vinosus 



Volva 



the colour of wine, dark or purple 

 red; vino'sus (Lat.), in botany 

 means the same. 



viola'ceous, -ceus (Viola, + aceous), 

 violet-coloured, ianthinus ; violas'- 

 cens (+ascens), becoming violet; 

 vi'olet, viol'eus, the colour of 

 violets, a cold purple ; Vi'oline, 

 a poisonous principle existing in 

 Viola odorata, Linn. 



virel'lus (dim. of virens), somewhat 

 green or greenish. 



vir'ent, vir'ens(La.i., green), (1) green 

 in colour; (2) evergreen ; vires'cent, 

 vires'cens, turning green ; Vires'- 

 cence, the development of chloro- 

 phyll in place of the normal 

 colouring ; cf. FRONDESCENCE. 



vir'gate, virga'tus (Lat., made of 

 twigs), wand-shaped, twiggy. 



virgiu'eus (Lat., maidenly), (1) the 

 purest white ; (2) having arrived 

 at the flowering period (Endlicher, 

 fide Lindley). 



vir'gulate, ' ' diminutive of VIRGATE, 

 shaped like a little twig or wand" 

 (Crozier), but virgulatus also means 

 striped. 



Virgul'tum (Lat., a copse), a vigor- 

 ous twig or shoot. 



vir'idans (Mod. Lat.), virides'cent, 

 virides'cens, becoming green ; Vir- 

 idi'na = CHLOROPHYLL ; vir'idis 

 (Lat.), green ; virid'ulus, greenish ; 

 Vir'or (Lat.), greenness, verdure. 



viro'sus (Lat., fetid), "venomous" 

 (A. Gray) ; having an unpleasant 

 smell. 



vis'cid, vis'cidvs (Lat., clammy), 

 sticky from a tenacious coating or 

 secretion ; <~ Disk, the retinaculum 

 of an Orchid. 



Vis'cin (viscum, birdlime), (1) a sub- 

 stance intermediate between resin 

 and caoutchouc (Weinling) ; (2) 

 the sticky substance forming 

 threads uniting pollen - grains 

 (Kerner) ; vis'cous, visco'sus (Lat., 

 sticky), glutinous, clammy. 



Vi'talist (vitalis, pertaining to life), 

 The'ory, Pasteur's theory of fer- 

 mentation as an effect, with vege- 

 tation as a cause ; Vital'ity, in seeds 



the period during which the seeds 

 retain their power of germination, 

 varying according to the species. 



Vitel'lin, mtdli'nus (vitellus, the yolk 

 of an egg), the colour of the yolk 

 of an egg ; veg'etable Vitel'lin, 

 Weyl's term for a reserve proteid 

 found as crystals in potato-tubers ; 

 Vitel'lus, (1) an old name for 

 peculiar albumen which in some 

 cases is deposited within the em- 

 bryo-sac ; cf. SOUTELLUM (2) ; (2) 

 an oily substance adhering to the 

 spores of Lycopodium. 



vitic'olous (Vitis, a vine, colo, I in- 

 habit), living on or within the 

 vine ; Vitic'ola, a parasite of the 

 vine ; Henslow prints the word 

 viti'colus. 



Vitic'ula (Lat., a vine tendril), also 

 printed Vitic'ulus = SDRCULUS ; 

 vitic'ulose, vlticulo' sus, sarmentose, 

 producing viticulae. 



vit'reous, vit'reus (Lat., of glass), 

 transparent, hyaline ; formerly 

 used for the light green of glass ; 

 vit'ricole (colo, I inhabit), applied 

 to Lichens which are found grow- 

 ing on glass bottles, etc. ; vit'ricuB, 

 " having a glassy appearance " 

 (Lindley). 



Vit'ta, pi. Vit'tae (Lat., a fillet), the 

 aromatic oil tubes of the pericarp 

 of most Umbelliferae; ~ of Diatoms, 

 are longitudinal ribs ; vit'tate, 

 vitta'tus, bearing vittae, longitu- 

 dinally striped ; Vit'tin, a substance 

 found in the more watery vittae of 

 Umbelliferae. 



vivip'arous (viviparus, producing 

 young alive), germinating or 

 sprouting from seed or bud, while 

 attached to the parent plant ; ~ 

 Germina'tion = Vivip'ary, the phe- 

 nomenon in question. 



void, empty. 



vol'uble, volu'bile, volu'bilis (Lat., 

 twining), twining round a support. 



volute', volu'tus (Lat. ,a rolling), rolled 

 up in any way ; Volu'tion, a spiral 

 turn or wreath. 



Vol'va (Lat., a wrapper), a covering 

 or external wrapper, especially the 



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