones (vibro, I quiver), 

 minute thread - like bacteria ; 

 vib'rioid (eUos, resemblance), like 

 a vibrio ; ~ Bodies, special struc- 

 tures, slender, cylindric, and of 

 sharply definite outlines in the 

 superficial layer of cytoplasm of 

 some Algae (Swingle) ; Vib'rogen, 

 (gen. root of giyno, I produce), sub- 

 epidermal tissue of thin walled par- 

 enchymatous cells with a large 

 amount of chlorophyll, which seems 

 to play an important part in the 

 movements of tendrils (Penhallow). 



Vibris'sae, pi. (Lat., hairs of the 

 nostrils), the sensitive hairs of 

 Dionaea (Boulger). 



vica'rious ( ricarms, substituted), sup- 

 plying the place or function of 

 some other organ (Crozier). 



vice'ni (Lat., twenty each), in 

 twenties. 



Vic'inin (i-icia, a vetch) a principle 

 from Lathy rus sativus, Linn. 



Vigilla (Lat., keeping watch) or 

 Vigillae Flor'um, periods during 

 whih certain plants open and 

 close their flowers. 



Vil'li, pi. of Vil'lus (Lat., a shaggy 

 hair), long weak hairs ; villif eras 

 (fero, I bear), bearing villi ; vil'li- 

 form (forma, shape), resembling 

 villi (Crozier) ; vU'lose, villo'sus, 

 vil'lous, bearing villi ; Villoslty, 

 shagginess, a coating of long weak 

 hairs. 



Vi'men (Lat., a switch), a long flexible 

 shoot ; vi'menal, rimena'lis, con- 

 sisting of twigs ; vimin'eous, -neus, 

 bearing long and flexible twigs. 



vina'ceous, v'ma.'ceus (vinum, wine, + 

 aceus), wine-colour, purplish red. 



Vine, (1) the plant which bears grapes, 

 Vitis vinifera, Linn. ; (2) in the 

 United States applied to any 

 trailing or climbing stem, or 

 runner ; vinea'lis (Lat. ), growing 

 in vineyards. 



Vin'egar-plant, or mother-of-vinegar, 

 Mycoderma Aceti, Desmaz. 



vinic'olor (vinum, wine, color, colour), 



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